LEAVE IT TO THE WOMEN.

Taihape Daily Times, 27 August 1919, Page 3

LEAVE IT TO THE WOMEN.

_.._.._.{o)_—-—-—--The strawberry situation, says one of our fawning scribes, must be left to the women. ‘ With thcr Well-known powers of organisation it will quickly be solved_ For the benefit of those who did not know that there Was a stmwberry situation, says ’fllo San Francisco “Argonaut” in connnenting upon this item of intélligence-—onr2 cannot know eVerything——it may be said that straweberries are sold only before 10 a.m. After that time they go to the packers. If women will combine in a refusal to buy strawbei-rie= at any hour the wicked dealers will quickly be brought to their senses Thank God for the women.

Q But it seems to us, says the “Argo;llaut,,” that. we remember something iabout an egg boycott in New York ‘some three or four years ago. The iwomen were to settle that, too, and ithey did settle it, with the result that the “egg king” made a fortune and re_tired to Florida. The moment some ‘sort of social distinction was attached ;to the serving of eggs, the women Ebcught them more greedily than ever. iffgg luneheong and egg dinners begcame the order of the day. Vvomen »refused to buy eggs from their own ‘grocers and then hurried furtively '2:'ound the corner and bought them ’ hrewhere. I‘he newspapers printed [daily aCCOIIIILs of the magnificent egg % -oYCoi‘t, and of’ the public-spirited. lwomen who had banished eggs from itheir menus, and about 90 per cent. lot the public-spirited women were {seeking distinction by menus that con- ; ained nothing but eggs. Women who 'hzld never before eaten eggs who were ¥made sick by eggs, now ate nothing ieise. They had to. It was a fashion_;able duty. And the arch’-cl'ilnin:ll gboycott, the “egg king.” publicly anSnounced that it had made his fortune ,and that he would retire form busi.nc.ss until the puhliespirited women {should boycott something else and so tempt him to the acquisition of a few §million more. Under these circum!stances we may hope that women wi!’ ?not boycott strawberries. We do not fwant an exclusive diet of strawberries.