Men Prefer Dates
HAVE just had a letter from a friend in London, acknowledging a parcel I had sent her. This time I had included a packet of dates. And though it contained the usual butter, tea and other things, it was the dates that made the biggest hit. The lack of variety, she told me, was the worst, and such things as dates they had not seen for ages. Her husband, who was never a man to like sweets; he preferred a real man’s diet, you know the sort of thing, underdone steak and strong, mouldy cheese, just sat down and ate the dates without stopping till half the packet was finished. I believe anything in the way of sweets, or preserved fruit, is most welcome.-("Shoes and Ships and Sealing Wax," by Nelle Scanlan, 2YA, December 5),
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 6, Issue 133, 9 January 1942, Page 2
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138Men Prefer Dates New Zealand Listener, Volume 6, Issue 133, 9 January 1942, Page 2
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