How to Meet a High-Up
ARADES are few and far between in the Wrens, and half an hour’s drill a week is reduced to one hour a month after a certain stage of proficiency has been reached. Saluting is rather a problem, and Mary said that, just at first, her chief impulse when she saw a High-Up approaching, was to run and hide. That, of course, didn’t work at all-there was nowhere to run to, and the High-Up just came straight on. So she did the best she could to make herself inconspicuous, shrunk at least four inches,
tucked her head down, and tried to slink by, as though she really were just a mirage. Needless to say that didn’t work either. Having decided that High-Ups were just one of those things in one’s life that couldn’t be avoided, she still crept past them, trying to hide her salute under her hat-very unsuccessfully, because she usually tipped her hat over her nose in the
process! However, she says she’s now got so used to seeing officers everywhere that she can stroll by the highest High-Up there is, and salute beautifully with an indescribably respectful and yet nonchalant air.-("Proud Service: W.R.N.S.," by Monica, 2YA, December 10.)
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 6, Issue 133, 9 January 1942, Page 2
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205How to Meet a High-Up New Zealand Listener, Volume 6, Issue 133, 9 January 1942, Page 2
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