WOMEN AS STREET COLLECTORS

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2893, 4 October 1916, Page 6

WOMEN AS STREET COLLECTORS

. Sir, —Tlic paragraph in yesterday'® 3 issue relative to "flappers" I was verj ] sorry to seo in print. ; The letter ia j this morning's issue from Mrs. Firth i simply astounded me, and as 110 good j could follow criticism of this remark--5 able letter, I immediately expressed to 7 Mrs. Firth regret lor the incident. The i Mayoress is kinuiy stating 'the true . position to the Spinsters' Club. Ait 5 interpretation that is not charitablc, . and that is quite wrong, has beeu p placed upon tne reported paragraphs, . My daughter worked in the street collections referred to, and.unless Mrs, Fifth' 6 most peculiarly worded letter, lias, created a difficulty, 'will be helping ] in the future. I cannot conceive that 3 any member of the committee would . state, or allow to bo said, anything; . t but praise and the heartiest thanks. / relative to the splendid efforts of our: lady helpers. All the ladies interested I feel sure will realise that the word "flapper" was used, without disrespect, to denote an age period only (the only interpretation of the word I know), and 1 trust they'read the'local in .your paper wi'\; more generous consideration, than thf\ given by Mrs. .Firth.—l am, etc., *' i lem:'t. watkins. j September 29, 1916. i 3 Sir, —I cordially endorse the opinion f of your correspondent "Janet Firth'/ 3 when she takes strong exception to s the objectionable tone used by' tho 1 chairman of the sub-committee to.make , arrangements for a street collection in f Wellington on October 7. As reported - in the.local of your Friday's issue, this , gentleman regretted that it was bel coming increasingly difficult to gob s young ladies to assist,in that regard, l "His further remark, "What we want , are 'flappers' who have been at th<* i game before, and know their busihess' r will, I should think, increase the diffi- . e culty to an impossibility.—l am, &K.> a J. D. CROOKB. New Plymouth, October 7. t : "