HOUSING IDEALS. LAWN TENNIS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 3106, 27 December 1921, Page 6

HOUSING IDEALS.

LAWN TENNIS.

A DOCTOR'S ADVICE. "I do not think we can.expect a much hotter ideal of housing than at present lexists here," said I),-. Agnes Bennett, when delivering an address on domestic hygiene in Wellington. "We admit the right, and advocate thai every .family should have its own house, with a decent number ol rooms, and its own plot of -round ; and as far as Is possible oll'orls, both civic and private, are being made lo realist! that ideal," she continued. The bousing problem, acute as it hail?been and continued to be, was gomp to hone.lil; bv the war to ihu extenl thai a great efl'orl had been mad,! Inwards evolving ihe besi arranged and most economically constructed house, with due regarc

to sun, 1.0 ventilation and to easy working; I and tin' numerous bungalow houses, stand ing on their own ground, with p»'ope. bathrooms, -inks. liol water and hoi press, and often with sleeping porches, worn oik of the best features of New Zealand town; -a happy contrast to those horrible tone ments or terraces thai shelter the bulk o thi! city population of England. Ihe supply was si ill ~ long way from meetim ; | 1( . demand, bill as tilllO pro-ceded \\, heard less of ilie housing shortage am , mure of families buying and living in the. i.wu pro|)erlies. Nothing was healthier fo lb,! State than thai each citizen shouli own his own property.' He ul once begin lo think of Ihe law afl'ecting it and Ik ~„,„,| thai the law was a friend, not m enemy. The casual tenant hud no in tores in improvements, never came into relatioi with the law as a protector and regard.', (he landlord as his natural enemy. I here f ore for healthy hygiene of the home l hi citizen should own his own house and hi 'own plot of ground. . Next came I lie consideration of turm tun, We should remember thai the l« Furniture the more easily cleaned and tli L,„,e leasure; also the lighter the furintur hi.,, loss cleaning. Of course, artistic otter had lo lie studied and our homes shouli i plea.se the eve; but il was not necessai; ~, | u ,„ber the walls and shelves with ; (o |l ec tion of oruainents and photograph thai merely produced u general ell eel c confusion, as no objeci could be set apar from its suriouncliiigs. From a motley co, lection we carried away no memory ol i beautifully shaped vase, or the beauty ol ; picture '\ single flower with its beauty o form and colour appealed far more thai ( | u . | !lliu .lied masses winch were so oltei . i-erarded as decorative. Ornaments shout. | hep ul away, om ol reach of dust, and lb I r „oui would be easy lo "lean and inor. i Mitislir. Wc were also prone to eun.be onrsi'lvus with articles of supposed cornier! ■ \ cosy chair was a legitimate possessio. ■ F<,r evervone, but two or three for eaci ~,„„„ for «lnlu occasions, heavy saddleha. chairs and chesterlields, Oriental carpel im< ,- heavv curtains meant indulgence in tin , proiiinbl,. or even dangerous luxury. I >i

I was often »r!! mul could ""ly bo ragwto as a mistaken principle ll>« hoav. furniture was difficult lo lifl I"'' clc-i ip h provided i! resliiiß place for f,w'" ! I \ w ,.,.| l v "linn out" was an 111 tp. ..-siln 111; 'with an overcrowded room, and Ihe fear ( ..lu-i that aeeompanied heavy furniture l;e| ! -nsuiv i< wi'»i»« : ' iml iii;''^";" 1 ' 1 ;/"," 1 "'" !|) iw i; was preferable lo ihe lirt-allu-i am !„ lup air of other people air I.lml wa l, ri ,Hv more likelv lo be contaminated un | harmful tferms Hmn 'l'" n.irmal llimijjl idnsiv air of ih«' opt'ii. Iho doctor eon ■ cliultul llii.H pod ion of her address by sa. |j,,,, ".he imporianee of !>>*> an I „d also of K''liing ||| "' <:l s "" h - " •'"', i j 1,.. (iver einp hasi.'i'o lour hollies ejliuol in "\ ' . I . There is no help lo vendition like 111 ,;,„1i,,: Ka.Hi.es . electric heaters an L'lendid labour savers, bill we should a, u - lV s keep in mind ili:il " l "' '' ; "'' ,"",'" than heal fr »» "I.."" ( '"™ jus .m o pen (ires in our elloils lo .as. I labour."

XKW 7.V.\ LAND CHAMPIONSHIPS (Per Press Association.) ( 11 If IST( HI !!< H, Dee. “(• '! ||,i New Zealand Tennis ( iminpion ship, opmied 10-day in line weather am will, u nji.l breeze Inking Hie edge ok ,| M In the men’s singles Creeir wood (Canterbury) heat Prance (Wellington) (i—:i, (i-l, (-h)ss (timler l.in-v) heat .Martin (Wellington), 0- U (• 1 1 o—l ; field (Canterbury) delimit{.,i (o Salmond (Wellington); Paureusoi (Waikato) heat Lougliuau (Canterbury) ,• •; o—(; —1 ; Denton (Canterbury, oral Hohinsoli (Canterbury), (5—2, (r---o 0-0; Patterson (Canterhnry) beat Shop p:,id (Canterbury), 0-- U, •> —-C •' (j'at'k (Ciinterhiirv) heat Park (Welling ton). (5—2, (5—2, Vi—o; Ollivier (Canter hnliv) heat Pray; .Milhiirn (Hawke’; Pay) heal Perry (Wellington), (5—2 0 i, (i d; Pennington (Sydney) heal Melody (Wellington). (s—l, (s—o, 7—o yields Doubles.—Sims (Waikato) am CrilUllis (Auckland) heat Taylor am Quill (Canterhnry), (s—<i, (s—l, (5—H Combined Doubles.- .M iss Curtis (Wei lingtoii) and Ollivier (Canterhnry) heal Mis-; Reeves and Derat'd (Canterbury) 0 0, 0 I.