A DEFINITION. There are probably few greater wits among pre.cnt-day noblemen than Lord Kosebery, and it "is to him that we are indebted for the latest definition of " memory. Some time ago a fried met ' hint, nixl they di>-cu£st:d the subjea. ' "Well, what do you say that mpmoiy ' is?" asked Lord Koseb'ery's /"end. "Memory, 1 replied his Lordship, h <• the feeling that steals over us when : pve listen to our friends' origmil stories." Ever and anon we read in - the papers of a "new" and "origm;i' polish for tan footwear, linoleums, and Iho like, and curiosity prompts us to give it a trial. Tim exponimul costs us sixpence 'and plenty of re gret. Actual use of the "origina. ' article convinces us that it is the sumo ' old oily stuff our grandmothers used U s make, and about as useful for polishing linoleum as painting a coal hulk. ' Most people who have cut their wisdom teeth have passed over all tV.o d "originals" and use only a polish that it »S naw and a thing distinctly apart. <■ THAT POLISH IS TAN-OL. In tins ie (paste) 6d, (liquid) Is.—Local agents: ;. Cock and Co.*
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLIII, Issue XLIII, 9 March 1909, Page 3
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191Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLIII, Issue XLIII, 9 March 1909, Page 3
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