Sun Bonnets and Cream
Speaking to -the National Council. of Women in- Wanganui on the art of -personal appearance, and explaining the objects ' of a special class on this subject at thl Wanganui Girls' College, the college principal, Miss M. E. Baker, M.A., said that girls -in her day .resorted to sun bonnets and .cream to- make bhemselves look attractive. ' She knew of one girl who had been fegul'a-rly teased by her family because, by mistake, she once used fche salad dr essing for make-up instead of cream. Miss Baker was contrasting. ,the simplicity of makeup with the practice today, which she described as being influenced by a battery. of propagaiida for- the showy and extravaga-ntr an age of plastered- faces and painted toenails and Hollywood- films which inislead.
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Chronicle (Levin), 20 March 1948, Page 4
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129Sun Bonnets and Cream Chronicle (Levin), 20 March 1948, Page 4
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