QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

New Zealand Listener, Volume 2, Issue 27, 29 December 1939, Page 42

QUESTIONS

AND ANSWERS

Boarding Out "T was left with a small child to support, and have managed to keep her with me and give her a fair amount of my time. Recently I was offered*a job that means more money, but would mean boarding my little girl out with strangers. Perhaps I should take itwhat do you think? After all, there is the future to consider.-"A.R." 2 (I rather think that if we deal rightly with the present we are doing our best for the future. More money-perhaps gives you and your child greater material benefit. But does it really compare with the loss of companionship that apparently must go with it? "Boarded out with strangers" could hold tragedy for a sensitive little girl. It rather depends on the relationship between you and that sounds both intimate and happy.) No Chance Here "Can you tell me if there is any chance for a mannequin in this country? I am sixteen, and have only been out from England a year. My elder sister, who is married in London now, chose that as her career, and liked it, and I thought I'd like to do it here-L.J." (I’m afraid you'll find things very different out here. There are no training schools for mannequins as there are in London. Big stores seem quite’ content when they wish to stage a frock parade to employ their selling staff. The art of walking and standing, of balance, and gesture and poise are, as yet, quite ignored. The shops’ attitude if anything is good enough for a public that has never seen better. Its rather hard luck on us all, isn’t it? But you’d better think again for a career. If you are very keen Sydney and Melbourne offer opportunity. Meanwhile study eurythmics). Why Separate? "My husband could not make a do of things, so I brought our little boy home with me to my mother’s house. He has gone over to Australia to try his luck there. Do you think I should get a separation?--C.M." (But why? Because he’s been unlucky in the job hunt? You don’t mention any other reason. If you care tor one another, or ever did, don’t give up so easily. Your own home, and not your mother’s, is the one for you and your child, however poor and struggling. Would it help if you went across to him alone for a few months? Loneliness is just one more difficulty for some temperaments.) After Three Weeks "TI have become engaged to a boy after knowing him for only three weeks, and now he wants us to get married before he goes into camp. Do you think we’d better or not?-L.R.B." (That isn’t easy to judge. Only you can know what your feelings for one another amount to. If there is the smallest doubt or uncertainty in your mind don’t let " going into camp" hurry you. Write again.)