MR. FOSTER FRASER ON WOMEN.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2628, 9 October 1909, Page 4 (Supplement)

MR. FOSTER FRASER ON WOMEN.

- £ All women,” said Mr. Foster Frasm lecturing at the.'Sydney Y.M.C.A. Hall “ii women he has seen in jnanv lrirls, “all women are the finest women on earth. I would like to say to begin with,' that after all my wanderings I have come tc the conclusion that the Sydney women are the most cultured and altoget'u.r the most charming I have met. If, is only fair to tell you I mid the same ni Melbourne. Since the time r Adam women have been looked upon as a mere side issue . - The A” ibs say that a man should listen to what his wi‘e says, and- ‘lien do- the < pp.-Mte . . Some of the most beautiful ladies in the world are in Tunis. A Turk is al'owed to have four wives, but be generally finds one enough. ... If you want to whisper fnto a woman's ear you should use the Italian language. . The Spaniard takes off his hat politely to ms washerwoman. The Frenchman is also polite to any lady—if she is good-look-ing. . . If I were an autocrat of Poland I would kill all the men. . In China the women are mad on alarm clocks. I had to spend as much time winding up alarm clocks in China as signing autograph books in Sydney. - Japanese girls think that their function is to look beautiful, to be kind and to leave the world just a little bit better than they found it. . - Those are not ‘Merry ’Widow’ hats, they are fishbaskets. . . . The Shah once went to the Alhambra, and the ballet skirt dance has since been the Court costume in Persia. . •_ • Men chase a wife and capture her in the country; I am told in some other lands the procedure is different. . - The best mother on the face of the earth is the French mother. . . - It'is not the way of all women to be clever, but- it is the kind people that make this world 1 a-good place to live in'.”