Don't You Agree ?

NZ Truth, Issue 1192, 4 October 1928, Page 18

Don't You Agree ?

■' THAT if ''life, is a staircase; , the • modern girl wants' to take the lift? . That platonic friendship is a ," vegetarianforrh" of VoveT '""•" """" That a little" earning- is a" dan*gerous thing? '■ ' /> That' if," as our Labor members. : say, the Government is. m: the .. sheepowners' pockets, if;; 'is probably ' just looking for the silver lining? ; , That most of .these tired .business' ; men are sometimes quite too fresh? , "That the latest short skirt may be defined- as the knee plus ultra? ? iiiiiiliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiii

RESERVE STEPS OUT I*)ID the adoption of khaki, m place of the old reds and golds of the Waterloo lads, have something to do with the downfall of mere man? Because, looking at the festoons of gold braid and similar dashing adornments — glints of a departed glory — which were furbished up again for the K.N. Volunteer Reserve Dance, one really felt that once upon a time men might have been the superior sex. Mrs. Wybrandts Olphert, side by side with her commander husband, who has a list of -letters after his' name that would frighten the deepest-dyed professor at the University (D.5.0., D.S.C ., R.D., R.N.V.R., some oi them are) received legions of guests, pretty ladies and gorgeous gentlemen. The divisional headquarters were dressed up .to kill m true, shipboard style, white ensign at one end, blue at the other, and streamers, of the reserve colors everywhere m between. All went merry as a whole carillon of marriage bells and it must have, been with. sighs of relief that our Reserve resigned its jaunty uniforms once again to the chaperonage of the ; mqth ball.. • .*;-.# - . WORKING OF Y.W.C.A. - THE complaint that the Wellington Y.W.C.A. hostels had fallen away from. their old ideals .of sheltering young- , and poorly-salaried girls, and were instead, providing a cheap, arid comfortable home . for middle-aged Government servants, elicited an emphatic denial from Miss Scott, the general secretary. i "We haven't had a waiting list at either hostel since March," she said. "During thia winter months, there isn't, much of a crowd and we have at present several vacancies. But at no time do we turn working girls away. All the girls from the boats are welcomed here and stay for a month among the 'transients.* "Frequently we find jobs for them. Full board is usually 26/-' a Veek for a single room, but at present we are taking girls, one at 12/6 a week, one at 15/- and so on. Charges are made to meet a girl's income. ;' ■ . - "Last Christmas, .. oh the decision of the committee, we had a complete clearance from both hostels of girls over, thirty, who had stayed too long or. who were earning incomes which placed , private aboard within their reach. The girls who leave here don't d<f so ' beca,use flats- and baches are cheaper, but _ . because, usually, they like to. be able to ask their men friends up to. see them. "That is perfectly natural. Here we allow- them to . bring, boys into the sitting-room, but, of course, we can't reserve the . room for., any . particular couple." .■:■•'.:.'•'.'