A dusky village belle from New Guinea, who smokes whacking newspaper “cheroots,” is taking home a pair of blue nylon briefs. In the jungle on work days she wears nothing but a lap lap. Today in Sydney she tore a newspaper page into strips, rolled a nine-inch cigarete and puffed contentedly. “Him good fella smoke" said Lalin, 27 (pictured). May 7, 1955.

A dusky village belle from New Guinea, who smokes whacking newspaper “cheroots,” is taking home a pair of blue nylon briefs. In the jungle on work days she wears nothing but a lap lap. Today in Sydney she tore a newspaper page into strips, rolled a nine-inch cigarete and puffed contentedly. “Him good fella smoke" said Lalin, 27 (pictured). May 7, 1955.
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