ANTARCTIC FASHIONS

Gisborne Times, Volume LXIX, Issue 10860, 2 April 1929, Page 6

ANTARCTIC FASHIONS

BY LID'S MEN SHAVE THEIR HEADS. VILE BALD SPOTS DISAPPEAR P (Australian ProBS Association.) (Copyright 1929 by the New Torn Times Co. and the St. Louis Post Dispatch, ill rights for publication reserved throughout, the world.) (By wiveless to the New York Times) (By Russell Owen). BAY O'F WHALES, March 31. This being Easter Sunday, there is no work. The camp is getting into j such good shape that a day off weekly will be possible, whether or not there are blizzards out of doors which make work impossible. Everyone is reading or fixing up his personal eitects. It is twenty-eight below zero, so strolls on the Barrier are not part of Tin: Sunday programme. There, is no Easter parade hew and, if there were', it is unlikely the fashions would prove popular at home, inhere is one fashion winch would certainly ho frowned upon. Many of us have cut off our hair and shaved our heads. The idea is to see if it will prevent those bald spots which are threatening our appearance. Although some are doing it just for fun, the result is anmsng, for some have luxurious whiskers of all colors and designs mul the contrast with the shaven polls makes an ensemble' which one's nearest relatives would not. recognise. It is warm enough while around the base, but wold not be recommended if any flying or trail work were going on at night. One sees a group of youthful but bald men holding a book with one hand and meditatively nibbing their crowns with the other like venerable members of a sedate club. At least it Teels good. Moreover there is no one down hen l to care what we I emit bite.