Vanity, Thy Name Is — ?
Lady Astor, on one occasion, was hostess at a large banquet. During the evening, she remarked that men were much vainer than women. Her statement met with a storm of ptotest from the masculine element. Lady Astor adroitly changed the subject to men’s fashions, then she said in a loud voice: "I?’s a pity the most intelligent men attach so little importance to the way they dress. Why, right at this table; the most cultivated man is wearing the most clumsily knotted tie." Instantly every man at the table put a hand to his tie.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 3, Issue 74, 22 November 1940, Page 46
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99Vanity, Thy Name Is — ? New Zealand Listener, Volume 3, Issue 74, 22 November 1940, Page 46
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