ROMANCE OF A POSTER

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 72, Issue 234, 2 October 1929, Page 13

ROMANCE OF A POSTER

GIRL’S LETTER TO “MODEL” ■'NOW WE'RE TO PF MARRIED” An English girl’s discovery of her I'leal man on a picture poster has had a romantic sequel at Brighton. Everybody has seen those posters of strong, silent men, pointing accusing masculine fingers from hoardings and. demanding to know why rhe world at large doo? not smoke a certain bran I of cigarettes or buy a certain make of underwear. Miss Gladys Hewett, a prStty young ' Brighton typist, passed one on. her way to the office every morning. It depicted a very handsome young man with crisp curly hair, and Miss Hewett sighed a long, deep sigh. ‘Why doesn’t one moor, men like that in real life ” she said to herself. And then dawned tho groat idea. Miss Hewett sat down ano typed a letter to the firm asking if by any chance tho poster had been drawn from life, and if so, would thov forward h'Sr letter ro the original. In the envelope sho enclosed her photograph. Miss Hewett subsequently told a newspaper correspondent tho s’equel to her strong romance. ‘‘l got a reply stating that there was an original of tho poster and that ray letter had been forwarded to him,’’ sho said. “ A few days later cam's a letter from the young mon himself. Ho enclosed his photograph and asked mo if I would write to him. “Tl:? young man proved to be a wireless operator in tho Merchant Service". His brother i? a poster artist, and used him as a mode} when he was home on leave. Yesterday ho came home from n. long voyage in the' East.” Mis? Hewett proudly exhibited a half-hoop diam.ond ring on. the third finger of her loft hand'. ”And now we’re engaged to bo married,” she smiled happily. land consignment at Western Wharf, is to sail for Wellington, Lyttelton and Dunedin to complete, discharging. NEW BRITANNIC LAUNC’HED On August 6 there was launched by Harland and Wolff, Belfast, tho twinscrew motbi-linor Britannic, She is intended for tho Liverpool-Now York service of the White Star Line and will bo not only tho largest, ship in that service, but the largest British motor ship. Her gross tonnage is 26,840 tons and she is 680 foot in length (v.p.). 82 feet in breadth and 43 foot 9 inches moulded depth. She is being fitted with two sets of ten-cylinder doubleacting four-stroke cyclo. Harland B and W. Diesel engines driving twin screws. Accommodation is provided for 1550 passengers (cabin, tourist cabin a-qd rhird class). Noteworthy features arc the swimming pool and tennis courts in the cabin class, and elevators and children’s playrooms in the tourist and third accommodation. In tho tourist cabin and third class accommodation everything has been done to render both public and state rooms comfortable and attractive. There are smoking rooms panelled in oak with half timbers characteristic of the oarlv English stylo, and children’s playrooms decorated with pictures representing nursery rhymes and fairy tales.