Curtains made of artificial silk are superseding in popularity the white cotton variety so rapidly that there is a dearth of operatives in Britain to make them. A highly skilled hand may receive as much as £7 a week without overtime. , The latest in gents' ties 2/6, 3/6, 4/6; all linen handkerchiefs in fancy boxes for Christmas presents.—Next the Bank. , (1) At the "request of the British military Attache at Warsaw, the Polish War Office has decided to send to the horse show at Olympia, London, a Polish team, composed of Colonel Rummel, Major Toczek, Captain Knoliwiewiez and Lieutenant Starnawski. Mark Twain once said: "Woman is a conundrum—but I will never give her up!'' This was in allusior to the changeable views of the adorable sex. The sex is certainly apt to alter its point of view. Time was when ladies "couldn't bear tobacco smoke"—said it made them "ill." In those days father and the boys had to seek the seclusion of the coal-house or the backyard when they wanted a whiff. Nowadays the girls—young, old and middleaged—will tell you when tobaccosmoke is mentioned that they "love it!" Well, there are worse habits than smoking, and so long as the "baccy" is good and not overcharged with nicotine it won't hurt anyone. Apropos of that, it's a pity the imported tobaccos are so full of nicotine. How is it? Our New Zealand brands are almost free from it. You can smoke them ''till further orders'' and take no harm. Sweet, cool and fragrant, they appeal irresistibly to all smokers. All tobacconists stock them. Ask for "Riverhead Gold" (mild). "Navy Cut" (Bulldog) medium or "Cut Plug Nb. 10" (Bullshead) full strength, obtainable from all leading stores and tobacconists, 72
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Ellesmere Guardian, Volume XLV, Issue 3176, 13 December 1927, Page 7
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