But the woman of to-day in Germany Inughs at such traditions. Long before the Republie—basing ita tenots on the equality of the woman hhelpmect of the working th her man—had given di mathe maties and sport in girls' as well as boys? schools, she had begun question man-made laws and) mau: made wars.
The German housewife who ha! gone through the war and the blockade either in works or offices, or struggling to feed starving chil dren on synthetic foods, was emancipated before the downfall of the currency. This finished th. process. Women in their twenties thirties, girls of seventeen or eighteen, were earning more thin their doctor, lawyer or engineer husbands. Fathers were flouted and husbands laughed at when freedom was questioned.
For the leisured classes sport alone has accomplished the slightness of figure, smartness and brightness that "hard work activity has given the working day ional. She learnt the woman, The German girl of to-
wtiek, cosmetics and per-when they poured into Germany. She learnt to smoke when Germany had no micro chocolates. She studies the American girl on the films. She buys English magazines to get the right kind of sports clothes. Her Republican education is excellent. With national thoroughness it is she perhaps, who is evolving the perfect type of modern girl
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