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Clutha Leader, Volume XXXIX, Issue 56, 25 February 1913, Page 7

< 'DON'T DO AS I SAY, DO AS I DO." * WHAT THE STOBEKEEPER DOES. This is a message that came to us a few days ago from a storekeeper in a big town:—"Send me a 101b box of your finest tea, regardless of price. I want it for our own use." Funny, wasn't jt? His shelves groaned under the weight of teas in packets of every kind, from the brands that are muchly advertised to the brands that are packed by wholesale grocers and cot advertised at all—friendly relations with the storekeeper are supposed to "move them off." Now, this man sold all these brands to the public—the poor, long-suffering public—and very likely recommended them too! But when he wanted a tea for his own private use it was "HONDAI LANKA," and the best at that. He knew a thing or tw;,o in the tea line did the ssme grocer. Cheap tea and wholesale grocers' blends were good enough to SELL, but for his OWN use—"Thank you, I'm for HONDAI LANKA!" Of course, he was sensible. To buy cheap tea is just wasting money. Nobody enjoys it. Flavsurless tea spoils the meal, but a tea like HONDAI LANKA, fresh front the mountain slopes of Ceylon, gives a charm to any repast, and makes one gratefully remark: '' Isn't that splendid tea!" Con't;take your cue from what the storekeeper sells, but buy what he uses himself, and insist on the genuine HONDAI LANKA TEA.—(Advt.)