THIS ACORN GREW MIGHTILY

NZ Truth, Issue 1204, 27 December 1928, Page 4

THIS ACORN GREW MIGHTILY

rjROVERBS and smart sayings usual--1 ly arise out of a 'close observation . of humanity, their expression clothed m the titillating fabrics of crisp" euphony, their application made palatable by some musical twist that appeals firstly to the ear, and then to the brain. : .. i . ' By way of example, as the schoolmasters have it, let us place "The lofty, oak from a small acorn grows" phrase alongside the personal and theatrical attainments of one John Fuller, forerunner of ..the popular prices idea m New Zealand arid Australia, and who, m concert with. the other, members of his .family, earned this country the title of "Fullers'' 1 -Earth.": • '■ . There is something fascinating" about the executive development of the Fullers. They're always up to" some 1

tiling' — always have been since those seemingly far off times thirty years ago, -when they all pulled a lever somewhere or other m the old Myorama company m Maoriland; when John twiddled the handles of the magic lantern, and filled m the other spare minutes as a comedian. '. When one realizes Avnat John Fuller has contributed towards the supplying of entertainment at prices which are several degrees below the water-line of extortionate demand, one begins to realize also that his life is an. instance of where a ' well-conceived epigram about acorns and their growth has a particular application to his own career — where poetry and fact intermingle and merge. . Which doesn't often happen.