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Quo Vadis?

{Tt is a frequently heard criticism that , the NZBS eschews the controversial, nd if by any chance it finds itself embarked upon stormy seas it glances Ineither to right nor left but steers straight ahead, regardless of whether such a course will bring it safely to tharbour or leave it becalmed in the vast ‘mare incognitum of the open mind. But ‘should it require a refutation of these charges the NZBS can point ‘triumphantly to 2YA’s Margaret, who in her ‘Tuesday morning talks What Shall I Wear? does not hesitate to plunge headJong into the great hemline controversy, and throws the full weight of her affirmative on to the side of the status quo. "Unbecoming and unnecessary" is her pronouncement on the longer skirt, and possibly most listeners will agree’ with her there, since we needs must love the higher when we see it. But in other respects, too, Margaret touched on the controversial-or did it merely appear controversial to us because we have so long neglected to peer over the edges ‘of our little rut to see what the Other Half is wearing? It would never, for ‘example, have occurred to us 40 wear an Italian stocking cap at all, even for the grocer, let alone to combine it with large earrings for formal occasions. But ‘perhaps we did wrong to tune in to a talk intended for the Business Girl, when we knew that the Case of the Harassed Housewife was due to come up the following week.

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New Zealand Listener, Volume 17, Issue 435, 24 October 1947, Page 16

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Quo Vadis? New Zealand Listener, Volume 17, Issue 435, 24 October 1947, Page 16

Quo Vadis? New Zealand Listener, Volume 17, Issue 435, 24 October 1947, Page 16

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