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SUIT - CHAT K A. n it V / I Farewell, Old Uniform I Your, work is done. The purpose for which you were lereated has been accomplished ; the task for which your life has* been .consecrated is finished. To-day we two* -shall parf, eaph going his separate .wayr—youHoirisk-.yoar wea*y threads in an old box, perhaps to bo handed down to posterity in the years to come; I to return'to thebusycityltfe which I gave up to go with you. f -We r it through together* and it was Worth the paid; hut I’m more than glad it’s ovpr,Old Uniform, and know that you feel the same way about it. —* , - . , ,> • • y •./ t ‘ I ’’ . You were faithful, youwere warm; you protected me from the winds and rains and the snows; perhaps many times you saved my life and perhaps I owe my very self to you, and dear Old Uniform I'm not ungrateful when I say good-bye; : ,■; ; t - • .■ : •* I shall go back in the business world with a deep appreciation of you. I shall go hack 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-respeet.in the, presence of other men, a self-respect which I shall carry hack to the business world in the new suit of civilian clothes I'pi now wearing And now your work is <|one, 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 wHh the Union Jack to guard you, may you for ever repose in peace. You won't despise me for saying that. • It -feels goodfeo dress up in civilian clothes again, You understand! Farewell, Old Uniform, farewell! With peace comes renewed, prosperity. Good clothes proveth cheerfulness api inspire self-confidence. They are the visible signs of i our belief in the future of our Country. Let us look forward, not back. Let ns rejoice in eur deliverance. | Let's be cheerful both in mind and dress, and buy pee and Sops' good clothes. These are the Clothes turned out in pur Big Suit Store, that give you peace; and comfort and selfrespect. Returned meu liberally dealt with

810 SUIT AHD BOOT BIOS*.

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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LIII, Issue 81, 5 April 1919, Page 3

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Page 3 Advertisements Column 5 Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LIII, Issue 81, 5 April 1919, Page 3

Page 3 Advertisements Column 5 Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LIII, Issue 81, 5 April 1919, Page 3