THE CHIEF TOPIC.
Once the practice it was sneered at . Of the weather to converse, On its defects and its virtues In extenso, to converse; It conveyed a great suspicion That the talkers on this ,tack In supply of brain grey matter Had a plentiful plain lack.
But it's grown tn be important, ,i Has the weather, as a fact, As phenomenon, its interest Is' for all, to be exact: Here one day, light garb we're wearing, And the next we get out furs, One day gentle spring is with ns, Next day, chilly fall occurs.
On Monday coal, we order, Tuesday, fire's in tho discard ; Wednesday, pink rosebuds we're plucking \ From the bed in our back yard; Thursday, friends send us l strawberries Just, hand picked; next day we freeze. Sure, we talk about the weather; Tell us why we should not, please.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 11594, 12 January 1916, Page 4
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