TOO MANY WOMEN

Stratford Evening Post, Issue 78, 15 June 1928, Page 8

TOO MANY WOMEN

SOME GO HUSBANDL-ESS. LONDON, June 12, A verdict with costs was given for the paper "John Bull" in the case in which it is being sued for libel by the matrimonial newspaper "The Matchmaker." Mr Justice Avory read an extract from "The Matchmaker," announcing: "There i s a mate for everyone." He commented : "I do not know how this can be reconciled with the excessive number of women in England, unless they share husbands." Plaintiff contended that bis only business was matrimony and platonic friendship. Mr Justice Avory: Would sue ; i euphemism conceal what men of the world would say was calculated to lead to illicit relations? Pure platonic friendship cares nothing whether a woman's eyes are dark, whether a woman's hair is curly or whether a woman's figure is good or full. Isn't it throwing dust in our eyes to say thai these are intended to promote Platonism?