Disorder In The Dress
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"|. . Orgies of buying in what is generally admitted nA be the greatest shopping rush in the history of Australia. One man this morning bought three dozen pairs of woollen underpants. Another man bought 10 hats. . . ."-Cabled report of rush to buy clothing in Australia. ‘ Man needs a Modicum of Dress To cover up his Nakedness, Such Garments as ensure for him Both Peace of Mind and Ease of LimbBut this Desire For right Attire Is seldom roused in Crowds, or stirred Like some fierce instinct of the Herd. But now they hear, in Sydney Stores, How Man like any Lion roars, Pouncing upon the hapless Stocks Of Underpants and Hats and Socks, Till Mercers yield Or quit the Field While Customers galumph away Triumphant with their parcelled Prey! The Thirst for Blood, the Thirst tor Gold, On human Swarms have taken hold, But never did I dream that there Was such a Thirst for Underwear! These are no Fops That mop the Shops, But simple Citizens, obsessed With the Idea of being dressed. I find no Moral to be drawn. My Finger points, but not*in Scorn, At those Australian Shoppers whose Extravagance is in the News. Those Underpants’ Significance, Is less concerned, it seems to me, With Wit, than Anthropology!
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 6, Issue 152, 22 May 1942, Page 4
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216Disorder In The Dress New Zealand Listener, Volume 6, Issue 152, 22 May 1942, Page 4
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