A number of Egyptian women who were recently attacked in the vernacular Press of Alexandria for bobbing their hair and wearing short skirts have replied that the socalled modern fashions are as old as the Pyramids. "We have merely revived the styles," they say, "which may be seen in any museum on the sarcophagi encasing tne mummies of every Egyptian princess. Bobbed hair, concealed ears, and short skirts wer£ vogue more than 3000 Tears
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Press, Volume LVII, Issue 17293, 3 November 1921, Page 13
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