ON PIFFLING.
The comparatively recent introduction into common language of the verb "to piffle" is a useful acquisition. It is so self-expres-sive of an indefinite attitude of the mind. A person who piffles is one who whips the wind. He goes to a lot of trouble to accomplish nothing. A case in point is a person who suffers from inertia of the kidneys or liver or from a disorder caused by such inertia, say: —Rheumatism, gout, neuralgia, lumbago, backache, sciatica, blood disorders, anaemia, indigestion, biliousness, jaundice, sick-hecdache, general debility, gravel, stone or bladder troubles, and tries first one remedy and then another without obtaining relief, instead of at once seeking the aid of Warner's Safe Cure, At the back of his brain he probably knows, from the many accounts of his friends, that "Warner's Safe Cure iii the proper remedy for his trouble, but, somehow or another, lie piffles. Don't piffle! If you suffer from any of the disorders named, try the effect of Warner's Safe Cure immediately. If the medicine does not relieve, then go straight to the best doctor you can afford and follow his directions exactly. _ Warner's Safe Cure is sold by all chemists and storekeepers, both in the original form and in tho cheaper " Concentrated," nco-aleoholio form.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 14566, 31 December 1910, Page 4 (Supplement)
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211ON PIFFLING. New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 14566, 31 December 1910, Page 4 (Supplement)
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