•A "seasonable" verse by Theodora MacManus in "Collier's Weekly":— The birch tree did a frightful thing: _ She dyed her hair! And though the others chided her She didn't care, She said that she was sick of green, So common too; , She said she guessed that she -would try Another hue. Said she: "Of golden-coloured hair I'm very fond." And so one fine October day Found her a blonde. With pride she shook her yellow curls Out to the sun; ' And soon the other 3 copied her, Yes, every one I . "Audit," bv John Drinkwater in the. "Bookman" .(NX): Was it not well on clear DccemtarnighU Upon that Kentish road>to reach See the blue shutters and «'° *° , a-" ~"j t Knowing that eager I*T«.S!, I ,t«. hi .own, His travelling loves, his °" n ' st £% ooD His truants still wtunu»* »£ alon6i To share his kindling I°|L , frosty moon? Wanning their lives ovidence Was It not well! A"? or "» £ . g nQW Behold, our promised and thence All seasons glad wittt ' the bought What fuller fruit *f°Xa?"& *« ns The year is ours, i" y ies proeperow. To prosp9r Time tw w *
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Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 18900, 15 January 1927, Page 13
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186Page 13 Advertisements Column 1 Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 18900, 15 January 1927, Page 13
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