Stranger (to cigar dealer): “Have you any so-and-so brand in stock? How ara they?” Dealer: "First class, sir. The last lot is an extremely fine one.” Stranger (departing): “Thanks. You wrote that they were very poor, but I am pleased to find you were mistaken. I am the manufacturer. Good day.” All her ways arc antique and refined, To ragtime she does not incline; But her manners are gracious and kind, “That Old-fashioned Mother of Mine. Tho’ to out-of-data customs she hold#, She is keen for the good and the pur®, And her treatment for croup, coughs, and colds Is Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure.
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Evening Star, Issue 18288, 30 May 1923, Page 1
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104Page 1 Advertisements Column 6 Evening Star, Issue 18288, 30 May 1923, Page 1
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