7 SEPTEMBER 1945, Page 4

On Monday an unfortunate girl was found naked and dying

at the foot of a high block of flats in Westminster. The tragedy caused a heavy run on synonyms in the offices of our primmer daily papers. The Evening Standard described the girl as "unclothed " ; the News-Chronicle the next morning offered (i) "completely un- clothed," (2) " nude," (3) " undressed " ; the Daily Herald "with- out any clothes." The Daily Mail and Daily Express, agreeably free from false prudery, were content with the nude, or unclothed, truth, and said simply " naked." JArtus.