THE MODERN MAIDEN
GROWN-UP FROM CRADLE. A HEADMISTRESS’ STATEMENT. London, June 13. “We always make allowance for father’s strong language, but now mother is nearly as bad, and it is having a serious effect on girls’ speech,” said Miss Morrison, the principal of a London school, at the Headmistresses’ Conference. “This is all a part of the so-called greater freedom. It is in spite of this, or because of it, that the sixth form girl of to-day is so delightful. She is perhaps a bit hard, but she has the qualities of courage, comradeship, and optimism on which to build up her life. Why, even granny today does not sit knitting in a corner or reading the Bible, but cries aloud for betting tips and dance favours. Really, the children of to-day are grown up almost from the cradle.”—A. & N.Z. Cable.
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Southland Times, Issue 19896, 15 June 1926, Page 7
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