WHEN MEMORY FAILS.
SHE KNJBW IT WAS "THAT KED
STUFF."
A small girl walked Into a grocer's shop one day, and asked for a bar of soap. The assistant brought it, and then inquired whether sho wanted anything else. The child looked embarrassed and then said hesitatingly "There is something else onlly I've forgotten tlie proper name. lilt's a cough medicine, and at home wo alwayß call it 'that red stuff?' "> The man smiled broadly and said "You must be wanting Baxter's Lung: Preserver." The child's face brightened with relief, as she exclaimed, "Oh, yes, that's it, I want a largo Uottlc, please." Baxter's Lung Preserver has o-^ten been known as "that red stuff," as indeed it is a rich, red, warming, soothing compound, which is unequalled l"or soothing sore throats, relieving coughs, asthma, bronchitis, 'and all kindred ailments. Has splendid tonic properties, too. All chemists and stores sell "Baxter's" generous-sized botf.le 2s 6d; economical, family size, 4s 6d; bachelor's bottle oightoenpence. Tho now screw cap preserves the contents. — Advt. '
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Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 74, 28 March 1931, Page 21
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170WHEN MEMORY FAILS. Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 74, 28 March 1931, Page 21
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