George Parsons

Bry at 9.30. Mrs Briggs asked me to go in there on Sat as Madge was so dull said I was going to Bedford on that day but was compelled to accept for Friday. Find Corly who is also to be invited cannot come then & don't know what will happen. It is becoming quite evident that they do not intend to leave me alone. If you see a good thing stick to it seems to be their idea. What their intentions are of course I cannot tell if they took upon me as a future son in law I am afraid they are wasting their hospitality. Madge is undoubtly a very nice girl and she would be much better if removed from the apparently over exacting care of her father and some artificial influence of her mother; but she does not seem to have that grasp of things pratical, that I should so certainly look for in an ideal wife. Of course I do not know enough about her to be sure that she is not sufficiently domesticated. On the other hand it may be that they feel she ought to mix more with others, as she undoubtedly leads a very monotonous existence at present, her sister being away and having practically no friends of her own age and as far as I know no men aquaintances In these circumstances they may possibilty look upon me as a safe person to help in her social education. I am beginning to think that my present plan would be to behave as if this were the case and treat her as much as possible like a near relation, with the least amount of that affectation and artificiallity with which it so customary to treat young ladies. If I can manage to do this with some success all may yet be well.
The goverment is now making iteself rediculous over the coal strike. The conference did not take place yesterday the miners want a definite universal minimum wage of 5s for men & 20 for the boys employed underground Asquith won't do this. The Daily Mail gives an excellent summary of the strike to day.
To all appearances the situation stands precisly where it did on the first day of the strike " but I think I will give the the article itself