Towel Service
ved WE were the only Occidentals there. Next to me sat a. contemptuous Chinese duke (or something) with a little skull-cap and a fire brocade robe which he drew away from accidental contact with my vulgar taffeta. On the third and fourth fingers of
his left hand were finger nails longer than the fingers themselves, yet, al- * though much hampered by this aristocratic disability, the martyr took snuff without ceasing, out
of a little jade ; bottle with a coral stopper. Up and down all the aisles of the theatre walked men with little towels in cauldrons of hot water. On. being signalled to by members of the audience, these men threw the steaming screwedup towels over scores of heads with perfect aim. The recipient of a towel wiped his face, his shaven head, his naked breast and his arms with it and then, with strength renewed, flung it back to the cauldron to be re-soaked and used again. I watched fascinated, trembling for my own hat, but I never saw an accident in this towel air-service, —
("Some Adventurous Wornen: Stella
Benson."
Margaret
Johnston
2YA,
May 9
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 6, Issue 153, 29 May 1942, Page 3
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188Towel Service New Zealand Listener, Volume 6, Issue 153, 29 May 1942, Page 3
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