LUCKY PIGS.
FASHION'S IN MASCOTS. The war has brought »l>out an unprecedented demand for masons of var • ous sorts. , V while back lucky pigs were the ra«'e—china pigs, silver pig-, ivory pigs, and ebony pigs, home on motorcars and aeroplanes; and tmy celluloid pigs with ruby eyes, carried dangling from gold muff-chains and the handles of silver vanity hags. Then came the turn of the golliwog?, tiio fashion for wiivh, *o far as aviators are concerned, was set by Mis. Trchawke Daviw, the first woman to fly across the English Channel. Ihe.v were presently deposed in favour ot ln\\iku\s, and tAwstf again gave, place to tho iudvom HMo gnrgoyMike image* kvicvcn »s "Thumbs Va\." Yet others pin their faith to miniature wool dolls, with hoot-button eyes and tho most inane expression ot countenance it is jxkss.oo to conceive, known for omo reason, or possibly for no reason at all, as "kowpios/'
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Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 6, Issue 282, 8 June 1917, Page 1 (Supplement)
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151LUCKY PIGS. Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 6, Issue 282, 8 June 1917, Page 1 (Supplement)
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