DEAR OLD GRANDMA
! TT is really tragic to see so many ! J middle-aged and elderly women > ! trying to look like girls of 20.—A • 1 London plastic surgeon. . 1 ! The grandma who sat in a cottage > I or flat, ! ! And knitted her grandchildren ! ] mitts, < Now spends half the day at a smart ; I matinee, J I Then goes to dance at the Ritz. ‘ ; Her face has been lifted, her figure’s ! ; been shifted, > 1 Her skirts are daringly short: > I Now she rides horses, sues for > ! divorces, ! ; Marries again just for sport. ! ; She smokes and drinks, gives pick- ! me-up winjes, j i! Shows off silk stockings so bold, | i! The latest she’ll wear, and her j shingled hair ! j; Once white, then blonde, is now ! ■; gold. ; j! But somehow I feel, it isn’t quite | > real. ! I; This cosmetic veneer so cold. ! |* Oh. where’s the wrinkled face ! I ’neath a bonnet of lace, | !! Of our dear grandma of old? [
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Dominion, Volume 30, Issue 147, 18 March 1937, Page 6
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