Recipe "for a Flapper

NZ Truth, Issue 1001, 31 January 1925, Page 1

Recipe "for a Flapper

Take a handful of girl about seventeen years of ,age and tnirr . • carefully with a pair of sharp scissors. Locks should be removed, until the absolute acme of. hjdeousness is reached^ : Soften its antiquated morality with the ridicule of Old-Fogeyism and mould with the fingers of Promised Excitement until it is properly: plastic. : ' , ; Carefully remove all traces of Sweetness and "Innocence and llstuff tightly with a forcemeat of. Evil Wisdom and Cheap Wit. Soak jri. the foetid atmbsphere. .of, i .a ;- City; ..until al I v .Modesty ahd^RsKfohAlity '")'• ..«ji»s2i.B.i?fiars.l_-.,_^ "1'..-^ ; ; '"■■' ■■■•'•' ■■•..■■•' :. - .v ." ." '" ....'. -r-??^ „.: Cpver the face with a thick, double.or triple .layer of Cosmetic, and stain two fingers of the right hand brown.' , : _ > , ' . Twist into any attitude but a , natural one, a paralytic slouchi being at present very :.popular. • „. . ' l /. ■ .;: Fjll with the notion that Jazz jis the noblest work of God and garnish with a trifle of slinky dress and considerable legs. Over all sprinkle the dust of Complete. Conceit. ...:...- ;..~t. ;._■ ._.;/;.?;. .; Decorate with a pair of Come-and-get-me eyes and a Lurid Tongue. . .-■■.• . Place a cocktail m the left hand and a cigarette m the right, serve with the Sauce of General and Particular Stupidity, and stand by tw watch a damfool world lap it up. —C.H.O.