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_WOMEN TOOK TO SPADE AND HOE._]
Edward VII. Edward Seven, 'Peacemaker' named, 1901-1910 His efforts to this end far famed. We know it was no idle chance His 'Entente cordiale' with France. True friendship and the peace we want The outcome of this grand Entente. Though not accented in our rhyme We've been fighting all the time; And it's a fact which must be stated Our chief opponent (so 'twas fated) Wars with Our nearest neighbour o'er the Sea France Whose 'No' is 'Non'; whose 'Yes' is 'Oui'; Like two schoolboys always sparring Eight hundred years together warring; From Hastings unto Waterloo We'd battles with the brave 'Mossoo.' Now Honi soit qui still y pense; Hurrah for England! Vive la France!
And here we come to end our rhymes We've reached the present stirring times, When one and all lent helping hand To keep secure the Motherland. When men went forth to fight the foe And women took to spade and hoe, And donning smocks of nattiest styles, Worked on the land for Farmer Giles. Now three cheers for the dainty maids, Government clerks of different grades;
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Nor are we likely to forget Our debt to the Munitionette. The We seem to have subdued the Hun Present Time And so farewell (our task is done) To Anzacs-Indians-Poilus-Yanks-- Italians-Belgians-Japs-and-Tanks.
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Concerning MEN and TONICS
_by the late DR. ANDREW WILSON._
_"Many a man feels so thoroughly out of sorts, and thinks himself so dreadfully ill, that he is rather surprised when the doctor tells him there is not really anything seriously the matter with him at all; that he just needs a tonic, and should put the brake on as regards work, worry, or late hours._
_"It is this 'run-down-ness,' 'out-of-sorts-ness,' 'below-par-ness,' which lead to all kinds of fanciful fears, such as having Brain Fag, Neurasthenia, and other conditions startling by name at least._
_"Now I have found the form of Iron Jelloids put up with Quinine (called Iron Jelloids No. 2A), to be an excellent Tonic in all such cases. When a man or youth feels out-of-sorts, and is not so ill as to require medical advice, he cannot do better than try a Fortnight's Treatment of Iron Jelloids No. 2A, as a suitable and effective remedy._
_For DEBILITY, WEAKNESS and NERVINESS, Men find the Ideal Tonic and Restorative in Iron Jelloids No. 2A._
_For ANÆMIA in Men and Women (shown by breathlessness on slight exertion, pallor, depression and weakness) Doctors have for many years prescribed the well-known Iron Jelloids No. 2.--there is nothing better._
_A Ten Days Treatment (price 1/3) will convince you._
_Mr. J. R. PENNINGTON, Chemist, late of Worksop, writes:--"I always handle Iron Jelloids with pleasure as my customers are invariably satisfied with them."_
[Illustration: IRON 'JELLOIDS' (_Pronounced Jell-Lloyds._)]
Reliable Tonic for Men IRON JELLOIDS No. 2A. For Anæmia in Men & Women IRON JELLOIDS No. 2. For Growing Children IRON JELLOIDS No. 1.
_Of all Chemists. A Ten Days Treatment 1/3. Large size 3/-_
_Manufactured by The Iron Jelloid Co., Ltd., 189, Central Street, London, E.C.1. England._
[Illustration: IRON JELLOIDS The Great Tonic]
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End of Project Gutenberg's A Humorous History of England, by C. Harrison