All Arabs hate whistling, and say that after whistling it takes 40 days to purify the mouth. Whistling is very unpopular in Iceland. No Cornish miner would' dream of whistling while underground. Dame Nature must the needful gift impart To make the matchless masterpiece to be — In every sphere of literature and art, The sad obtrusion of inepts we see. When “ backblock bards” their doggeral rhymes indite, The crude results are painful to endure; Genius alone to case our colds should write Of Wopds 1 Great Peppermint Cure.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LV, Issue 7200, 24 April 1930, Page 3
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88Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 Manawatu Times, Volume LV, Issue 7200, 24 April 1930, Page 3
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