SIX YEARS’ FREEDOM

Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20387, 30 December 1937, Page 11

SIX YEARS’ FREEDOM

WOMEN RULE REST OF LIFE The average man spends only six years of Ids lifetime free from feminine control—and in many cases, his freedom is even less (states a writer in an English newspaper). That is what I learned from hairdressers, men’s outfitters and club stewards, and from two " Men in the Street.” Average marrying age is 25, and from then onwards most men find themselves under petticoat influence. Till 18, mothers buy their son’s clothes, see to their personal needs and arrange their holidays. Then for the few years before they marry most men break loose and arrange things lor themselves. " Those are the years when a man is most alive to his personal appearance and least conservative towards innovations; lie leads a fuller life than at any other time,” said a West End outfitter. Said Henry Richardson, 32-year-old engineer, married four . years, who lives at Lordship Lane, Dulwich: “My wife has seen to all my clothes and helped decide on suitings. She has much better taste than I have.” And Arthur Springworthy, Park Street, Camden Town, shop assistant, agreed. " Never bought a tie in my life, decided on a holiday or bought anything for myself at all without consulting my wife . . , and we’ve been married ten years.”