JAPANESE METAPHOR.
Judging from some tjpecimena quoted not lone ago in iho "Journal des Debats," tho Japanese employ a wealth of metaphor when advertising their wares. A Tokio stationer announces that "the paper I sell is as solid as the hide of an elephant." A fishmonger promises to deliver all ordors at customers' houses, "with the rapidity of a shot fired from a rifle." "My extraspecial vinegari" a grocer declares, "is as sour as tho tongue of the most shrewish mother-in-law." A large multiple shop begj the publio to "Come into our stores. You will meet with an overwhelming welcome. Our assistas amiable as a father, who is endeavouring to .marry off .hia daughters without giving tliem any dowry. You will always be greeted as cordially as a spell of sunshine coming towards the closo of *a pouring.wet day."
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Press, Volume LVII, Issue 17105, 29 March 1921, Page 9
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139JAPANESE METAPHOR. Press, Volume LVII, Issue 17105, 29 March 1921, Page 9
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