Mr Neville Chamberlain would have houses built- to last only as -long as limy were in fashion. But the life of a bouse depends on the care spent on its upkeep. Some old buildings on ' Canvey i island made) of weatherboard and straw thatch have stood the stress of that, bleak spot for three centuries, even the thatched roof defying lire, flood, and hurricane. In half that, time solid stone and 'massive oak have tumbled into ruin. K is not. the builder so much as the successive occupiers who determine the life of a dwelt ing-linuse. They (ell this one in 'Brooklyn. A young lady, 'afrail’ her dancing partner's perspiring hand would soil her new silk waist, said : "" "Would you please use your handkerchief?" " Certainly," replied the voiing man. And he hlew his nose. For children's hacking cough, AVooeV Great Peppermint Cure.—[Advt.J
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Evening Star, Issue 18698, 29 July 1924, Page 10
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