NEW ZEALAND WOMEN.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19963, 4 June 1928, Page 5

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 New Zealand v, T omen, which appeared in a well-known London journal, will be read im this country with astonished interest. "New Zealand women," the writer tells the world, "are famous for their clear compk-xions, and these are certainly due in a great measure fco the open-air life everyone leads in New Zealand, for the moist heat of the country provents the skin becoming burnt even whc.n 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 this 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 every day. 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-car or train to take them to the cities,.

"In tho evenings they play tennis either on courts or on the sands, and nsnally finish their day with a moonlight walk before going to bed. "New Zealand women do not nse cosmetics—with the exception of face powder —in the daytime, but when in evening dress, they may sometimes use a little rougij 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 ,in 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 to beauty, and are to be found in many districts besides those near Kotorua, from which is obtained tho New Zealand face powder now being (sold in London. "The women take a bath in the mud, and then when it has dried they bathe in a clear pool near the mud bath. These batlls act as a tonic, toning up the skin and thoroughly cleansing it." Interesting ! ! '.