A PARODY

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19759, 13 October 1938, Page 9

A PARODY

FOLLOW YOUR STAR The Yorkshire Past recently had a competition, the subject being a parody of any of the more poisonous features of modern journalism. The following skit sent in by one of the competitors speaks for itself: — "FOLLOW YOUR STARS DAY BY DAY "Zoe Zoroaster's Astrological Advice "This is not a goad day for commercial travellers, trapeze-artistes or tobacconists. "Care should be taken over money transactions, and it is advisable to cut dead r.oy friends eonne.-.e I with !h< Stock Exchange, tint I the moan changes.

"Fair women (over forty) are strongly advised to avoid suet-pud-ding,' films of Clark Cable, and potatoes in any form, and to 'beware o r opening the door to dark, handsome men selling vacuum cleaners. Semitic ladies buying cast-off clothing, oil artificial teeth, etc., should, however. be admitted: the stars are propitious for dealings of this nature.

"h is also a fortunate day far redhaired darts champions, pigeon fanciers, and racing cyclists, fe. whom blue is the lucky colour.

•Amateur gardeners transplanting vegetable marrows to-day should he of a heavy crop: 'hut those contemplating letters to the papers regarding the cuckoo, swallows, bocr. Ness monster, or other phenomena would be well advised to refrainthough it should be safe to post any containing criticism of the 1 rime Minister, the Labour Party, or the post-war generation."