fond say wor atin oer oe 2 er ete Frei ated nes wan Gata Se eet fand the remaining 80 ud Proceeding. Asa means of proving that dictatorships are "unpleasantly" revolting institas tions this method may be tolerated. obtain gui,]ance from the master, But there ven more solid ground for avcosiy Mr.'Joad of felvolly. He' stoope express opinions on various sabjecls infuch a'vein as would convict nis of gress" Ignorance in the ordinary Sempany fa club reading Yoom where the tsua'ban of lence ad been tors orarily' removed forthe. benedt of his audience. For instance he a cusses the "nationalization. of the fedieat profession without. any tpt Parent appreciation of the drawbacks Iuniipalized "hesplaiz. tis" not Srgued" that the proposals. are. in: her ently foolish, but they cannot be commended onthe basis of a com plete disregard of the defects. which have to be eliminated in afler 10 Jmake them workable Jead betrays 2 complete lack of knowledge of the Victorian iti and implicitly overlooks the fact that the modern girl is by no means 5 indifferent to the sport' of husband-hunting as he would suggest. Let him read "The Egoist" and ask himself if Clara Middleton—one of the most successful portraits of Vie~ torian young womanhood—answere the fantastic description which he ventures to give in a spirit of mis: guided "playfulness. "On questions ko birth control, the care of wild animals, Mr. Jead wine support and approval. His opposition to the caying of animals, the trapping of rab: bits and certain forms of sport logically sustained and, although it might meet with strong resistance in Some quarters, it cannot fail. to command the sympathy of all who hate cruelty to animals.
It fg sad, however, to find Mr. Jead here falling into error commonly' expected of groundlings. To the lite of immorality the woman is not driven by economic circumstances—as a general statement of fact—for the Simple reason that the money to be earned is far in excess of anything which she can earn in the ordinary occupation open to her. The causes of the lapse are usually laziness and Economic" facton although existent, chaps. paychologial accident." The
fas been authoritatively Zegligible by the best-informed Hodents of the subject=nn
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