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Manawatu Times, Volume 64, Issue 42, 20 February 1939, Page 8

She doubtless aspires to be considered a lady, but is really only a lydy. ” When she entered the smoke-car of the Christchurch tram she sniffed disdainfully. The only other passenger, a working man, noting her vinegary expression, removed his piye from his mouth, and politely enquired: “Object to smoking, ma’am?” With a supercilious smile she replied: “Yes, my good man. It’s a disgusting ’abit.” * * Well, there’s lots of room in the other car—my good woman.” Threatening to tell the conductor she’d been “ insulted” she swept out of the car at the next stop. Quite a lot of these superior people about—people who want to be thought “18 carat” when they arc only “rolled gold.” The old objection to tobacco, that it’s rank and offensive, no longer holds good—at any rate in New Zealand because most men in this country now smoke toasted tobacco—as pure and fragrant as it is harmless. It’s toasted! But there are only live brands, remember, of the genuine article: Navy Cut No. 3, Cavendish, Cut Plug No. 10 ; Desert Gold and RivSihead. UyliL