NOBLE SAVAGE ROCKS WOMEN
Matrons’ eyebrows and debutantes’ hearts were set fluttering last night when Omai was guest of honour at a society dinner. Brown-skinned handsome Savage Omai was brought back to England from the Society Islands (lat. 20 S.; long. 150 W.) with the Captain Cook exploratory party. He is to return to his island home with a later voyage. Omai is no Indian. He is interested in neither scalps nor wild horses; his manners are most refined and his conversation is both quietly spoken and carefully chosen. Omai is the rage. Last night women and girls fought for his attention. Society conventions were disregarded. . “ Oh, my Omai,” breathed one lass late in the evening. That’s only what she thought.
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Korero (AEWS), Volume 2, Issue 14, 17 July 1944, Page 16
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121NOBLE SAVAGE ROCKS WOMEN Korero (AEWS), Volume 2, Issue 14, 17 July 1944, Page 16
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