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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;
[Illustration]
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.
[Illustration]
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._
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