ODE TO THE EIGHTHOUR DAY.
Eight hours work, eight hours play, Eight hours sleep, eight bob a day, Thus the ancient couplet can ;
But yet, alas, ’twas only man Who thus was blest, his patient wiie Wrought sixteen hours each da> life, Bereft of hope.
But, 10, a change is looming o'er the scene, Full soon beside her lord she'll stand serene. With Pearson’s Sand Soap, now, he; work she’ll lighten, With it her pots and pans and kettle brighten ; With Pearson’s Sand Soap, too, she’; scrub the floor. And thus, at 3 p.m. her work i: o’er. USE PEARSON’S.
PEARSON & CO., MANUFACTURERS, HAMILTON EAST, WAIKATO. The y/ay to make BE WAY TO MAKE GOOD ’XMAS CAK GOOD ’XMAS CAK Will be found under the cover of each tin of EAST’S BAKING POWDER, The Most Reliable Baking Powder new e, by all Grocers.
■444444 444 44 Ml hat a BEAUTIFUL Colour m your Clothes are! ID Yes; I always use fi.il Go.’s 1 No. 1 EXTRACT OF SOAP - ROYAL BLUE. You CAN'T beat them! _ 44-44444 + 4 + 444 444 4 444-444--$4-4444'
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Gisborne Times, Volume VII, Issue 397, 23 April 1902, Page 1
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180Page 1 Advertisements Column 8 Gisborne Times, Volume VII, Issue 397, 23 April 1902, Page 1
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