WEALTHY GIRLS
HEAD MISTRESS' COMPLAINTlAddressing parents of the girls of Wimbledon County School reoently, Miss A. Borthwick, the head mistress, said she was continually receiving complaints from the gardener hecause the girls dropped money on the lawns, which spoilt his mowing machine. Money was often handed in as lost property and not claimed, she said, which' proved that the girls had too much money and did not know its value. She considered that twopence a week pocket-money was quifce sufficient for the younger girls. Dame Beatrix Hudson-Lyall, who is well-known for her social work, and is President of the. London Diocesan Mothers' Union, discussing this question, said: "I think that in every class there is too much pocket-money given to children. I would not tie myself down to stating any sum, but my children had 3d a week. "The children to-day who hav© so much pocket-money ought to be taught to realise its value and its uses. When they do buy things, they buy silly things that no one wants."
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 381, 16 November 1932, Page 3
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170WEALTHY GIRLS Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 381, 16 November 1932, Page 3
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