“THE WOMEN OF THE FUTURE.”

Timaru Herald, Volume XCVIII, Issue 18084, 14 May 1924, Page 9

“THE WOMEN OF THE FUTURE.”

Her Sphere of Usefulness. DIMINISHING CHANCES OF MARRIAGE. B/ Cabin—Press ARsnrlAtion-f T »'nyri!rht LONDON, May 11. Sir Chiozza Money calls the attention of Britain to the increasing surplus of .females. For mill ions of women there is no chance of marriage. Tho female surplus in iSSI was 600,000. It reached 1,400,000 by 1911, and now'is 2,100,000 Tlio evil of the greatr excess of females is accentuated by man’s increasing disinclination to marry. “A loosening of morals is bound lo result from an excess of unmarried females. It is merely stating the plain, truth to say that when some women lost hope o( regnlay ties, they wore tempted to accept irregular ones. This number is big enough to exercise a. profound , influonoo on the marriage question. Another factor is the high cost r,t living, combined with a. craze for dress, which is sedulously fostered among women of all classes. It ‘is . difficult for a. vnimrr limn to marry on a inniVv-i 1 c income. Wnnon iiifwiiw Bin number of unmarried women by taking men’s jobs. They are established in medicine, dentistry, law and hanks--they are every whore. Rome of these prefer a bachelor existence. Others expect to take men’s places, thorebv lowering the general standard of men s remuneration as web as the chance ol finding husbands. The omigi'nHon of hosts of our young men in the near future will largely increase tlio excess of females.’’ Miss Muriel Wriwrh, in an article in the “Sunday Pictorial,’’ . declares that the now ideal of feminity must he lndlt. un. Tho education of women must, ho eondueled on new lines, .I'dtine her fo he an inlellitrenfc wife, mother, or an in tel I men t .d'sende of or-' of the professions in which women can excel owing to special characteristics. The women of the. future will ho taught psychology instead of loga', physiology instead of mathematics; siio will learn folklore, biology anil the earn of children instead of zoology, trieoriomel rv and latin. Ihe care, ot children will he put on a more scientific basis, and the educated, intelligent mol her, bringing brains and knowledge instead of merely instinct to her work will coa=o to he a domestic d'-udrre and an inefficient guardian ot children, Tho woman onudovod oui•dde 1 lie home will he recognised as an Ideal, nur-e ami teacher of youno children ; she .will he a I,eater rather thon ;t vfMfuf ifir nli : sno will bo a kindercmrleu tCeeher rnlW than n senior wrangler- U'o.-ehv, the professional woman will excel in her own yrni tieulnr work.