SWISS MAIDENS
AND MILITARY TRAINING.
A correspondent of the Hawke’s Bay Tribune wishes to commend to the attention of the women of New Zealand the example of their Swiss sisters who reluse to have anything to do with young men who have not served for the prescribed tinje in the citizen army. When a suitor falls on his knees before a Swiss maiden, he is not -asked to show that he can support a wife, but to prove that he has done his duty to the country. If be cannot do this, he is immediately sent about his business. General Beyers, the CommandantGeneral of the South African Forces, speaking in London a few weeks ago in reference to this inspiring practice, said that the loyal enthusiasm of the Swiss women for the defence of their own country had given a greater impetus to military training than had all the legislative efforts of the men put together.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXV, Issue 1065, 18 February 1913, Page 4
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156SWISS MAIDENS Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXV, Issue 1065, 18 February 1913, Page 4
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