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THE MODERN GIRL

INFLUENCE OF IDLENESS AND CURIOSITY 7 . London, Alay 14. Sir Frederick Walter Afott, speaking at the Social Hygiene Conference at AYjembley, said it is natural that a young woman should strive to make herself attractive. Therefore .-he does not hesitate to undergo any physical discomfort or suffering to achieve that end. She pinches her feet in tight shoes cramps her body in corsets, wears thin stockings in winter, pierces her ears, and even pierces her lips and nose to permit, the attachment of jewellery and ornaments. Wscount Ast.or said the AngloSaxon race was leading the world because it had developed the idea of the same inoral standard for both sexes. One could tell a nation’s spiritual outlook from the position of its women. British girls in wartime, he said, showed courage, endurance, and initiative without losing their modesty. It was only idleness and curiosity that tempted girls to make excursions into hell in search of new sensations.

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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 2734, 17 May 1924, Page 3

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THE MODERN GIRL Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 2734, 17 May 1924, Page 3

THE MODERN GIRL Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 2734, 17 May 1924, Page 3

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