Mrs Jones: "How do you manage to persuade your husband to buy you such expensive hats?" Mrs Robinson: "I take him shopping with me, walk him about till he can hardly stand, and then take him to a hat shop. He'll buy anything to get home." " Gerstena" Food Talks, No. 7 An Egg is than a plate of Gerstena porridge. It contains just the same amount of nutriment. But a plate of Gerstena costs you one half-penny, while an egg to-day costs one penny halfpenny. Even Meat—do you realise that four platesful of Gerstena are equal in nutriment to a pound of the best Rump Steak? Rump Steak costs, say, 8d a pound; Gerstena costs you 2d for four platesful, or a halfpenny per plate. Therefore, Rump Steak is four times as dear as ftXSr m. PORRIDGE MEAC [t#^ wmmmm Or, again, take Bread and Butter! Four loaves of Bread cost you 3/-, at least, and lib of Butter 1/6, at least—total cost, 4/6. A bag of Gerstena equals the four loave3 and the lib of Butter in food value—and costs you 1/3 the bag, or one halfpenny the plateful of porridge. So you see, even Bread and Butter costs, more than three times as much as Gerstena. These are times of Economy; eat Gerstena, and cut down the household expenses. Your Grocer Sells " Gerstena''
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Evening Star, Issue 16079, 3 April 1916, Page 2
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225Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 Evening Star, Issue 16079, 3 April 1916, Page 2
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