MODISH

NZ Truth, Issue 1201, 6 December 1928, Page 17

MODISH

[It is reported that ladies are now wearing clothing made entirely of metal.] Miss New Zealand let me warn you Of a danger hanging o'er you ■■ L/ike the hair-suspended sword of Damocles. • '•• , Pray don't think that I am prudish Or dislike your dressing, "nudisn If my prophecy came > true I m : one t'would please. ': ';■,•/■ V • I admire your slender ankle? In my breast no harsh thought rankles At the sight of pretty round and dimpled knees.. ■,■■ ;. • Dainty garments made- of metal , . Frail as any flower petal , May be suitable for countries wriere you freeze. • . , - Butyou (forgive such topics) Live adjacent to the tropics So consider what might happen, if you ■". please. .You would sally forth one morning, When the sun was- brightly burning, In your aluminium "Kit" you'd have no fear. ' ' . r ' • " , But the sun's increasing vigor \ Might reyeal your shapely figure , By melting . every garment that you, wear.- .' First its rays your frock would banisft Then your other things would' vanish Till' like Venus clad m sunshine you'd 1 appear! • _"Oh. 'My 1 '- ;