. The Saturday evening post. its myriad lights;For the while road past the barracks, For the junks on the Kowloon side,For the Bund with Us bustle and clatter And the lap of the lazy tide; For the fresh-skinned, bare-kneed Tommys With their bamboo swagger canes,For the panting, sweating coolies As they toil in the narrow lanes;For the swing of the chairs in rhythm As the bearers carry them by;For the drifting mist on the mountains That blots out the blue of the sky; For the winding ricksha pathway That seems never to come to an end;The portly Chinese gentleman And his still more portly friend;
. The Saturday evening post. its myriad lights;For the while road past the barracks, For the junks on the Kowloon side,For the Bund with Us bustle and clatter And the lap of the lazy tide; For the fresh-skinned, bare-kneed Tommys With their bamboo swagger canes,For the panting, sweating coolies As they toil in the narrow lanes;For the swing of the chairs in rhythm As the bearers carry them by;For the drifting mist on the mountains That blots out the blue of the sky; For the winding ricksha pathway That seems never to come to an end;The portly Chinese gentleman And his still more portly friend;For the silken swish of their mantles As they hurry along the street;For the sights and smells of the market, And the pad of noiseless feet. The spell of the East is on me And will not be denied;I long for my magic island As a lover for his bride;For the shining, landlocked harbor, Where the foam-tipped wavelet croonsOn that little enchanted island, The Place of Siveet Lagoons. —Ellen T. Lacy. THE SATURDAY EVENING POST 85. Valspars terrific test Airplane blades whirl at the rate of hun-dreds of revolutions per minute. The strainon them is almost unbelievable. Drops ofmoisture hit them with the impact of a terrific test for the varnish on the blades. Valspar stands up under such tests everyday in the year on the worlds leadingmakes of aircraft. When the NC-4 made its famous trans-Atlantic flight its propellers were varnishedwith Valspar. The amazing speed of 1800 revolutions aminute was maintained through blinding fog and mist for the entire passage fromAmerica to England. And this continuous and prolonged battlewith terrific strain and vibration and elemen-tal action was made possible by Valsparstoughness, elasticity and water-proofness. These same remarkable qualities makeValspar the greatest varnish in the world forhousehold use—on floors, woodwork, furni-ture, linoleum—in fact, anything aroundthe home, inside or out. Anything thats worth varnishing is worth
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