Sabreur Branson

NZ Truth, Issue 1189, 13 September 1928, Page 6

Sabreur Branson

FOCUS the -eye upon :hi's physique ' ; or plade' the Microscope of^criticlsira upon ( his^j character; ■whatever perspective you may take, you cannot but ..say". of : Ernest. Cyril , Branson, of Dunedin: "Here's a man." -. . Watch 1 his tail, well-proportioned figure .carrying itself with smart, busi-ness-like gait, and you might even add: . "Like the step of a guardsman." And that's "just where you'd be right again,, for tluring one part of the bigr blow-out on the Continent, Ernie wore the uniform of the Guards. Not perhaps the gay plumage and frilleries of -the 'parade ground, but nevertheless, if you watch him . now., you'd think he was conscious of the phantom cifti.k of spur ; and- rattle of sabre, urging him on to pride .of carriage.' . . . ■-„•■ When the Big White Flag was hoisted, Ernie climbed .out of a tank, m which corps he was then a lieut!commander. The world is no stranger to E. 8., for business has shown him round. Perhaps that is,why:he. has such a sparkr ling personality and a thorough knowLedge of his fellow humans.