HAVE YOU BOUGHT IT YET?
•Is.-.'a; questiqn!»which;, appeals' to.;;almost every Aphase;!qf/life.-;;jThe> : cbild':swnp;is, . promised , a 'gift , ;dfUn's.'asks rtle'Vparent :': Have:.you] bought ■ it? yet? v and^yp'u^can ; notice the look of: disappointment' .■upon../its''.,face : . when .you reply- that;'you' Have- not,// : Then''the: young-'iadyjVjwlien .her. youngiadmirer haa.been braye^enougH , ito^ask.the. lon^-waited-fpr,''question, -and ; Bhe/-;has";.'replied r .' favourably,.'naturally; asks him: Have-you.'bought it.yetP-me'anv ■ ing, qf. course, Saa,lie/the'right 'size; of , ring/-, and: if-.he • has not done : so, 'then -she ■too isidisappointed, ■".';-■■ Then comes ■the', r mamager.dayi';:when,i in- due .course,-the lucky,;, or.':■ unlucky, ■ pair' stand' before • tho officiating -minister. .'.is get-' tin'g'. on 'famously /until the time. comes to ■produceithe ring..v! The •bridegroom : furn-' : bleaVin/ his •■ pocket, v. j'He/cannot,. find it. v Lost -".surely v ; Then": in •; hard, cold:wbrds. cornea; the 'inquiry f from. his .annoyed in'-'-tended;/mother-in-law: 'Have, you,.bought; it' yet ?,--. And 'so; oh,'. through.-life . various ■ incidents . happen,;. and,i the •''.inquiry ,is often, made rlllave you,' bought ityet? ~,lt ;Bo ;happens-'.thatiiit,,is part-of/human nature to .'keep •.'■mi'.'■. putting!., off. things, •aud..that : is .the' reason..the inquiry/is. so "often'/made; , .'.Now; i.dejay. in. all, ; things ;is .dangerous',;find that is -the reasonjwhy you": should! I bny.:Red"Ci-6ss..Ointment, today, .and '. not\leaye ''procuring it till, tomorrow..! An accident might happen to-, nighti'-when '.the reliops -are ..closed. ;''lf you'>have'.it handy ..in the libuso it will ,be'the'means nf saving immenso suffering.. iifanyTa'jiersoh'hns'had/cause'to nrniso tho.! healing;..' , properties, of" the Mighty 'Hoaler,! as Red Cross Ointment liiis boon aptly, called.!/.Get a'pot to-day.'. As your grocer,and; chemist/.stocks;Red Cross all the.time,.!and. the/price is'only one: shilling'., 'linil'. sixpence; there is no reason why 'the. qneiitioh:should be asked you' again: Have you 'bought'.ityet?'■",-•...:,.■: / "
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 720, 20 January 1910, Page 5
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253HAVE YOU BOUGHT IT YET? Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 720, 20 January 1910, Page 5
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