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A pessimistic person lias been writing to a London paper to complain that things have changed for the worse since he was young. Ido growls that there are no novels worth reading now, no plays worth seeing, no liquor worth drinking and no tobacco worth smoking! The old are hard to please. No tobacco worth smoking, oil? Well, New Zealanders, at any rate, tell another story! They are proud of ilic Dominion tobacco, and ol'ten say its equal is not to be found—a verdict repeatedly endorsed by visiting experts. “The flavour is exquisite,” said one, “and the, bouquet appeals to all judges of good tobacco.” The secret of its excel, leneo lies largely in its comparative freedom from -the poisonous nicotine. It is roasted or toasted. Lew other tobaccos are.. There are tom; brands: Itiverhead Gold, Navy Cut No. 3, Cavendish, and Cut Plug No, 10. Our pessimistic friend should certainly sample it. If he does he will assuredly change his tune, and admit that there is still tobacco to bo bad “worth smoking.”—3oß. "Never look your sou-in-huv in the face, or you wi!l be struck blind.” This old Indian belief was discovered when Paramount, was filming scenes of a group of Indians for Zane Grey’s -‘Wild Horse Mesa.” The scene showed 300 Indians, and as Director Henry Hathaway was lining them lip for a shot he discovered one Indian squaw in the I’oreeground who kept her face covered with a, blanket. ' Hathaway demanded that the, woman remove the covering, but she refused. Then Jim Thorpe, the Indian football star, who is playing in “Wild Horse Mesa,’’ explained. The woman’s son-in-law was in the direct lino of her vision, and she feared to look at him, believing she would ho blinded. So the squaw wnb put at the opposite end of the group where she could uncover in .safety.

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Gisborne Times, Volume LXXIII, Issue 11826, 6 January 1933, Page 6

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Page 6 Advertisements Column 2 Gisborne Times, Volume LXXIII, Issue 11826, 6 January 1933, Page 6