The Columbus Complex.

We stroll along the waterways of Venice, we hearken to the sounds of canine revelry in the Dog's Palace; we meander through Melanesia, Magnesia, Cascara, Kleptomania and stagger up the Steppes of Siberia. The world is our onion and we peel it without tears. For the annual wanderlust is on us. We are the victims of the Columbus complex, and are suffering an overseizure, following an attack of Summer sickness. But if we can't go to the world we can make the world come to us. So here's to us with the sun in our eyes.

Famous writers and their pipes: Priestly, (author of “The Good Companions”) smokes a briar; so does J. M. Barrie; Arnold Bennett liked a calabash; Tennyson and Carlyle smoked penny clays; Thackeray puffed a meerschaum; Mark Twain loved a “corn-cob,” Jas-Payne, the novelist, preferred a “hubble-bubble.” As for tobacco, Barrie's favourite blend is of his own devising; Payne smoked nothing but latakia; Conan Doyle, of Sherlock Holmes fame, smoked common Shag! No accounting for tastes ! Most literary celebrities (generally heavy smokers) like a medium strength tobacco, something they can keep smoking for hours. Our famous New Zealand brands with their exquisite flavour and fascinating aroma, leave nothing to be desired in that respect. You can smoke any of the four favourites: Riverhead Gold, Navy Cut No. 3 (Bulldog), Cavendish, (the popular sporting mixture), or Cut Plug No. 10 (Bullshead), rich, mellow and full-strength, with comfort and safety; because, deprived of practically all their nicotine, they are just as harmless as they can be.*

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