By Jove
EN do not like to be bald, and many commercial ventures thrive on their hopes of a cure; short stature is also regarded as_an affliction, hence the cult of patent exercising machines and special systems of physical culture. Some startling new hints on both these points occurred in a recent "Here Are the Facts" session broadcast from Commercial stations. First there was a_hairraising story from Switzerland (guaranteed true) of a completely bald man who, after being struck by lightning, developed a downy growth on his head and later a fine, thick thatch of curls. Another gentleman, this time in America, was knocked out by lightning and taken to hospital, where he proceeded to grow like Alice in Wonderland, adding twelve inches to his height so that his feet stuck out of the end of his bed. Pending the development of a handy electrical machine which will strike us with lightning in our own homes, we may expect to see the next thunderstorm bring out a crowd of short, bald. gentlemen, all rushing to points of exposure and, with suppliant hands, entreating Jove to hurl his bolts in their direction.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 13, Issue 334, 16 November 1945, Page 9
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191By Jove New Zealand Listener, Volume 13, Issue 334, 16 November 1945, Page 9
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