The Eternal Woman
NNLY the blindest of blind optimism _ could have induced fne to tune in to a recent talk entitled "What Shall I Wear?" with any hope of having the question answered. But alas, such is feminine faith, and I was soon disillusioned. Admittedly, this talk was the first of a series, and in the nature of a
preparatory remark. But surely it’s a little hard for the would-be glamourseeker to be instructed in the first breath to knock off steamed puddings .--so unglamorous? And even more trying for those whese particular figure problem would. seem to demand a diet of steamed puddings. Again, our figures having been disposed of; we are advised to dress plainly. "Plain clothes for plain people," we quote to ourselvesand anyway, how does she know we aren’t glamorous? (The answer to this comes rather forcibly-we wouldn’t be listening if we were.) But next talk, notwithstanding, will no doubt find us listening in again-and that in spite of what is probably a universal conviction that for our income we are as welldressed as anyone could be,
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 18, Issue 449, 30 January 1948, Page 9
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181The Eternal Woman New Zealand Listener, Volume 18, Issue 449, 30 January 1948, Page 9
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