THE PRETTY GIRL.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume 1, Issue 14, 21 February 1914, Page 4

THE PRETTY GIRL.

The appeal of an employer for a girl clerk with '' no pretensions to good looks," and the statement of another employer that plain girls are better workers, has inspired a city stockbroker to a vigorous defehee of the pretty city girl (says the London '' Express"). "It is true," he writes, "that a reaction has set in in favour of the girl typist who lacks physical charms, and perhaps in a few cases the pretty girl may be disturbing and distracting, but she is also responsible for the introduction of the human element into city life. The city boasts; in my opinion, the prettiest girls in the world. Even the theatre cannot compete with the city in this respect. It has been a constant source of wonder to me why the city girls do not make brilliant matches * like those engaged on the stage. The pretty girl has brightened up many a dull and prosaic office. Her Cheerfulness—l deny thaf she possesses temper or is inclined to sulk—is an inspiration to her fellow-workers. I object strenuously to the statement of an employer that the rage for pretty girls began with the craze for luxurious offices. My experience is that intellect goes with beauty, and vivacity, and that, the* of these, qualities is more often than not a sign of aulness' and stupidity." au....