BOOTLEG APRONS.
11l RMUDAS DEVICE KnR DRY WO.MK.N 'IOUIUSTS. NEW Yt IKK. August It. Un i e| ire-en t e.I in 1 he iidooi’s halls al W'-mlJey is a new imln-,try ill the Rer. mlid.is subsidised .1 y American women tourists. The industry i.s the manufneluiv of upturns, which are not intended for di.sh washing, hoii.se cleaning, and other rmiveiitioiia,! uses. These aprons have Ibisk-sizcd pockets from the waist to the knee carefully concealed under a pleat. They are not i umker.s.ime, and are made in two sizes, for four-pint and six-pint Masks, being intended for American women who wish to heat the Prohibition laws.
It all the aprons worn ashore were filled the United Slates would he damper hut many matrons who hoard a ship with capacity cargo in • their aprons feel their ; mirage ooze as the battle of wills with the Customs inspector approaches ami the stock is consumed at sea.
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Hokitika Guardian, 3 October 1924, Page 4
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153BOOTLEG APRONS. Hokitika Guardian, 3 October 1924, Page 4
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