THE PASSING SHOW.
(By THE MAN ABOUT TOWN.) MISS PROSPERITY SPEAKS. Prosneritv Week has come and gone, The tumult dies and the world goes on The rain has rained and the sun has shOne On banner and dance and clown. One fact stands out and plain, WtVJI see more fciin and we 11 see more rain, But when shall Prosperity pass again Through the streets of Auckland town. Prosperity came, but her stay was short Vnr such 8- vigorous, • rising port, - , , And under her breath she spoke, metliought, | The following winged %vhcn • "Vhu'll see me but I cap t sti* Yet thif? I s&y to y ouji wealthy * rinn't sit on your cash like a broody hen, And cluck tor the good old days. "The tiroes are hard and the years are lean, For Regent Street _ a « Vs® have been, BU lhd '&£ are bette? & afiead. black, K6w look on the bright instead. a.H.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 189, 12 August 1933, Page 8
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153THE PASSING SHOW. Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 189, 12 August 1933, Page 8
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