'You know,' said the kerbstone philosopher, as he picked up the fag-end of a cigarette, "there is nothing in the British Empire Order. I don't begrudge it to any of tliem. You see, there's so many of them—knights, commanders, dames, officer; 1 , and members—that no one will ever bo able to remember whY is or who is not one of the honored, £3* d, if they did, I am quite sure they will jsot remember their status in the Order." 80 it conies down to this, that the only time tliat honor will be recalled will be when a person dies, and the newspapers dig up sJie important news from the list. Tliaft'v why I'm not jealous of any of 'em—l'd always be thinking of the only time those letters would appear after my name. Got another matclij"—
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Taranaki Daily News, 14 June 1919, Page 12
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138Page 12 Advertisements Column 3 Taranaki Daily News, 14 June 1919, Page 12
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