HOW PEOPLE AMUSE THEMSELVES.

Kumara Times, Issue 3052, 14 August 1886, Page 3

HOW PEOPLE AMUSE THEMSELVES.

Mrs. Pawcett, who was among the speakers at the conference held at the Soho Girls' Club, Greek street, London, gave some amusing instances of the different ways in which people seek amusement. A great scholar, she said, had been known to study Sanscrit for recreation; a schoolmistiess found the same in picking out grammatical errors in the speeches of M.Ps.; a little girl, in killing flies; and as for such amusement there were plenty of older people whose chief pleasure in life was to kill animals. A lady who had been at a garden party had afterwards complained that from sheer dulness she had gone to see the pigs three times in the course of the afternoon. If all these different people had such a longing for recreation, did not a girl who was all day confined in a room stand in need of relaxation and exercise after work was over ? The clubs, therefore, should be made as bright and pleasant as possible, for failing this, the girls would naturally prefer the music halls, &c, where they were sure to fiud diversion, and, it may be added, the company of young men. Mrs. Fawcett concluded her remarks by saying that whatever was offered to the girls, whether it was music, literature, or anything else, it should always be of the very best.