MAINLY FOR WOMEN

Greymouth Evening Star, 28 January 1926, Page 8

MAINLY FOR WOMEN

NEWS AND NOTES. ' Fine white bread and milk puddings are not so healthy a. diet as wholemeal bread, coarse oatmeal salads, fresh friut and green vegetables, according to Professor B. Collingwood, of the London University. 1, 1,1 . . Do you ever wonder when you go sight-seeing around Buckingham Palace what Hours tiiey keep tnere? asks a writer in an exchange. Our homelovmg Queen-— and the King too —has a nine o’clock breakfast, orders luncheon for half-past one, has a sit down tea at Eve, iollowed by a very light dinner at eight. Early to bed is the rule ,one that keeps the Queen in perfect health. A recent arrival from America states that an added spice has been lent to life in San Francisco and Vancouver, where a favourite jaunt is to tne wharves where the New Zealand' boats berth, to- witness the arrival of the long-haired women of the Dominion, Occasionally the trip is an unfruitful one, but usually patience is rewarded by the sight of at least orie head crowned with woman’s glory. Although citizens of the most advanced country in the world, Americans are keenly interested in anything approaching the antique!

Mrs Hannah Winter, aged 91, who lived with her married daughter at Harold Road, Hastings, (England), was burned to death in her room. She was sitting in an armchair by. the fire when by some means her clothing became ignited. Screams were heard, and Mr Hook," her son-in-law, rushing upstairs, found her in flames. He tried to carry her from the room, but was obliged to put her down. He then threw a, rug over her, extinguishing the flames, but Mrs* Winter died before a doctor could reach her. Mr Hook, who is an elderly man, received severe burns.

Mr Charles Hecht, secretary of the London Food Educational Society told a'gathering of educational associations that milk was the brainworkeys’ enemy. It was only fit for babies, but cheese, butter and cream were a most valuable diet. Children's instinctive repugnance to sloppy milk puadmgs and bread and milk was physiological and should not be countered. Britishers, he said, consumed excessive quantities of alcohol and tea. The prevailing ignorance of food values caused wasteful housekeeping and cooking, as housewives got only two-thirds value for their money.

I It is said that the first 20 years of married life are the worst; but an elderly husband has found that he was ■still kept wondering after 47 years of z it. William Saulsbury, aged 73, of Baltimore (U.S.A.) is suing his wife for desertion. He says that they lived niore or less happily since the wedding

day in 1879 till recently. But one never knows when to expect trouble, and lately domestic discord culminated in Mrs Saulsbury going away and refusing to return. There are 32 children of the marriage, but none of them .has-been able to reconcile the estranged parents. Women’s feet are growing larger m America, but it is a healthy sign. The chief reason is the increasing number of girls who take strenuous exercise in the various forms of sport. Ten years .-ago the average stocking was size 9 ; five years ago it was 9g. Now more No. 10’s are sold than all the others combined. ‘Stockings size 9g correspond to 4in shoes, and 10’s to size five in shoes. In addition to the extra weight put on feet in games which flatten them out, the sports shoes are made of soft material which offers no resistance. It is due to the influence of sport that short vamp footwear has taken the place of the long English style.,,

“No, sir, we are not going to the dogs,’’ says the “Evening News,” discussing the lament of Mr Frank Downer, of Adelaide, tha' 1 , London women are mad on. dogs. The newspaper adds: “While London is not swarming with dogs, it must be admitted, in fairness to the ‘Australian dog-spotter,’ that the modem woman s craze for a ‘doggy pet’ has forced hotels, restaurants and shops to make (elaborate arrangements fbr parking the animals. At one shop an assistant minds 100 a day, and most restaurants provide a dogs’ waitingri’oom. Q n ® head waiter said: “It is surprising how many , women try to smuggle little Topsy or Sweetkin into the restaurant. They seeni heartbroken at having to . leave them to the mercy of the cruel world.” The best London hotels have special kennels. Women pay as much as 100 guineas for a “doggy pet.”