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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LIII, Issue 75, 29 March 1919, Page 3

Returned Soldiers’ 1 SUIT . CHAT ■/ TL'WHMg' V 'i/w I Farewell, Old Uniform! Your, work is done, The purpose for which yon were created has been accomplished; the task for which your life.has been consecrated is finished. • To-day we two shall part, each going his separata way —you to risk yOur weary threads in an old box, perhaps to be handed down to posterity in the years to come ; I to return to the busy city life which I gave up to go with you. "We have, seen it through tpgether, and it was worth the price we paid; but; Ihn more .than glad it's over, Old Uniform, and know that you feel the same way about it. • You were faithful, you were warm; you protected me from the winds and rains; and the Snowsperhaps many times you saved my life aild' perhapr I - o.we my very self to you, and deaiyOld Uniform I’m liot -un--1 grateful when I say gobd-byei I shall go back in the- business world with a deep appreciation of you. - U' shall v go back into civilian clothes a better man—better physically; morally better in heart, and .soul because you have made me so. You have given me a better ’ understanding of what good clothes mean to'a man. Within your sacred walls I constantly endeavoured to conduct myself like the true soldier that you would -have me be. You gave me self-respect in the presence of other men, a self-respect which I shall carry back to the business world in the new suit of civilian .clothes I ’rn now wearing. And now your work is done, and, Ah! how well it is done, to-day we part, perhaps never to meet again, and when I put you away in my box with the Union Jack to guard you, may you for ever repose in peace. You won’t despise me for saying that. It feels good to dress ti|i in,"civilian clothes ag/iiu., ,You understand!. Farewell, Old Uniform, farewell! ■ . , , ' With peace comes renewed prosperity. Good clothes proveth eheerfulUess and inspire self-confidence.. They are the visible signs of our belief in the future of our Country. ' Let us look forward, not back. Let us rejoice in our deliverance. Let s be cheerful both in mind and dress, and Buy Dee and Sons’ good clothes. These are the Clothes turned out in our Big Suit Store, that give you peace and comfort and selfrespect. Returned men liberally dealt with ’

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