Page 18 Advertisements Column 2

Taranaki Daily News, 21 April 1928, Page 18

MISS MODERNITY’S LAMENT. The “comme il faut” of yesteryear gave Grandma lots of scope. There are no bonds for us to burst; we're given so much rope. We needn't smoke in secret; we can flirt for all we’re worth, since chaperonage tactics disappeared from off the earth. Our reading isn't censored; we cau join the theatre queues; and no parental veto sets us shaking in our shoes. We go for midnight joy-rides, winding up at coffee-stalls; and our trousers cause no comment at the fancy-costume balls. Our converse is as candid as our altra-modern dress. No feminine concealments. And nothing left to guess. We’re “pals” with our knights-errant; and Tha Family doesn’t stare every time a new two-seater calls for Maisie or for Clare. We’re living in so free an age; so tew thihgs are “not done” —one really does begin to feel that Grandma had more fun. She'd not to go to hectic

lengths to stir up any fuss; I'm sure her bondage held more thrills thau

freedom does for us!