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Auckland Star, Volume XXXII, Issue 147, 22 June 1901, Page 7 (Supplement)

FASHION NOTES. The social round of dinners, dances, etc., which js the programme of events fate appoints to most mortals just now, necessitates the possession of at least one nice eveningl cloak. A very pretty and at the same time useful one is shown in this illustration, and owing to the fact that it is only semifitting the task of its formation is not A USEFUL WRAP. go foTmidafcie. Black satin ?f the material selected, while the whole garment is carefully lined with pink quilted gatin, such as can be readily purchased for a little more than a shilling a yard. The chief feature of the garment is the high collar, which, when thrown open, forms fevers likewise. "There I Lay" " Night After Night," "A VICTIM TO INSOMNIA." The Case of Mr. C, A. THORNE. [By a Special Reporter.) The colonial home of Rugby football is unquestionably in New Zealand, where some of the finest players in the world indulge in the game. When the British football team visited the land of the moa some years ago, the members of that fine combination were astonished at the number of clever exponents of Rugby who were pitted , agaiutt them in small towns, possessing ' names which the visitors found difficulty in pronouncing. Gymnasiums are also freely patronised, concerning which fact Mr. Charles Albert Thome, of Grey-street, Auckland, had something to say to the writer. "Yes," Baid Mr. Thorne, "I took on gymnastics, and did three nights a week at it afterwards, so that is sufficient proof that I was all right." "Strength and vigour are certainly required for that kind of athletics. But were yon very much run down before- i ttand p" asked the reporter. > ' •"I was, indeed. My health was completely shattered, and I remained in a terrible state of collapse for fully six months. Four years have elapsed •Lace then, and I hope never to have » recurrence of that dreadful aline**, which started in the form of a very bad attack of indigestion. I always had an unpleasant and bitter taste in my mouth, and there was a tight feeling on my chest after eating, combined with | severe pains in the stomach, where the food lay heavily and undigested, till it turned sour and fermented. A dull pain began to tantalise me under the ■hauldeTfl, besides which I had sharp ricking sensations under the lower ribs, used to do a lot of reading, but now zny eyesight became go bad that I could g»ot read. Persistent depressing headaches made me always feel dejected and miserable; but my greatest misfortune was that I could not sleep at night. Whether through over-study or through 1 being so excessively Weak and debilitated I cannot say, bat sleep refused to give me the solace I so badly wanted. When everybody was soundly asleep, tiitre I lay, night after night, wide awake. I was a victim to insomnia in its most hideous form, and nobody . can realise what that means unless they ' 'hare experienced the same great mental suffering which I endured. Then my appetite failed altogether. I could not be tempted to eat, and so I lost all my flesh. It took considerable effort on my part to arouse myself front the state of lethargy into which I had fal- ( len. Very often I did not succeed, but lay for houre in a listless and exhausted state. If I walked about, or exerted myself ever so little, I was overcome with feelings of faintness, and my limbs ached again from extreme weakness. It was absurd going on in this way any longer, as I was physi- • sally and mentally exhausted, so I determined to go for a long holiday to recuperate my health, in order to avert being laid up perhaps for life." " And did you-go away for a holiday.o" "No; it became unnecessary. Before putting that ide# into effect, I was { prevailed upon to take a course of Clements Tonic. That was the best advice ©<rsr given to me, for by its adoption my health was restored to perfect order. The pains in my stomach and back werft quickly eased, and in a few days were entirely subdued. So were the awful aches which had been in my head for months, and when I was rid of those troubles, I had no difficulty in obtaining a little rest, which came to me iilowly but surely, until I always relied upon having a good nights deep, and awoke in the morning feeling the benefit of it. Clements Tonic did all that for me, and more. It gave me a splendid appetite, and braced up my neryotts system. I put on flesh rapidly, and my strength daily increased. In a very reasonable space of time there was not a sign of indigestion left, my brain was stimulated Into healthy activity, and I was as fit and well as before my exnauating illness attacked me. As I before stated, I resumed athletic exercise with a will. " Would you like these facts known P" " Yes, to benefit others, you may publish my statements." STATUTORY DECLARATION. I, Chahlis Albrrt Thornk, of Grey-street, Auckland, in the Colony el New Zealand, do solemnly and slncerelv declare that I have carefnlljf read the annexed document, consisting of two folios and consecoli*»ly numbered from one to two, and that It contains and is a tru« and faithful account of my Illness and care o* demerits Tonic, and also contains my lull permission to publish In any way o, y .»taMments-wbich I give voluntarily, without receiving any payment; and, * «•»*« «hl* »°iemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to t>« true, and by virtue of the provisions at an Act of the General Assembly el New Zealand, lotltntad » The justices or Peaca Aci. 1882." D«clar«d at Auckland Ibis twenty-sUth day ol October, tt» thousand tiinft hundred, before me, US. M. LENNOX, J.P A