Be Ouve Dow London, Jan. 21, Girls in uniform are making theinsolves unpopular, T regret to say. It seems they cannot carry their oats, but "dressed in a little brief authority" become arrogant and domineerimg. As there are thousands of them, their misdoings are the more con—spleuous and the newspapers have not failed to comment upon it. I need not tell you that criticism is the one thing no woman can stand.
The critics particularly point out that French girls doing war work do not get into uniform, excepting Red Cross nurses, and a number of well-to-do women who drive their cars und have volunteered for service in Finland. 'The women of the Defence Passive, similar to our alr raid precaution' corps, have put themselves into long brown gas-proof capes with yellow scarves. But It is not oMcially recognized uniform.
It must be confessed that too many women when put in authority do Father tend to be a trifle knock-me: down. Itis not only men who flee land, or of the unspeakable iniquities fof the British, One popular revue has made a "Lord Haw-Haw" a prominent personage in its show.
'But now a controversy has' begun is to what sort of English he does speak, Miss Rose Macauley says it Is good but "surely not Cholmondeley out of Christ Church." She detects a Mancunian flavour. Several othe agree that the accent is definitely northern. Some plump for the Midlands. Others are sure that Haw-Hav learnt his English in Edinburg! Others warmly repudiate either pub-lie school or varsity origin, and say that Haw-Haw's accent is all his own ud ought to be renamed Hee Haw.
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