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Otago Daily Times, Issue 21537, 8 January 1932, Page 12

GROWING CURES AND ORANGE JUICE PARLIAMENT, LAW, AND THE STAGE REPRESENTED. Many people well known in public life are seeking renewed health and vigour at Champneys, a lovely spot near Tring, in Hertfordshire, where “ Nature’s Cure ” for the evils of civilisation is followed. Mr Arthur Henderson, the Foreign Secretary, has been' one of the visitors, and I am informed that he is going again to take what might be called the “ orange and electric-rug treatment.” Fasting is a recognised part of the system, and for the first week the patients live largely on orange juice. They have a separate refreshment room, and only graduate to the ordinary dining room in the second week. Six oranges and lemons a day is the usual allowance, and the list of those taking the simple treatment this week includes Lady Conan Doyle and her son. There is another list of those taking the milk treatment, the extent of which ranges from one cup every half-hour to one cup every two or three hours. Mr Arthur Henderson’s example has been followed by other parliamentarians, including Mr W. Hall-Caine and Miss Ellen Wilkinson. It is possible that Mr Henderson will recommend Mr Snowden to take the cure for a week or two, as some cases treated have been closely akin to that of the Chancellor of the Exchequer. “ The fasting treatment has a wonder-fully-stimulating effect,” a member of the staff told me. “Judge Holman Gregory, for example, always comes here twice and often three times a year to recuperate after strenuous work in the courts. He fasts for a week, then goes to the dining room to be built up. “ Mr Edward Shortt, the film censor, has been hero recently for a course. Mr Tom Webster, the cartoonist, is here now, and after the orange diet, he has found himself possessed of more energy for walking than he has had for years. “ From the theatrical world we have had Mr Robert Loraine, and Mr R. H. Gillespie is here. Our patients have included three doctors.” Besides fasting, the treatments include massage, electrotherapy, and artificial sunlight. I was shown the “ electric blanket,” which forms part of one treatment. The patient curls himself up in the blanket, which is wired throughout.

Doctors recommend “ Huia ” —the only Otago butter containing iodised salt. — Advt.