[Illustration]

"Beware them peaks! That wall so bright
Is but a snow bank, gleaming white,
Your paint wont stick!" Came the reply,
"I've done it! 'How is that for high?'" "SAPOLIO."

[Illustration]

SCOUR POTS, KETTLES, PANS
& ALL BRASS & COPPER UTENSILS
_WITH SAPOLIO._

[Illustration]

One Sabbath morn, as heavenward
White Mountain tourists slowly spurred,
On ev'ry rock, to their dismay,
They read that legend strange, alway--"SAPOLIO"

[Illustration]

CLEAN GLASS WARE, WINDOWS,
PORCELAIN & CHINA WARES
_WITH SAPOLIO._

[Illustration]

There on the summit, old and fat,
Shameless, but vigorous, he sat,
While on their luggage as they passed,
He checked that word, from first to last, "SAPOLIO."

[Illustration]

CLEAN MARBLE TABLES, FLOORS,
STATUARY AND HARD FINISHED WALLS
_WITH SAPOLIO._

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