CRAZE FOR SLIMNESS
SWEETS MANUFACTURER S suffer; CIGARETTES REPLACE CHOCOLATES AS GIFTS,
(United Press Assn. —Copyright.) LONDON, Ja.n IE Confectioners are the latest victims of Women’s craze for slimness, says the annual report of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce. Imports of rd’moct supjfvr *ind candy dropped by (5,000,000ewt. within the year, representing a fall of 35 per cent-. ■ , Experts say that whereas man used to give a box of chocolates to a- girl lie now gives a box of 1 cigarettes. Doctors, however, deprecate cutting surma* from the dietary of women, and state that it would be wiser to -secure slimness by cutting- out pastry and potatoes.-—A. and N.Z.C.A.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXVII, Issue 10483, 13 January 1928, Page 6
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