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Lake Wakatip Mail, Issue 4483, 3 September 1940, Page 1

When the doctor looked in to replenish his capacious pouch he remarked in that half-humorous, way of his “my colleagues are always—and of course most properly—stressing the importance of pure food and pure wa* tor, but do you know, I think pure tobacco is. almost as important as pure anything else.” “That’s right, sir,” agreed the tobacconist, “but of course we can’t guarantee the purity of all the brands we have to stock.’’ “Quite so,” srall ed the doctor, “so let’s have my usual two ounces of (Navy Cut No. 3, I know that’s pure; been smoking it for years, and I suppose that like all the genuine toasted brands, it’s as guiltless of nicotine —therefore as harmless—as it can be. ‘Toasted’ certainly has a beautiful bouquet.” “I know,” said the tobacconist, “Ifan selling a lot of all five toasted blends, Cut Plug No. 110 (BuLlslicad), Navy Cut No. 3 (Bulldog), Cav-' endisb, Eiverhead Gold and Desert Gold.” “Glad to hear it,” .said the doctor, “it merits its popularity. Trust the public to know a good thi ig.” Mr Ernest Brown, who has just heard a 8.8.C. record of one of his own talks l , is said to have “been considerably surprised at his vocal powers'.”' These have long been, famous at Westminster. The. classic anecdote is of Mr Baldwin’s having overheard him. and, in reply to a question being assured that it was Mr Brown talking to Glasgow. “But why doesn't he use the telephone V” said Mr Baldwin.—Observer. London. We’d better disabuse our minds of the notion that the enemy lacks. 1 ingenuity or courage, that he’s no good except “in mass.” The parachutists who Landed on the forts at Liege and placed gun-cotton under the- muzzles* and blew the guns up and themselves with them, were not in num-J. L. Hodson. in Picture Post. Loudon.