THE MODERN FLAPPER.
IN THE WARS AGAIN. (i;y SIXBAD.) The poor old modern flapper is in the wars again, for critics itrli to slap licr, and view her ways with pain. In bitter lamentations, they thus express their ire: '"The future of the nation is sure in peril dire. Those modern girls nre louder than girls should ever be; they paint their lips, they powder, they show n silken knee. They jazz all night at fiances wlicn they should be in bed. What do they think their chance is of ever petting wed. They wear the bob or shingle, they even drink and smoke; preferring to stay single, they scorn the marriage yoke. And, though the tale be groundless put forth by Colonel Knott, that doping gangs are boundless, still, things arc pretty hot." The modern girl's a menace, these. wowsers all proclaim by interview or pen, as her vickpd ways they blame. They view with frowns most, bitter the modern girl. T smile. I like, I must admit, her. Here's to the modern ityle.
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Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 136, 10 June 1926, Page 6
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175THE MODERN FLAPPER. Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 136, 10 June 1926, Page 6
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