NOTHING NEW
FASHIONS IN ANCIENT TIMES. Did you know — That hall stands were common 1900 years ago? That permanent waves and face-lift-ing operations were obtainable in all the ancient Mediterranean countries? That inoculation for smallpox antedates Christ? That Rome, under the Caesars, had apartment houses twelve storeys high? That the modern nudist cult is so old that nobody knows when it started? That modern styles in handressing were known to the ancient Egyptians.” That face and lip painting was the fashion 2000 years ago.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 6 January 1939, Page 8
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84NOTHING NEW Wairarapa Times-Age, 6 January 1939, Page 8
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