THE DIFFERENCE
He was a sheik with patent-leather hair; “Shook a mean Charleston ankle,” 1 so they said; Spent what ho earned on taxi-cabs and shows. “Worthless!” ■ His father sadly shook his head.
She was a pretty little piece of fluff; What thoughts she had were on her make-up bent, Rolled ’em or didn’t, as the style decreed; “Home” seemed to be the place from which she went. They married, and (as happened with their folks, Some years ago) time wrought a wellknown change— He shakes a leg to-day—to pay the rent; She tints her cheeks —above the kitchen range 1 —M. L. Jackson.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XIX, Issue 282, 13 November 1929, Page 10
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104THE DIFFERENCE Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XIX, Issue 282, 13 November 1929, Page 10
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