THE WOWSER.
Ho has won the condemnation Of a mighty shady sort In the scum that floats on racing, The parasites of sport. In the pretty touts and tricksters Of the small suburban meet In the hard-faced loud-voiced Batlings, Who disfigure every sired. In the fools and social failures Wllio consider they've a show To hold their own at betting With expert Ikey Mo. In boozers and in bruiser.And in “battles” hv the score — I might mention several others. But you don’t need many more. There’s the man who works the beer-pump At some squalid drinking den. Or the three card operators One encounters now and then. They’re a shady social mixture Tn the seething city's vat; Hot it's good to be a wow-cr If it keeps us (dear of that. —Anonymous.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 2516, 9 December 1922, Page 4
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132THE WOWSER. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 2516, 9 December 1922, Page 4
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