Widit- SOUi-= uouii wia 2 Welsh language was that fcpokei Adam and Eve," say: the Morning Post, "otaei est only insist that it was one "of original languages spoken at tba Tower or Babel. Some cynics admit this, and tell the story of its origin thus: One of the masons at *4v- top of the tower baxLplenty of mortar,' but nc bricks. The tower had reached saca a height thai he could not make the man below near turn'when he called for more bricks. At la&i the latter, with Wide-open mouth, called up, 'What?' Then the mason, exasperated, threw down a trows! o* mortar, which, lodging in the throat of the man below, resulted In his spcakiiig Welsh for the Rrst time, and accounts for the gutters.! character of the language-." A WORLD ENTHErHEHtUi. Mr. Daniel Mayer, who brought ow Lvritzld, Pidcreweki, etc, etc., is enthu* iastic about Q-tol (before aba-rfac) end Fluemol (»* an antireptie merctstrash). from New York, be aaka that refakr ocsthly tappliea be pooled for Mswelf «ecJ fri*o<j». He offer? to tlwMt fh« li«m ajaj *»«* /Uattj— wagfcaj ' O, Smiling Eve*: sweet E-raiUng ey«a« Taeir charm turvivea when beauty (he*. Ore iappy glance speeds gloom tway Like sunshine on a winter'§ day. iright eyes, which greet us with a *mil« Jw 6 v ea hardened hearts beguile, They ebeer th*. azgiusW to erdura Like toothing Woods' <Jr«*ar P*pper=iat Cure.—Adrt.
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Otaki Mail, 13 June 1923, Page 2
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