ABOUT MADELEINE "JO"
Do you want to know about Madeleine " Jo?" It isn’t a rhyme. It’s a question. She’s the daughter of "Fred and Maggie" and likes it. She’s going to do the same and more — "Stage" she says, in spite of Mother’s "No." She’s twelve, and her eyes are enormous. She’s lanky, and her short white socks make her legs look browner and longer, even, than they are. Her hair, slinky and inbetween colour, hangs over each shoulder from bows that tie at the back. ‘ ‘ ‘ She thinks the New Zealand trip’s fun — signing autographs, and the crowds round the car; thinks she’d rather like to have seen the Exhibition, and couldn’t for the crowds. % * % % This is how she crept into radio: At her convent school in Sydney she had a part in a play, a long part, and not a bit easy. The rehearsals went on for weeks and weeks. And then, on the very night, she was ill. How disappointed she was! So, just to make up, she was allowed a part — a very tiny one — in a "Fred and Maggie." She has a pet, a red roan cocker spaniel — and she calls him " Migi-dog." She collects stamps. And she takes photos. "I think my camera’s the best fun of all," she said.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 2, Issue 31, 26 January 1940, Page 38
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215ABOUT MADELEINE "JO" New Zealand Listener, Volume 2, Issue 31, 26 January 1940, Page 38
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