SEVEN AGES OF RUBBER.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 3, Issue 251, 27 November 1914, Page 2 (Supplement)

SEVEN AGES OF RUBBER.

Shakespeare's "Seven Ages'' lias been brought up to date by a rubber expert in the following witty manner; — As, first the infant Sucking and drawing at his rubber teat. And then the whining schoolboy with his football The bladder rubber mad©. And theu the lover, At golf or tennis, played each with rubber balls, Matching his mistress' game. Then the soldier Who cycles or motors on his rubber tires Even to the cannon's mouth. And then the justice. In rubber boots and coat with rubber lined. And so he plays his fish. The sixth age sliifU. Then <o,>e the rubber bottles and To keep c.t damp and cold. Last scene of all That dot: not even end the rubber story, Of rubber teeth, of rubber eyes and rubber everything. The lines were given by the chairman of the Rubber Growers' Association, at the inaugural luncheon in connection with the Fourth International Rubber and Allied Industries Exhibition, which Prince Arthur of Connauglit opened at the Agricultural Hall. The luncheon menu was printed on rubber, and verisimilitude was given to the occasion by imparting a rubber flavour not to the viands, but to every item on the menu. Thus the soup was "mock latex." the entree "caoutchouc lamb cutlets." and among the cold dishes were " Para braised ox-tongue" and "Indo-Ohina .chicken." "Appletart and rubber milk" figured among the sweets, and "dividend dates" composed the dessert.