Page 10 Advertisements Column 2

Evening Star, Issue 18280, 21 May 1923, Page 10

The "Society for Pure English " hag clone a bold deed in publishing: a list, of dead metaphors for the guidance of those who write. Here are a. few o.rl friends which we arc ashed to bid adieu to. We shall do so with a pang', so useful have they been:—“Part and pared,'’ "beyond the pale," “(he scroll of fame,” “a place in the sun," “a silver lining," “ stemming the tide," “ the fruits of victory,” and that almost indispensable phrase “round psgs in square holes.” /'I OLDEN IDEAS! More money is often “ X made from a single idea which can lie universally applied than from a lifetime of hard work. Yon have an idea in your mind which could be patented. Como and commit us. We will protect your interests and help you to the right market. —HENRY HiKJHhS. LTD., Patent Attorneys, 157 Feathcrston street, Wellington. Local Agents: .1. 11. Thompson, A.JI.P. Buildings, Dunedin,