A FRENCH GINGERBREAD BAROMETER.
It is nothing more or less than the figure of a General made of gingerbread which Clavette buys every year at the Place du Trone. When he gets home he hangs his purchase on a nail. You know the effect of the atmosphere on gingerbread. The slightest moisture renders it soft ; in dry weather, on the contrary, it grows hard and tough. Every morning on going out Clavette asks his servant : ‘ What does the General say ?’ The man forthwith applies his thumb to the figure and replies : * The General feels flabby about the chest; you’d better take your umbrella.’ On the other hand, when the symptoms are ‘ hard anil unyielding,’ our worthy colleague sallies forth in his new hat.
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume V, Issue 43, 25 October 1890, Page 19
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123A FRENCH GINGERBREAD BAROMETER. New Zealand Graphic, Volume V, Issue 43, 25 October 1890, Page 19
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