NO PAINT OR POWDER.
:Ssl. LONELY widows proposal,
A Manchester widow, who is emphatic that she does not use paint or powder, has made an offer of marriage to a County Galway man named „ Patrick ~£ynshey. Mr. Lynshey was recently told by the ..County Galway Health Commissioners ""'"that he, being single, must either marry " J <sr leave his house to make way for mar- * .Jried couples who were in need of lings. v '*. Vv * The Manchester widow; on reading of _ J; .thp man's plight, at once wrote to the .^■'.commissioners: —" It would be a shame to out Mr. Lynshey because he is not Will-you please ask him to take uppity on a poor lonely widow, aged 52 ~.'""years, able, to work, eook and bake for him, and able to look after him well. J Jiso no-powder or paint."
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20922, 11 July 1931, Page 2 (Supplement)
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138NO PAINT OR POWDER. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20922, 11 July 1931, Page 2 (Supplement)
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