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The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 4, Issue 4 (August 1, 1929)

Babbleonia

Babbleonia.

Beer or bananas, pyjamas or soap,
Wrappers for flappers, or pieces of rope,
Anti-fat remedies, patented pills,
Houses or trousers, or jumpers for Jills,
Flivvers or livers or pieces of pork,
Hooters or scooters, or talkies that Talk,
Binnacles, barnacles, railways or rugs,
Pickles or chowders, or powders for bugs,

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Books of biography, biscuits or boats,
Player pianos without any notes,
Barrels of bitumen, engines or eggs,
Elephants, ostriches, peanuts or pegs,
Anchors for tankers, or legal advice,
Telephones, saxaphones, poisons for mice,
Sawdust or saucepans, or rudders for ships,
Bonnets for “Lizzies,” or clips for the hips,
Lotions or potions, that pacify pain,
Doughnuts or dodgems, or pieces of chain,
Take ‘em and shake ‘em and put ‘em in print,
Spare not the space nor the cost of a sprint.
Pickaxe and pickle, and sawdust and soap,
Call in an expert to “lay out” the “dope;”
Splash it with colours or dress it in red,
Such a display as will mount to the head.
Then when you've finished, begin it again,
Ad infinitum, from China to Spain.

“Guys with the goods,” who are after the “dust,”

Boom like a boomerang—“Babble or Bust!”

You will no doubt gather from these stunning stanzas, dizzy reader, that, to keep pace with the whirring wheels of commerce it is necessary to step on the pedal of the press, race on with rhetoric, and hit up the headlines. Fail to accelerate, and you miss the bus to Easy Street.