NUDISTS ON LEAVE.
PARTY IN LONDON.
PAPER HATS ALL THEY WORE. (Special.—By Air Mall.) j LONDON, December 23. I A nudist party held in London thisl week included guests from South Africa,! India and Malaya. It was attended by, soldiers, sailors and airmen on leave; others who left service uniforms in the cloakroom were members of women's organisations such as the W.A.A.F. and the W.A.T.S. Carnival paper hats were worn as a concession to the season, and an occasional bangle, necklace or wrist watch} was to be seen. Otherwise the 150 men,, women and children were completely
naked. "We have always had very keen mem-| bers among the services," Mrs. Marian Lili, secretary of the National Sun and Air Association, who gave the party,; said this week. "What do I think of the moral effect j of nudism, It does away with a great deal of hypocrisy. Before the war men] outnumbered the women, but now the, numbers are very much more equal." I
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 13, 16 January 1940, Page 5
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