GIRLS REFUSE

Opotiki News, Volume II, Issue 259, 15 November 1939, Page 3

GIRLS REFUSE

“LADY CODIVA” BOLE WAUMIi WON lIV MAN * Richard In-, a dairy manager, living ji| Jtirlcv Moor load, Sheffield, In ll lfsc|Hoc 1 “Lady OHiva ’ with great .success in the Frechvillc carnival parade at Sheffield the other day. And lie u -,,„ a 1-5 wager from', n business competitor who, dared him to play the part publicly. NO girl resident in the district would v< / iiuteer lor the historic role. Up to tlm last minute, : J.oe was anxious ad. ni. finding a suitable- charger. The only one offered was a milk-white • "mare, which, at a parade, proved bandd sliy, and rather unstable for a man without riding experience. Then a linn of tea merchants offered Maisie. who, though a chestnut and no. the traditional white horse, shewed complete indifference to drums and blaring cornets, and calmly here her rider through streets packed with people, who proclaimed Uiehard Lee as “Lord' (Jodiva”. Clad in much-darned tights, a flowin.- red robe, and a wig of long golden treses, .Lee rode side-saddle, on a piece of red cloth strapped to Maisie’s hack. From time, to time he poll del ed us nose with H' massive puff and held a * hunch of carrots tied! to u rod and line before his charger’s nose. You no Mrs. Lee, "ho laughed as heartily" as a#hody along the route do. hired late* “l knew Kichard would > g () , through with him at all.”