— Polish women are renowned for their beautv and the perfection of their hands and the smallnes6 of their feet They place fineness of the hands above all other charms. "I regard my hands, not my fiioc," caitl,-ono, and ; it' is reported in" Warsaw that the Vienna shoo dealers keep a separate- epse of shoes' for the, delicate feet of their Polish customers. Polish ladies maintain tliat-when they shop in .-Vienna and-show their small feet with the high instep to be fitted, the tradesmen exclaim, "All. those are Polish feet!", — The. authorities in ..Nonray. have'" discovered.a;novel way of curing, drunkenness;Tho j"patieiit"/. is 'niaced under lock;.and' key,; and his nourishment consists,in great part of , bread soaked in port wine. The first day the drunkard oals his food with pleasure, and even on the second day he enjoys it. On the third dav he finds that it- is very monotonous, on the fourth dav lie lieeoraes impatient, and at the end of" eight , dav3 ,ho receives the wmo with horror. /It seems:that the-disgust-increases,' and that this euro gi'fes good results- : ■
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 13268, 27 April 1905, Page 8
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