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Evening Star, Issue 12523, 6 June 1905, Page 6

Thin is the way they make birth announcements in some parts of South Africa, the excerpt being from the ' Advertiser,' published at Graafi Reinet:—"Whilst on the subject of congratulations, I must give Mr and Mrs Philip van der Merwe, of Kruidfontein, a hearty grip, the occasion being the birth of No. 1 sized, ont-pf-the-ordinary, bouncing, baby boy, and said to be a vocalist of no mean order. Oom Philip is quite prepared to challenge any married man of bis own size, weight, wind, and good looks. to walk a mile round a bedroom carrying a baby singing 'What is homo without a mother?' for any wager within reason." We are growing too kind-hearted (? callous or demoralised). Where our ancestors would have condemned a man outright, and- allowed nobody to dream of whitewashing him, we talk about temperament and heredity, and a dozen such things, till we can exctise anybody for any crime .imaginable.—' Globe.' wot M*' Greai: Peppeim,int Cure for coughs and colds reTer fada. Is 6d.—[AdrtJ