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Sensible Woman Speaks' Out
Joyce Corbett's letter in your issue of
August 26 made me very angry indeed
and quite ashamed of my sex.
What a stupid little weakling she must
be to allow her boy friend to beat her
because she wore shorts.
In hot weather and riding a bicycle, it
is
far cooler and more comfortable to wear
shorts, and the oiUy sensible garment to
wear, unless one's figure is like the back of
a bus.
I am 35 and live at the seaside; I wear
shorts all day in the summer, as I spend a
lot of time in boais.
I expect to be wearing them when I am
55, and do not anticipate that anyone will
tell me that I am wearing them to show off
my figure.
Phyllis Mendels .(Mrs.),
Sea View, Fowey, Cornwall.
Reader Corbett's boy-friend
is
a
'Terrier.' He objected to her wearing
shorts. Took
law
into ,his own
hands.
She wrote telling us about it.
"Bound Over" for the Birch
One of the chief argumenta used hy the
shrieking female sadista who shouted
down Lady Astor at Queen's Hall on the
flogging question was that men shoul<.i be
tortured for outrages on children.
I would like to ask any ".woman"
member, who was present at that meeting
just how many strokes with the "cat"
she would order for that brutal nun who
indecently assaulted the naked body of a
boy with a stick in a religious house at
Bristol; and who was "bound over" by
the local magistrate.
She should be
."bound over" a form for the birch. Is
she still allowed to have control over
grown up boys or is -she locked up in an
Asylum?
IvulI
Maxwell,
The
P~nes,
Maidstonp. Road, near
Sittingbourne.
Nun received certain punishment
. from authorities of her religious house.
In consideration of this, magistrate
made his decision.
Not All Mothers Know
Best
It is evident that the home of your
correspondent,
Mrs.
Harve, is little better
than a "School for Barbarians," if she finds
it necessary to resort to physical violence,
in order to control her childrS!n.
I suggest that she should avoid speaking
to the naughty child for a day or two, and
give her meals by herself.
That
Mrs.
Harve should relieve her
annoyance by this crude application of
brute force seems the behaviour of a
mother whose knowledge of the psychology
of her children is practically
nil.
Mrs. F. M. Hastings,
"Aston," Farnborough, Hants.
He Asks "Was He a Brute?"
This craze for exhibitionism among
young girls is taking a serious aspect. Even
the nicest girls seem to be affected by it.
This year, for the first time, my daughter,
age 17, was allowed to take her holidays
. away from the family with a girl-friend
three years older than herself. A week after
her return, there fell from a book she had
been reading three photographs of herself
taken on what was apparently a lonely cove
--entirely nude. .
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She confessed that she and her friend had
posed for a young amateur photographer
whom they had met. She seemed · to see
nothing peculiar about it.
Well, sir, I had never thrashed my
daugh1;er in her life, and do not possess a
cane, but my patience was not up
to
that
strain. A light riding-switch came in very
useful, and by the time I had finished with
her, the punishment being applied .in.the
costume which she had chosen for her
photograph, she would not have cared to
have faced any camera.
She seems to bear no resentment, ana
has
since begged my forgiveness. Female
relatives accuse me of being a "brute,"
and say I should have reasoned with her.
What do your readers think?
I might mention that my wife is an
invalid, and could not handle the situation
herself.
C.
D.
Warner,
Brighton Road, Worthing, Sussex.
She
Ki~
Mother After
May I, as a girl of 17, reply to Hilda
Smith, who
thinks
she is too old at 16
to
be caned?
I am an only child. My father died
when I was five. As long as I remember,
mama has kept a cane.
We are the best of pals, but any dis–
obedience on my part always means a
sound caning.
For less serious
acts,
mama spanks me.
A fortnight ago, I had ten strokes with
the cane for coming home an hour late.
Mer a whipping, I always tell mama
I am sorry, and kiss her. There is never
a,ny ill feeling. I know mama whips me
for my own good, and Hilda must
try
to
realise this, too.
....
It
is not uncommon for girls to be
caned. Two of my friends are.
If
Hilda
will forget her 16 years, she
will
at least
not feel the humiliating part so badly.
Joan Sanders,
Castle Road, Colchester, Essex.
Something Ought to
be
Done About It
I can sympathise with Hilda Smith. I,
too, have parenta who believe in the cane.
I am
11.
typist, 17 years old, but still "
suffer the indignity of being placed over
daddy's knee and walloped with a cane.
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thin pyjamas, too. Something ought to be
done about such things.
Nelly Hickson, Dudley Road, .
Wolverhampton.
His Girl Friend's Sister Gets It
Administration of the cane is far more
successful for girls of 16-20
than
any verbal
correction.
A sister of m.y girl friend, aged 16, is at
times noisy and rude when I visit their
home.
The mother calmly orders her to her
bedroom and she is told to undress. Her
mother follows with a long pliable cane.
From cries that follow, I know her limbs
are being well marked.
.
When I next see the 16-year-old, she is
quite a chan.ged girl.
William Smith, Mount Gqld Road,
Plymou-th.
Picture
PMI,
SepMnbeT
9, 1939
She's All Against It
I am 19 and work in an office here with
seventeen other "Modem Misses."
We were discussing the letter on cail.i.ng
as a punishment. None of us had ever
been spanked. Most of us had
had
various
punishmenta, mine being the stopping
of pocket money. We decided that next
time we were to be punished, we'd
try
a
spanking-this seemed child's play to a
week without spending money.
I am supposed to be in at 10.30 p .m .
Last night it was 11.40. I explained to
mother that I wished to be spanked instead
of my usual punishment.
With a smile, she agreed. Believe me,
next time my pocket money goes
I
It's
no joke this spanking business. Bending
over mother's knee gives you an inferiority
complex. You feel so exposed and un–
defended, and the horrible few secon-ls
before it starts, whilst obstruction is being
removed from the scene of operations, are
nerve racking.
A carpet slipper is a formidable weapon
and covers a large area. I'm all against
spanking now-I've tried it.
SyQella Rowen,
Perry Bar, Birmingham.
P.S.-The others at the office, although
they heard my first-hand experience, are
all determined to get to the bottom of it,
so I've told them to "grin and bare it."
Advice to Hilda Smith
To: Miss Hilda Smith, Herts.; letter
published in PJCTURE POST, Vol. 4; No. 8 :
My Dear,
This is 1939.
If
I were you, I'd point
out quietly and firmly to your mother that
you and your sister will not tolerate any
more caning.
Apparently your mother believes in the
Victorian methods which did more harm
than
good. They created an atmosphere
of
distrust,
which should never exist
between parenta and children. .
Wouldn't your mother be happier and
you, too, if she would be more tolerant?
You are old enough to know right
from wrong; there must be "give-and–
take " on each side.
J.
Hawley (Miss), Earlsfield Road,
Se/ton Park, Liverpool, 15.
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