“GOOD” ADVICE

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume 52, Issue 32303, 23 August 1943, Page 3

“GOOD” ADVICE

IN AN AIR RAID GUIDANCE OF CIVILIANS TEN “ USEFUL ” HINTS Although some of the E.P.S. restrictions have been lifted in New Zealand, most people realize that the war situation cannot yet he reviewed from an optimistic angle. Writers have stressed this point again and again. Others have ridiculed E.P.S. orders and operations. Here are “Ten Points for Civilian Guidance.” originally published in America: — I. As soon as bombs begin to drop, rush like Hell—it doesn’t matter where, so long as you run. Wear track shoes so that, if the people running ahead of you are too slow or fall down, you won’t have any trouble passing them or jumping on or over (hem.

2. When a bomb happens to fall near you. scream Murder I It won’t prevent you from getting blasted out of your shoes next time, but it does add to the noise and confusion, and will scare the devil out of the kids. If you find an unexploded bomb, rap it smartly on the nose: perhaps tin 1 bring i)in has stuck. -1-. ’lf an incendiary bomb is found burning in a building, pour benzine over ii. You can’t remove the bomb anyway : so you may as well remove building. 5. r r.ake advantage of any opportunity afforded you when the air-raid sirens sound warning of attack or a blackout —-for example : (a) If in a bakery, grab a pie: >bi If in a tavern, crab a beer: (<■) if in a theatre, grab a blonde. <i. Keep garlic, onions and limburger handy ns a snack before mitering a crowded shelter. This will not brim< you added popularity, but it will vol. ym,i a 10l of room’. 7. If an air-raid warden trios to tell you what to do. wrap a. basket, of sand round his neck. These wardens always save the best seats for themselves. anyway. R. If yon should be the victim of a direct hit —don’t go to pieces. Just He still, and the sanitation squad will.attend to you. 9. After reaching the shelter, rush back into the street, and take a good look for planes. Maybe one of those lugs in the Air Force just pressed the wrong button, or it may have been a couple of wandering seagulls. 10. To test for gas. remove your gas mask and take several deep breaths. If the next thing you hear is the “All Clear” signal, it wasn’t gas; if you hear harp music, it was.

The venerable superstition that if three people light pipe, cigar or cigarette from the same match .one of them will die before the year is out, is probably about as true as the belief that to pass under a ’ladder or spill the salt means asking for trouble. But how these old wives’ tales persist! The “lighting up” by three persons from the one match is* unimportant. What is important to note is that to smoke (habitually) tobacco rank with nicotine (a deadly poison) is very unwise.’ ’ And unfortunately so many brands are like that! The safe and sure way is to smoke “toasted.” You may indulge in Cut Plug No. 10 (Bullshead), Cavendish, Navy Cut No. 3 (Bulldog), Riverhead Gold, Desert Gold or Pocket Edition as freely as you please. There’s' practically no nicotine in these famous tobaccos. It is got rid of by toasting in the process of manufacture and you get a pure, sweet, cool and fragrant smoke full of comfort and delight. But be wary when buying. Ask for any of the brands named and you’ll be right.