Bank of England
.FRUwNS ON LIPSTICK
LONDON, April 16,
Lipstick has been forbidden by the Bank of England to its girl clerks, and the bank has posted a notice reminding the girls that they signed an-undertak-ing to wear only dark-coloured dresses and to comport themselves with decorum. The use of lipsticks, it is said, is a breach of the undertaking. “How silly,” commented the secretary of the Women Clerks’ Association, Miss Kettle. “The Old Lady of Threadneedle Street has always been a bit stuffy. You can’t stop girls using lipstick. ”
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Manawatu Times, Volume LV, Issue 6841, 23 April 1932, Page 5
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