“THE FOOL OF A MAN."

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXIX, Issue 5226, 13 January 1928, Page 3

“THE FOOL OF A MAN."

£l5 DOLLS AS PRESENTS.

LADY BALFOUR ON WOMEN’S WORK

“Women have done great things, and are dioi.g great things, but I almost despaired of them when I read in the papers of large dressed dolls, ranging from £5 to £l5 for women,” said Lady Frances Balfour at a meeting of the Society for Promoting the Training of Women (states, the Westminster Gazette). “Can you wonder that Socialism is rife to-day, with such ,examples as this ?” she asked.

“It is almost inconceivably that people can spend large sums of money on things like dolls for grown-ups when there is so much good and amusement that can be done with money. 1 expect that it is 'not so much the woman who squanders money in this way, but thy fool of a man who will give her a £l5 doll as a present. So, do not go bn groaning about the flappers, because I am quite sure it is not they who are buying £l5 dolls. WOMEN MORE CAREFUL.

“Women, on the whole, are far more careful and economical, than mein, not only in money, but also in other things. Fb>r instance, I cannot bear to waste half a sheet of paper, and I know most women cannot, but most men would not trouble about it.” When she was young the “dear old thing” who taught her told her that all shy was, fit for was to be a stablewoman, but as that profession was not. considered suitable for a woman in those days, she was not allowed to go in for it.

“Nowadays anyone can be a stablewoman, ketnnelmaid, or anything they like,instea d of being just ornamental, and olnly existing to amuse men, as they were supposed to do sixty-odd years ago.” Lady Lawrence said that she was still old-fashioned, enough to think that the essential work for women was the home, the looking after of children, and the cooking of food. “Mw opinion is that it is a very easy catch a husband, but terribly difficult) to keep him, and keep him happy.’*