MARK TIME

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1523, 28 February 1901, Page 10

MARK TIME

There is a greater meaning in those two words “Mark Time” than the unthinking public imagine. As a rule we associate the words only as a military command. The detachment is on the march, the commandant does not wish a halt, he wants to keep the men in motion, and so his order is, “Mark time.’’ During that marking of time the officer in charge has an opportunity of consulting with his colleagues as to the next manoeuvre, and having settled upon it “Quick march” follows. That is the military “Mark Time.” Here is the social “Mark Time.” A man rushes to his desk in the morning, he rushes home at night, he has a headache, hut he still goes on, becomes bilious, but does not ponder, constipated, yet on he goes, indigestion follows, yet he does not stop, a complication of disorders follows, then he “Marks Time. ’ He begins to think what he can do to bring back his health, and while marking time he recalls to his memory the fact that Bile Beans for Biliousness have cured his friend, and why should they not cure him ? He purchases a box of Bile Beans. Normal health and strength come gradually. He continues taking the Beans, and eventually perfect health is restored. Then Bile Beans call out to him, “Quick March,” and on he goes to his business as if nothing had occurred.