STRANGE THINGS

Shannon News, 13 July 1926, Page 4

STRANGE THINGS

WHERE CAN KANGAROO TAILS BE BOUGHT? LONDON, April 22. Many a man who has shivered with fearful anticipation as his has said on the doorstep: “Just call at Bodice and Jumper’s place while you’re in town and bring me home one of those dinky blouses I see advertised,” will be interested in the London Association for the Protec. tion of Trade. They, have a special department that would just help him out. A frantic man turned up at their offices the other day. “My wife has ordered me to bring her back a hat,” he groaned. The secretary smiled. “Easy,” he said. “Miss , just a moment.” A smart young woman slipped from her offic e chair. She knew bats. “I’ll lend you our hea'd girl,” said the secretary. • ,

Together they went to the milliner’s. Half a dozen “creations’’ were tried on. The hat was secured. Husband went home triumphant. Jordan Water.

Cue day a clergyman appeared. “I want some River Jordan water,'* he said, as if he had just arrived ai the head offices of th e River Jordan Water Company. The secretary did not' blink an eyelid. “Certainly,” he said, and the clergyman, who wanted it for a special baptism,, walked to the banks of the River Jordan, in other words, the Jerusalem stall at the Wembley Exhibition, where Jordan water was on tap. If you want seats at a theatre when every stall is reported sold out; if you 1 desire to know the big population in .Ireland; if your daughter needs es- [ corting from London to Soiiltkhampton —any little thing like that the L.A.P.T. can do for you. “Where can kangaroo tails be t bought?” was one query received, and Sir Douglas’ Hogg, speaking at the annual luncheon yesterday suggested that by the next meeting the ’(Association might be able to' inform jthe public how Kangaroos could be overcome.

Jordan water, wives’ hats, and kangaroo tails merely indicate the wide scope of the Association’s activities, which cover vital matters pertaining to and commerce all over the world.