A GENERATION AGO
A generation ago the dressmaker became a ‘modiste ’ and the ready-made tailor’s shoo a ‘ clothing emporium.’ To-day boots and shoes are advertised aa footwear ; collars and ties as ‘ neckwear ’; the barber’s shop has blossomed into a shaving saloon ’; the tobacconist calls himself a ‘ cigarette expert,’ and the
toffee-shopkeeper a" 'chocolate specialist.' Artificial teeth are v known, less vulgarly, as dentures,' and are fitted on in a 'dental institute.' The undertaker is dignified by the title of ,' funeral director '•-"'•; even the humble milkman describes himself as ' cream and. dairy contractor.'
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New Zealand Tablet, 20 March 1913, Page 61
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92A GENERATION AGO New Zealand Tablet, 20 March 1913, Page 61
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