"JACKIES" AND THE GIRLS.

Auckland Star, Volume LVI, Issue 190, 13 August 1925, Page 9

"JACKIES" AND THE GIRLS.

NOT LIKE SYDNEY. MISS AUCKLAND RATHER SHY. Tf it he true that "every nice girl loves a sailor" the men of the American Flept should havu no cause to com--.lain of the lack of attention they are rpceivhur, but as a matter of fact they •ro somewhat disappointed Willi their' ■"ception by Mips Auckland. In Sydney the ffirla were more menial, and it -as easier to become acquainted. No V expects the sailor to wait for a, civic •ocentiou at which he may have the plea- ..„,, of meeting some of tile girls of the hxvd He has much less cumbersome methods of expressing the fact that he ould like to meet Miss po and so. IJut ■■he "ineide" flml« t' lo Auckland girls iir less approachable than those across •ho Tasmnn, and he does not know quite what to make of it. People to whom i,as been allocated the duty of entertaining the sailors have explained to •|im that New Zealanders are not so •lemonstrative as their cousins over Sydney way, but that does not necessarily menn that they lire less pleased to see the visitors. It is hard to explain that iv some ways the New Zealauders are fust as reserved na their forbears, hut that it doesinni mean lack of cordiality. The Americans nre a friendly lot o, VOUnff fellows, and at any rate a nod and a welcome, from the. menfolk ot Auckland would not be out of place.