The Modern Miss
“What would your grandmothers have said if they had seen a show like that?" said a passenger on the Devonport ferry boat as 11, passed one of the terry wharves at Auckland. The remark was occasioned by the sight of so many women on file wharf wearing short dresses arid showing bare legs. A count was made of these modern young women and they numbered 38. It was agreed that, whatever grandmamma might think, the young women were a credit to Auckland and knew how to wear modern dress to advan-
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Timaru Herald, Volume CLV, Issue 22786, 10 January 1944, Page 2
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94The Modern Miss Timaru Herald, Volume CLV, Issue 22786, 10 January 1944, Page 2
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