Compulsory Training for Girls.

Huntly Press and District Gazette, Volume 3, Issue 6, 19 June 1914, Page 3

Compulsory Training for Girls.

Should Australian girls be \ brought under system of compulsory training to fit them j to share in the defence of the ■ Opuntry in time of war? This , is the query raised by the editor ‘ of “ Every lady’s Journal ” June, and answered by a num- > her of leading citizens. c The views of these notiable { people make very interesting . and instructive reading. Summed up, the general opinion seems to be that, while it is altogether inadvisable to give ( girls any form of Military Train- | ing, it would be a first-class thing for the girls of Australia j if a course in Domestic Science t was made compulsory. We read “ Lady Creswell, wife of Rear ; Admir.il Sir William Creswell \ has big sympathy with all progressive movements. As the mother of six children her know- j ledge of the training of the young is not to be classified - within the realms of theoryDespite f bp demands of a strenuous so- ly Cre 11 i has fou.iv* _ perse y supervise the training and e ition of her sons and daug s. { ‘My sons,’ she said, pr y, are now well launched; ie j is in the navy, another is .v . veyor, another an engineer. A s j soon as my daughters left *1 ( I. decided that a know led J household duties was ess 1 J if they were to bo v> i ( worthy of the name. A 1 have made every effort t they should obtain this 1 - j ledge in the most palatable r . j It seems to me to be \ y t necessary for every girl, - c ever her sphere in life nia, , t to have a thorough groundi i domestic science. Domesth - , . ence, ’ she repeated, ‘or domejsti- | city placed upon a scientific ] basis, will do more than anything else to strengthen the t foundation of the Australian <. nation. ” j This forms the main article in the June issue of “ Every- c lady’s Journal,” but it is by no x means the sole attractive feature. £ There is, for instance, a wonder- N fully interesting interview with 2 Percy Grainger, the Australian A pianist, who has made himself famous in England. Then there } is a beautiful bit of Nature study { by Charles Barrett, a fi ie lesson on Crochet-Work by Miss Card, a really valuable review of the month’s "fashions, and a dozen I good domestic departments con- f d ieted by experts, to say nothing of many good stories and a couple of serials. “ Every lady’s Journal, ” which is rich in human c and home interest, is a valuable c: sixpenceworth.