WHITE WOMEN IN THE TROPICS
[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.]
Sin,—You published recently an article by Miss Freda Sternberg, who was one of Dr. Stefansson's party which made an expedition into Central Australia and the Northern Territory. As Miss Sternberg praised the Northern Territory as in every way suitable for white women, you may be interested in the enclosed comment by "Old Northerner" in a Queensland newspaper :—
" How such an absurd article could have been given the hospitality of the Spectator'8 columns is surprising, and reflects not a little on the Editor of that paper:whose reputation, on the whole, stands deservedly high. But he often writes, and permits to be written for his paper, things he does not understand, and some of his readers at times get disagreeable shocks. On the face of it, Miss Sternberg's contribution was Atupid and misleading. Its only apparent backing (and perhaps that to which the Editor of the Spectator fell) was in the last paragraph. Those in close touch with such medical conferences as that of Brisbane know just how much or how little weight to attach to their resolutions."
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