OTHER TIMES, OTHER MANNERS.
(A weekly paper deplores tho cigarette habit among the young mothers of today). A time tliero was, if anguish racked Tho infant soul and, incommoded. It vocally annouueed tho fact (As, reader, you vourself you know, did), Nor laid aside its tearful mien For ' dummies ' dopod - with glycerine. Tho harassed neighbours far and wide Assumed (and rightly) that tho wee thing Who made them muse on babycide Was busily engaged in. te«thißg; Ita fretfulnesa waa wholly duo To tiny molars hacking through. But now another tale's to toll; To-day one cannot gather clearly In diagnosing baby's yell Whether 'tis due to teeth, or merely That pains assail the little pet Through sparks from mother's cigar ettc
—'Punch.'
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Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 1211, 10 December 1919, Page 3
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121OTHER TIMES, OTHER MANNERS. Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 1211, 10 December 1919, Page 3
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