THE WHOLE TRUTH.

Evening Post, Volume LXXVII, Issue 133, 12 June 1909, Page 11

THE WHOLE TRUTH.

In our ignorance we havo often wondered why women wear their hats so large. Ifc is true they shut out the view of the stage in a theatre— but that is an old grumble. It is equally true that they keep man at a distance, for li the cavalier walks too near his lady he gets the nap of his silk hat ruined, even if he escapes having his hair ruffled Truest of all, they show the necessity of good wide footpaths and streets designed on generous lines. Yet we could liot think that all these advantages impel woman to her yards of millinery, fashion being no ph'ilanthro?ist. The real reason is now whispered. t is arranged under two headings — first, Age ; second, Looks. The truth is, we are assured in a contemporary, that the large hat takes ten years off a woman's life — meaning, ten apparent years ; also, it vastly improves her com- i plexion. This being the case, there seems no prospect to the large hat going out until a small hat is invented which will remove twenty years and throw such a light — or shade, which is it ?—? — on the complexion as shall palo the very stars and make the wild rose seem blotched.— St. James's Budget. The Daily Review, published in Germany, states that Miss Grace Fryer (of Prebbleton, Canterbury, New Zealand) received the highest mark (" Sehr Gut") from Professor Victor in her examination for the German Diploma of the Association Phonetique. Miss Fryer studied in the Institut Tilly, Gross-Lichterfelde-West, Berlin. Mias Fryer is the first lady student whs hae obtained highest marks. STARVATION OP THE BODY. Thft fact that indigestion and eonstii nation are fruitful causes 6i organic diseases cannot be widely known, or these only too common complaints would not be neglected, as they are in nine cases out of ten. "It is ■only indigestion" is a common remark, and few realise that indigestion might be termed ''.starvation of the body," for food that is not digested is not assimilated by the blood, and the body is not properly nourished. Chamberlain's Tablets will cure the most obstinate case of indigestion, and many a long sufferer owes his present good health to v course : of Chamberlain's Tablets.— Advfc.