"THID'S" VERSION
To the Editor, "The Listener" Sir,-It is with no little interest that I have read the correspondence about women’s diaries in "The Listener"-and the diaries themselves. Apart from my belief that any women nowadays who are capable of writing diaries are at the same time afraid to do so, I admire your courage in throwing your columns open to a sex which, in the main, is completely unprincipled, vain, unbalanced, feckless, and dumb. Courage will be of no avail against them, Whatever you do, whatever bribes you offer, you will find again, as you have doubtless found before, that the women’s sections of magazines become the repository of all the bob-tag and raggle-tail that makes up woman's existence, It is no use kicking, no use taking to Martinis, no use going on the waggon, no use even offering them money for the job: the only way to have a good woman's section is to have it written by men. Assured as I am of these truths, confident as I am that the modern woman's hat is a fair illustration of the contents of the head it covers, I am honoured, sir, to present you with my own conception of a woman's diary. Yours. etc...
THID
Somewhere in N.Z., August 17, 1940.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 3, Issue 64, 13 September 1940, Page 35
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213"THID'S" VERSION New Zealand Listener, Volume 3, Issue 64, 13 September 1940, Page 35
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