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intervening desert a veritable street of mushroom shops has sprung up, chiefly mostly barbers, soft goods stores, an odd ice cream place, chemist, photographer & such like. In the town also, & likewise in Cairo, it is nothing but places for soldier. On either side of the main street in Heliopolis, it is one succession of such names as "United Kingdom Boot Polishing Saloon" "Great Britain Tea & Grill Room" "Triple Entente Stores" "Heroic Belgium Café" "The Great Restaurant Kangaroo" "The Allies Saloon" & so on while more than at least one enterprising tradesman has blossomed into poetry –
The British ever to the fore
Here you'll ever ask for more
Be it eggs or be it ice
Everything within is nice
Or else they by flattery for instance
"Australia for ever"
"Australia will be there, never fear"
The term "Special prices for soldiers"