The Archive · 1926

Love of Dressing

What would a psycho-analyst find the hearts of those actors of this Admittedly in England we have Jour country carnivals, alas, few and [far between since the war; our {trooping of the colours, our gold lace Jand scarlet uniforms, each with significance. France has her mi-[e.réme, and her fiction of being more truly gay than other nations, but Ino other country will be found quite such an assumed personality as is indulged in by every true son of this Advertising a Fishpaste In Canton should he desire to adlvertise some commodity such a3) fish paste, the happy vendor gathers, together' some ten grown youths, Jand the same number of small rag-}ged boys, ang tells them to perform Jo dragon procession through the! streets. Gleefully these same run off to hire.a horned monster of unearthly conception. The head. measures some 20 inches from [forehead to chin and is made of pink] and white plaster, the features

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