BEAUTY BY WEIGHT.
GERMAN FEMININITY
Realising that farmers were flocking to Berlin for Agricultural Week and that they disdained slimness as an adjunct of feminine charm, the director of a Berliu pleasure resort was seized with au inspiration. He staged a competition, in which weight was the sole criterion of beauty. It was an uproarious success, the five prizewinners aggregating 32601b5. As the quintette of feminine superdreadnoughts clambered up to receive their awards the entire platform shook bene n th their ponderous tread, while the “hocks” of the assembled yokels split tire welkin.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LI, Issue 72, 24 February 1931, Page 4
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93BEAUTY BY WEIGHT. Manawatu Standard, Volume LI, Issue 72, 24 February 1931, Page 4
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