MONOTONY AND MOUSTACHES
Surprises For Dad And Mum oe ARENT you in a hurry to get ashore?" The three soldiers squatting on the deck looked up and smiled. "There you are," said one. "Ace, king, queen. Care to take a hand?" Doubtful of our card-playing ability, we declined. Those chaps had had a lot of practice, for a game of cards is one
sure way of combating the monotony of a long voyage. We gathered, how- } ever, that there are other ways of passing the time. One tall young man we spoke to caressed a
moustache waxed to pin-points. It had been produced with the utmost care and affection. We asked him how he achieved: the decoration. "It was for a bet," he said. "But I’ve gazed in the shaving mirror so long now, trying to get the right angle, that I’m sick of the sight of my face. But isn’t she a beauty?" She was. , While other journalists were busy seeking information about artillery fire, service views about when the war would end, and other high military matters, we nailed another "O.R." in the lounge. He was sporting a’ moustache which rippled over his upper lip and gleamed in the sunlight. He was quite frank about its production. "Just patiénce," he said, "and a surprise for Dad sah Mum!"
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 12, Issue 295, 16 February 1945, Page 17
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