X&ELSIOR 
 
University of California Berkeley 
 
 Gift of 
 ROBERT B. HONE YM AN, JR. 
 
The shades of night were falling fast, 
 
 As through an Eastern village passed 
 
 A youth who bore, through dust and heat, 
 
 A stencil-plate, that read complete- "SAPOLIO" 
 
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 CLEAN PAINT, OIL CLOTHS, FLOORS, 
 WOODWORK, TABLES & SHELVES wm AmM 
 
His brow was sad, but underneath, 
 
 White with "Odonto" shone his teeth, 
 
 And through them hissed the word s, "Well, blow 
 
 Me tight if here is 'ary show!" "SAP OLIO." 
 
WASH DISHES, PORCELAIN, CHINA 
 & GLASS WARE 
 
On 
 
 Shone "GarglingOil" in black and white, 
 
 Once "Bixby's blacking" stood alone, 
 
 He straight beside it clapped his own- "SAPOLIO." 
 
POLISH MILK CANS & PANS 
 
 AND ALL KINDS OF TINWARE winSApouo _ 
 
"Try not my fence," the old man said, 
 
 "With 'Mustang Liniment' 'tis spread, 
 
 Another vacant spot thar aint." 
 
 He answered with a dash of paint "SAPOLIO." 
 
CLEAN STEEL KNIVES & FORKS AND ALL 
 
 METALLIC TOOLS AND UTENSILS W/TH S APOL JO. 
 
"0, stay/ 1 the maiden said, "A rest 
 
 Pray give us! What with 'Bixby's Best," 
 And 'Simmons' Pills,' we're like to die." 
 He only answered, "Will you try SAPOLIO?" 
 
CLEAN BATH TUBS, WASH BASINS 
 AND SINKS 
 
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 "Beware them peaks! That wa.ll so bright 
 
 Is but a snow bank, gleaming white, 
 
 Your paint wont stick r Came the reply, 
 
 "I've done it! 'How is that for high?"' "SAPOLIOJ 
 
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 SCOUR POTS, KETTLES, PANS 
 &ALL BRASS & COPPER UTEKSILS 
 
 WITH SAPOLIO. 
 
One. Sabbath mom, as heavenward 
 
 White Mountain tourists slowly spurred, 
 
 On ev'ry rock, to their dismay, 
 
 They read that legend strange, alway - " SAPOLIO " 
 
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CLEAN GLASS WAKE, WINDOWS, 
 
 PORCELAIN & CHINA WARES 
 
 WITH 
 
There on the summit, old and fat, 
 
 Shameless, but vigorous, he sat, 
 
 While on their luggage as they passed, 
 
 He checked that worcf! from first to last, " SAPOLIO." 
 
GLEAN MARBLE TABLES, FLOORS, 
 STATUARY AND HARD FINISHED WALLS W i TH SAPOLJO.