BACON RASHERS AS BOOKMARKS
Rec. 11 p.rn. LONDON, Apl. 16. Naming “the enemies of books,” the borough librarian of Reading, Mr Stanley Horrocks, said he had known readers to use a kipper and a rasher of bacon as bookmarks. Mr Horrooks declared, however, that enemy No. 1 was the “ turner down” of leaves, and No. 2 was the person who scored passages with a pencil.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 27058, 18 April 1949, Page 5
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