1 SEPTEMBER 1928, Page 15

Lighter Lyrics

The Strike SMALL Chloe heard her Mummy say, " Now, Nurse, be careful of the light ! This dreadful strike has come to stay And we must save both day and night. Turn down the gas-ring when it flares And switch the lights off on the stairs."

Small Chloe, who was four years old, Thought much about the sin of waste When she had heard her Mummy scold. At dusk to Nurse she ran in haste : " Turn out the light," was her remark, " Because it wastes the precious dark ! "