NEW ZEALAND WOMEN.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 16 June 1928, Page 17

NEW ZEALAND WOMEN.

AS THEY ARE PICTURED. We sometimes have to look away from home to learn about ourselves — though usually that is not spared us—and it may be that the following observations upon Now Zealand 'women, which appeared in a well-known '.London journal, will be read in this country with astonished interest. “Now Zealand 'women,” the writer tells the world, “are famous for their clear complexions, and these are certainly due in a great measure to the open-air life everyone leads in New Zealand, for the moist heat of the •country prevents the skin becoming burnt even when the sun is hottest, and as there are never any very cold winds, the skin does not roughen. “From November to April most- people sleep out of doors, either in tents or on the verandahs of the .houses. Both business girls and girls of leisure take cottages in- one of the suburbs by the sea for these .months, the former going to their work in the towns everyday. They go straight down to the sea as soon as they -awaken and then, after -breakfast, 'Have a walk across fields to the boat, tramway-ear or train to take them to the cities. “In the evenings they play tennis either on courts or on the sands, and usually finish their day with a moonlight walk before going to bed. “New Ze'aland women do not use cosmetics —-with the exception of face powder —in the daytime, but when in evening dress they may sometimes use a little rouge or lipstick, but no girl of good breeding ever goes out of doors ‘made up.’ . ■ “Their diet is of a -plainer variety than is the general rule in England. Although meat is very cheap in New >Zealand it is not an important item on the menu, milk, fruit and vegetables being more popular food items. “The natural -mud baths and warm, < health-giving springs are a great help 1 to beauty, and are to be found in many

districts besides those near Rotorua, from which is obtained the New Zealand face powder now 'being sold in London. “The women take -a ibatli in the mud, and then when it 'has dried they bathe in a clear pool near the mud bath. Those baths act as a tonic, toning up the skin and thoroughly cleansing it.” Interesting ! ! !