WARNING TO GIRLS

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 19783, 5 March 1927, Page 6

WARNING TO GIRLS

YOUNG MEN AND COCKTAILS BISHOP OF LONDON’S ADDBBSS. (Special to “Chronicle.”) AUCKLAND, March 5. “If a young man offers you a cocktail never go out with him again,” Dr Ingram, Bishop of London, advised a gathering of schoolgirls at Acton, England, several months ago. In an address to the girls of the Diocesan High School this morning, Dr Ingram referred to his speech at Acton, saying that some of the girls might have read his remarks published in the newspapers. “Be careful in what you eat and drink, whether you smoke or not, and be sure to take regular exercise,’’ opened Dr Ingram. Regarding cocktails, the Bishop said there was nothing worse for ruining girls’ constitutions. Continuing, Dr Ingram urged the girls to keep their minds active. The wife, he said, should be a companion to her husband, not only in the home, but als<* in thought. His own mother, who had died two years ago at the age of 90 had been as active in her mind as a schoolgirl right up to the time of death. Girls should endeavour to keep their hearts young and their sympathies quick, for people who lost touch with human life become old at forty. Finally, Dr Ingram advised the girls to keep their souls in touch with their living God, who was always young and could pour life into them. One way in which they could keep in touch with God was to be regular in their prayers. The old saying about those whom tho god’s love dying young did not mean young in years, but rather young in heart.