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NZ Truth, Issue 1062, 1 April 1926, Page 1

The final flutter of that . : PL,^^^K. W^BV The valedictory party ij| The Deoch r an-Doris'at the ■ "^T /^^W^^^^A Winter's doorstep | */ /^^.-*^^ *^s With Summer staggering, ' V/^.-~ '' ■ The holidays, are ended after Easter The toilsome burden settles on our back And Time, with unkind fingers gasps and snatches The gala pages from the Almanac • ... For after that we'll pack the jolly flannels And squeeze the jolly racquet m a -press. v And resurrect the jersey and the knickers And realize our wind is m a mess. And Sadie, too, will realize the changes (The breezes, anyhow, will make it plain) She'll have to ditch her half^a-yard of ninon And take to putting on some clothes again. The sands will chill; the grass grow damp and < sticky; • i The skies grow grey; the clouds drift tempest- •; -s "tossed' . • ' „ ;\ , '-, . ■'... . , . „ Dan Cupid's leisure-time is fast arriving For Romance doesn't function m a frost ! - So drain the golden chalice of the Suntime f While yet the fragrant drops .of amber run; . . Make holiday around -the bier of Summer, And give a joyful send-off to. the sUn! ■— C.H.O.

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