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New Zealand Listener, Volume 3, Issue 57, 26 July 1940, Page 6

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FRIEND of ours the other day told us the tale of a friend of his who, through a series of tragic circumstances, had not seen his wife’s mother for nineteen years. * * * 'K\ -DIETITIAN regrets that only about half of the British public is onion conscious. We can’t understand this. If half of them are, most of the other half must be. * * * WING to the scarcity of leather, efforts are being made in Germany to popularise slippers with wooden soles. In the opinion of the small boys of the Reich this offsets the advantage of the soap shortage. * * * ANY wines, we are told, generate electrical properties. Watts bred in the Beaune. . .? * * * IAN English newspaper says that the rule about not printing meteorological information must be Strictly enforced. Oh, well. " O, to be in now that *s there!" Eo * * "THERE are dozens of ways of cooking apples," we have been told. One of the best is to stew them and garnish with roast pork. * * * " GOERING will never be pushed from power if he can help it," says an American scribe. Nevertheless, there is no harm in our continuing to sing, "Roll Out the Barrel." %* * * "THE theory is advanced that cold water is a stimulant. Owing to the Budget, many people have got into the habit of taking it neat. * * * x HEN visiting a friend with the flu, try to be cheerful," says a doctor. What is more important, be fair! Share the grapes. * * * "N these difficult days," declares a writer, "a man must hold fast to his ideal." Unless, of course, he happens to be driving car at the time. * ; * = "THE most amazing thing about the Morse code," Says a signaller, "is its simplicity." And that’s the long and short of it. + * * "THE BEC ‘recently introduced, in one of its ses- *"’ sions, a man who lives on grass. No, Audrey, they didn’t bill him as a sward-swallower,