"And so the sons of Adam have returned to the forest for the adornment of their women-folk, the fig leaf finding its modern counterpart in the spruce tree," said Mr W. L. Walton, science master at the Wanganui Technical College, in an address to Wanganui Rotarians. He stated that England alone, in one year, produced 400 million pound? weight of artificial silk (made from wood fibre), which had found its way into women's dresses.
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Press, Volume LXIX, Issue 20906, 13 July 1933, Page 10
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