GIRLS OF TO-DAY.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVI, Issue 4825, 4 May 1925, Page 4

GIRLS OF TO-DAY.

TOO MUCH PAINT AND POWDER. MOTHERS MOST TO BLAME. A prominent lady who 's actively engaged in work connected with social problems in Wellington “Spoke her •mind” on the subject of parental respunsibiliay. ..“The average girl of 10-day,” she remarked, “is the product uf a mother who dot’s not recognise or lias failed to recognise her responsibility to her daughter. She has never taught tho girl obedience to her from the begin- • ning. “There is too much paint and powder. .1 don't blame the girl; I blame the mothers, a great many of whom are just as fond of paint and powder as their daughters arc. “As for the average young mother of to-day—well, I don’t know what -s going to happen to the upbringing of her children. Young girlis do not treat their mothers with the respect they should, but many mothers have not earned that respect, and they cannot complain if they are not given the respect -of their childieu. "I am speaking generally, of course, iinU 1 wish to emphasise tnat there are many noble exceptions to every rule. There certainly are in this instance. , “The average mother to-day waJnts to keep pace with her daughter, and she is just as fond of the so-called pleasures of life as the girl ii». “What I have said about the girls applies to the boys." ' “Except the paint and powder I “Weil, of course I” smilingly replied the lady. "Parents should .set the example their children, but in many cases there is not sufficient home life. Neither the father nor the mother has the regard for'.;the home they should have, and if they dp not set a good example they cannot complain if their children become a’.little ‘wild.’