In Defence of the Modern Society Girl Every now and again some one throws a little highly coloured limelight on the alleged "sing of society." In a lecture the other day a London lady doctor had some hard things to say about the modern society girl. Society life, she said, encouraged the pernicious habit of the too. frequent cigarette, and the consumption of cocktails and whiskies and sodas. "The ill-health of modern society girls" was partly the fault of their parents, partly, apparently, of a life which e them "'the prey of disease." Such generalities are rather dangerous. The modern society girl probably gets infinitely more healthy outdoor life than her predecessors of other generations. She has attained a proficiency at sport that is on a much higher level than of yore and is freshly demonstrated year after year at every golf and Jawn tennis tournament. It would be interesting to hear what the men who had so strenuous a match against the women in the squash courts at Queen's Club the: other! bank.
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