TRENCHANT CRITICISM

Waikato Times, Volume 118, Issue 19762, 18 December 1935, Page 5

TRENCHANT CRITICISM

MAKE-UP ON SCHOOL GIRLS. AUCKLAND, Tuesday. "I can tliink of nothing more unsuitable Ilian make-up on the face of a girl who lias not left, school,” said Miss Edwards, Headmistress of tho Auckland Diocesan School, at a speech day ttiis afternoon, in trenchantly criticising tho false maturity of some New Zealand girls. "At school we simply will not have it, and there is nothing 1 hale more, than to have hands spread out in front of me showing ten nails decorated with a grownup addition of varnish, and a youthful decoration of grubbiness.” It was really criminal to let girls wear unsuitable clothing and the appalling shoes that were regarded as smart. Musi girls of 17 to he treated as if they were 20? she. asked. "We are all nervous about the certain license that has crept into social life, in recent years," she added. "Are we making the best preparations against temptation in allowing a crop of weeds to choke wholesome interests while girls are s_q younK !'*