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THE MODERN GIRL...

The memory of man, runneth not to time when girl were not shocking their

LONDON'S ONLY WOMAN:

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SAFETY FIRST.

HOME SECRETARY'S APPEAL..

At Kingsway Hall, London, recently,

IN COURSE OF COMPILATION

clders. It is, however, remarks the Gordon; solmes, nas just returned from Mra Stanley Baldwin presented prizes THE DIRECTORY

Duty Telegraph in a lending, azticle, one of the dearest convictions or, the present generation that its girla ara peculiariy bold and bad, and inevitably.

a three and a half months tour of North and Souta America/

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My dem's clients have invested near

to over 100 winners in connection with essay writing on the principles of

Safety First."

the subject engaged the Church Congress,ly £2,000,000 in South America," said he some Secretary (Siz W. Joynsou

I landed at Rio de Janeiro, where had my ous adventure in nearly missing the boat, which had all my luggage and money on board..

Hicks), who presided, remarked that dur- ing the pant. dive years the number of Brown-up persons killed by accident in Loaden baq gons up from 434 to 613, |- whilst the number of children who had lost their lives in a similar way had gone down from 254 to 231. (Choore.) It seems to me (said the Home. Secretary, South America is undoubtedly the in commenting upon these figures) it the would be a very good thing if we could richeat undeveloped continent in world. Everywhers one sce markets send the "grown-ups" back to school offering an unending scope for business enterprise.

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In my own firm's case we have been so struck by the opportunities thero that we are widely extending our connections, and also intend to open branches over there.

At Lima I met the President of Paru, who told me that within five years' time Peru would be shipping two and a half million bales of cotton to England, providing England pars the right price.

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Miss M. Faithfull, whose experience Miss tions to & Daily Express repre as the principal of Cheltenham must senindiye on Ces 7th, and the object of have given her an extensive and inten my journey was to study their interests, sive knowledge of the modern dansel, and also to gain a first-hand insight into mande much of the contrast between our the possibilities of the country. present licence and the gelden age of Queen Victoris, when "conventions had alnices the force of law, and the customs of the elders wero imposed on the young Bul it was, we must recall, in the high noon of Victorian self-satisfaction that England was thrilled to the heart by certain essays declaring the iniquitics of The Girl of the Period" and "The Frisky Matron, and, every respectabla and middle-aged person falt that the dreadful charges were only too true Still, we allow the general, validity of Mi Faithfull's theory that in morals And manners society is constantly: swinging to and fro, a period of re straint is followed by a period of free dom, and freedom again by restraint Her own estimate of the modern girl is more lenient than most of those "which find a way into print. She rebukes 'our moralists for servility to ancient ideas and traditions. The charges, certainly ofs strange perversity, that women's dress is of an ugliness and impropriety hitherto unknown Miss Fasthfull dismisses with curt contempt. She will not even allow that there is anything new in paint and powder, and to be sure they are as old ag Jezebel, for what the precedent is worth. As for smoking, to call that a dread offence is merely irritating. In fine, those who make a fass of such things as these are confusing matters of taste with matters of right nad wrong. It is a fallacy to which we are all prone, but we must needs agree with Miss Faithfull that people who scold the cigarette and the powder-puff as if they

Amongst other miscellaneous duties of were deadly sins Ere weakening the

District Officer can be that of Re authority of principles much more im gistrar of Marriages of the Christian portant than canons of taste. But this variety, but his responsibilities do not judicious critic is by no means, inclined end with mart-registration when a Murur work Ho was sure that, given similar of TRADES and PROFESSIONS at the larger

For more wealth, however, one has to go to North America. People there simply wallow in it. They all seem to have more money than they know what to do with

Miss Holmes was highly appreciative of the effects of the visit of the Prince of Wales to South America. It has not only increased the good will towards this country," she said, "bat it has assisted trade enormously.'

CHOOSING A WIFE-

again in order to receive lessons on safety frat and to write essays on that topic (Cheers) The streets of Londen to-day are hardly safe enough. I don't know if I may say so in the presence of Sir Henry Maybury, but I am bound to say they are nothing like as dangerous to-day as they will be in ten years timo. There is an old adage that you cannot put a quart into a pint pot. That is go- ing to be the difficulty. Trafic is grow- ing year by year, and this great organisa tion is training people in principles of

THE DIRECTORY cover the notable "Safety first," "Look before you leap,"

Netherlands India to Sibera, in which and Look before you cross the roads and cities of the Far East, from (Cheers) The way in which some people Europeans romide. cross the road is enough to make one Not caly is the Directory as fal and complete think there was not a lorry or a motor-in each casa xe it osa be made, kut arah Colony, car on the road. These were the people Forf or Settlement is prefaced by a DESCRIP

MON, carefully revised each year, the who wear not only their hats, but their eyes on the back of their heads. (Cheersjority of which will serve a an soqursie a

Gemes Tax Town, giving every detail and laughter.) I would like to make an in connection with the places, their history appeal through the Press to the great Topography, etc commercial organisations in London and The Information in these Descriptions, comelet- the provinces to support the Safitlying of a hundred interesting articles, packed First Institution, and so make Eng-with facts concisely set out, and conf thing and safer for people to work and live statistics of the TRADE of each Country, and in. (Cheers.)

port, would alone satice to all a large volume

The Book in printed from New Type specially Sir Henry Maybury said he had just

Besides the usual Alphabetical List of Furma,

The writer of Interior Notes in the British North Borneo, Herald, thus returned from a visit to the United served for the purpose, and uniformity in

States, and in connection with they arrangement grösily facilitates reference. plains:--

safety-first movement in that country they had a chairman of the council who contributed something like £10,000 per annum towards the carrying on of the generosity in England, the Executive Conucil would be relieved of much fin- acial embarrassment. (Hear, hear.)

to approve the girls of today. She Policeman thinks of taking unto himself finds them" philosophie, determined, a new partner. The Military authozi independent, rational, hard, cynical"

WES Ol

CELLULOID TOY PERILS.

TESTS BY BURNING.

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the Directary gives the DLASSIFIED LISTS Commercial Centros

Th ALPHABETICAL LIST of RESIDENTS in the Far East contains the names of over

$0,000 FOREIGNERS,

arranged, with the Initiale as well as the Sur names, in rizictly-Aphabetical Order, so that any name can be found instantly.

THE MAPS AND PLANS

Codes, Chinese Festival, Talk of Honor mermal Information. Weights and Measures and other Com. It is published at the Office of the "Hors- LenG DAILY PRISS.”

The Directories and Descriptions are of

CHINA.

She quotes an anonymous Univery tics, quoting the rules of the King's professor whose "sad experience it is Regulations, demand that the D.O. that the girls of the twentieth century should satisfy himself as to the pro- realise nothing in life greater than them spective bride's desirability

Becond thoughts selvey and are without ideals" This first written, but on

character WES substituted: wellt description she accepta, and she decides that the evil is due to the absence of brought up British Officer should not be definite religions teaching in the home expected so far to assimilate the native

In view of the dangerously in- and is many girls schools We suspect point of view as to label any Murat flammable nature of certain materials of that there is too much truth in her in- lady, however outwardly attractive, which a number of toys are now being of the principal ports of the Far Eust have been

desirable." In the case in dictment of the parents who hurry their really children of to school as early as possible point, the P.O., with a filial devotion made, the use of such materials in the eved by one of the most eminent Firms in and do not keep in touch with them almost cold-blooded, proposed to leave manufacture of children's toys, and the Great Britain and are surually corrected sad

up to date. T importation and sale of such toys, should brought

CHRONICLE corers the notable event afterwards, who never trouble to gif the choice of a suitable damsel to fatti be prohibited in the interests of child together with

Los e imagine then the D.O. setting be prohibidis was the rer expressed the mosted the the countries of

Texts of sil. the most. any direction to a child's mind or any off on a long trip to the far-off Dalit in a resolation, passed by the executive Eastern Ara, the ranous Customs Tarifes discipline to its temper. But we sub mit to Miss Faithfull and her professor hills, to aid the old man in his difficult that such parents and their children are and invidious task of selection: we may council of the Institute of Hygiene Trade Regulations, Chambers of Commerce enly a fraction of the bation. It is even be reminded of the journey of the which further declared The use of Boles of Cockminions, Cebuilt and Court Foo Hongkong Stampa Datios, Sigant doubtless true that from our prema prophet Samuel to Jesss to select a such materials in the manufacture of system of education emerge a number of king from amongst his sons. Like him, the hair slides, combs, and other articles of girls hard, cynical, and without ideals, D.O. may see more than one pleasing personal adornment and the importation interested only in pleasure and powder. declare "Neither hath the D.O. capsen hibited in the interests of public safety." form paas in review before him, and yet and sale of such articles should be pro- But it is no less true that the

The resolution was passed at a meeting this" schools and quiversities" are giving "the

at the institute recently, at which some nation. p. far larger number of women

unusual scenes occurred. Ig. the pre devoted to the things of the mind than

sence of Dr. R. King Brown, the chair- ever England possessed before. Miss

man, and members of the executiv's cour Faithfull wants a crusade against

ci), 4 number of the new SEASON'S "self-indulgence, a crusade to make

Christmas toys, baby dolls, birds, fishes, people realise the beauty of holiness.

and balls made of celluloid and similar the joy of right' living, right thinking,

compounds were tested by fre. They right doing." We are old-fashioned enough to believe that the way to the last mouth against a dressmaking firm for hitherto experienced on the British mar- During High Court action in Londen were pronounced to be of a more highly inflammable character, than had been things i not by crusades, but by the failing to supply costumes in accordance Banging from 1d. to 8d in price, slow processes of education. One with fashionable requirements, a buyer ciety scandal, of course, makes more for Barker & Co., of Kensington, who was the toys were stated to have been bought noirs than all the work of all the called, as an expert witness, gave evidence at random in half a dozen London shops schoola. But Miss. Faithfull knows Yer that a dress 44 inches long, should have for the purpose of the tests. well that scandale are no invention of a bust measurement of 36 inches, and a the foodern girl. All the evidence is that hip measurement of 44. Every two inches there never were so many people, never added to the length necessitated the addi- so many women, in England eager to tion of two inches to the girth "take", serious things seriously, to do the This rule enabled the stores to supply

best work of which they are capable, and by posts dress to fit any woman honouring worthy ideals and acknow the woman happened to he short or slight ledging heartily the duty of publicly abnormal in shape, the dress could be

easily adjusted

Ready-made dresses, the buyer con tinued, were sold wholesale at from 25, 6d. to 13 guineas

service.

MARRIAGE LAWS.

"MADE BY THE MEDIEVAL CELIBATES."

The time has come when we should free ourselves from marriage laws madd in the Middle Ages by people who knew nothing about it, because they were celibrates, aid the Rev. Dr. W. F. Geikte Cobb, Rector of St. Ethelburga's Church, Bishopsgate, and chairman of the Divorce Law Reform Union, in an ad- dress to the mombers of the Soroptamist Club. to the mo

negy

FASHIONS IN "COURT.

PARIS STILL DICTATES.

"CREATIVE. BRAINS.””

Mr. Justice McCardia: Many husbands, on learning that, will immediately reduce their household allowances!"

The witness added that in 1923 skirts were fuller than in 1994.

Mr. Justice MeCardie: Why Witness: Because the Parts model houses create the fashions, and all the world follows their lead.

Mr. Justice McCafdie: Do you mean to say that Britain follows Paris!

Witness?: Yes,

Mr. Justice, McUarche: The French nation must congratulate itself.

Witness: It has creative brains.

KISSING NOT A SIN.

one tiny specimen, about 3in. in length, In the course of the tests of the dolis when touched by the flame of a match, in 26sce. Coloured calluloid balls blazed flared up to a height of sin., and burned for 30sec. with a lin, flame. The ash remained smouldering for 10 Longer, A child's rattle, in the form of a celluloid Parrot, landed with shot, not only pour ed forth a flame, 18in long for 45sec. but exploded at intervals, and shot out pieces of the burning material, to the danger of the operator. Tiny ducks, frogs, and ashes were burned, and soap boxer, women's hair combs, barbers' comobs (sold na equal to ivory) touched with fire were destroyed almost instantly. forwarded to the Home Office, the Minis Copies of the resolution pamed were

try of Health, and the Board of Trade. The institute reperesents every branch of the medical profession, and the pre- sident is Sir Thomas Oliver!

DEATH OF U.S. TOBACCO. MILLIONAIRE:

It was assumed, Dr. Geikin-Cobb went on, by those who beheld marriage as an institution, that a husband and wife had op-rights of their own. Adultery had been pade the chief cause for divorce at the present moment, but there were a kissing is not a sin. The proprietor of president of the American Tobacco Com

The Cologne Courta have decided that Mr. James Buchanan Duke, formerly thousand and one other causes far worse than accidental dultery prolonged a café here summarily dismissed a girl pany and an outstanding figure in the stucity, for uisance, or habiipal drunken- who held a responsible and controlling American tobacco industry, whe, died Der Gokie-Cobb declared that position without giving any reason for at the age of 88, on October 10th, judicial separation vas a thousand times his action, and the girl brought an action at his home in New York, of broncho

than

enpreing a husband and wife for damages. When brought before the pneumonia, says the New York COITE to continue partnership. "If you go on Court the employer was very reluctant pondent of The Times, began life as a with your judicial separation non-sense, to give his reasotis for discharging the pediar of the tobacco which he and his her added," you will either have to re- girl, but after being pressed, stated that father and brother prepared for use in form the laws of your country or you will he always had a very high opinion of her an old log cabin on their farm in North have to secept a wide spread system off and that she had always done her work Carolina, had amassed, at the time of men and women liging together without excellently. One day, however, in his his death a fortune cetimated at seeking the protection of their Church absence, & guest saw the girl kiss one $150,000,000 £30,000,000). Of this m The enemy they are up against is the to him. He was so disurewed that he found university Mr. Dake once said of the waiters, and reported the matter he sot saide $10,000,000 £6,000,000] to ecelesiastical spirit, he concluded immediately dismised the girl, and of bimself I have succeeded in busi- don't care which Church you find it in contended that he had every right to do ne not because I have more naturs! But for the existance of the enemy it. "znight" ba^ posible to put our divorce. The Court thought otherwise, how ability than many people who bare not 14ws 93 a sgund and respectable from ever, and awarded the girl the damages succeeded, but because, I have applied

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