"SUMMERS-END" FAG.

Otago Witness, Issue 2664, 5 April 1905, Page 65

"SUMMERS-END" FAG.

Bile Beans Tone up the System.

At Hie c-ncl of Summer the body, run' down by Summer's he-at. needs to be" toned up and prc-pared to withstand the trying Autumn and Winter seasons. The liver and digestive (system are deranged by Summer's l.eat, and thsir imperfect operalion gives risG to that weakly "tired-out" feeling, which is now so common and may be called ''Summer-end fag." Bile Beang act directly on liver and stomach, and, by thoroughly stimulating them, tone up the body and prepare it for the coming season. Thousands of cases prove this. Here is one. Mrs Mary Tattersall, of Cook street, Auckland, writes : — "Believing that you are always pleased to receive testimony as ta the efficacy of Bilo Beans, I desire to add mine to their value in oases of debility, and nervous and sick headaches. Debility is a complaint from which I frequently, suffer, and I find that by using Bile Beans I receive considerable relief. As a purgative I am satisfied they cannot be surpassed*. They are pleasant to take, and cause no pain or weakness in their action. I shall hove much pleasure in recommending them to my friends and acquaintances." Bile Beans are a safe family medicine and proved cure for Biliousness, Headache. Indigestion, Constipation, Piles, Debility, Female Weak--nesses, Nervousness, Bad Blood, Bad Breath, Anaemia. Disturbed SleeD, Loss of Appetite, Pimples, and all $kiu Eruptions, Rheumatism, and, in fact, all ailments that owe their origin to defective bile flow, a-,> miration, and digestion. Bile Beans are oW xmv able generally throughout New Ze&U&d^ -^

a portion of the trousseau of every up-to-'date bride.

The subject of reading for girls (writes "Yetta" in the Liverpool Mercury) is apparently calling forth many and varied opinions, both from, writers and others interested in the welfare of young girls. I wrote a few words about it a short time ago in this column, but so much has been said lately that I feel called upon to add a . few more. In the multitude of counsellors there •is -wisdom. If this be true, we ought to be very wise as to what our girls like and do not- like in the way of books, also as to what they ought to read, for many and djyerse are the opinions expressed and the advice given on the subject of literature for girls. An appeal was recently issued to publishers Xaot to put any more girls' bqoks on. the market this season, and it is also said 1 that booksellers, 'who ought to be an authority on the matter, complain that the sale of books especially written for girls •has for some years been steadily on the decrease. The. reason given is that these books are too namby-pamby in style to suit the taste oi the present-day girl, who prefers- something more breezy and exciting. May not the reason why the sale in girls' books has decreased be that our young people are developing the same tendency a<? their elders in preferring magazine? and ,papers to books? It was not very long ago that the fiat went forth against the three- volume novels. Books in that form, it appeared, would not sell ; people liked their literature in a condensed form. Publishers have since then brousht out their new publications in one volume to suit the public taste, -just as chemists now sell drugs in the form of tabloids. The motto of to-day would seen to be "multum in parvo"' in more things and ways than one. Another reason why tbe sale of girls' books is not so great as it used to La is that our young people have more liberty allowed them in the matte" of reading than was at one time tb° case. Our girls read the books that come imm the library almost as a matter of course, without waiting or even asking permission of their elders, just as they do the daily and weekly newspapers. In this way they get a taste and liking for a different- style in writing than that which prevails in the books specially written for their edification.

— What love is the best? a man asked I woman once. tilie pondered a little irhile, and then said, "A mother's love s the sweetest ; a man's love the dearest ; i brother's the longest ; a father's the itrongest ; a sister's- the kindest ; a husband's the most passionate ; and a wife's hie most faithful." There is a good deal of truth in all tliis. buu I should he inclined to sum all uu together and say

what I know to be true from beginning to end — viz., that of all loves a mother's is the sweetest, dearest, purest, longest, strongest, kindest, most passionate, and most faithful. It is not thus that men

love. xiow do they love? To follow for a season, To flatter, feign, pursue, Tc love witii little reason. And leave as blindly, too ; To stab with sharp unkindness, With odd neglect to kill ; To wound l witli selfish blindness A heart no wrongs can chill.

"Tis thus men love

— The jewelled map of France presented by the Czar to the French nation at the time of the first wild enthusiasm of their international friendship some five years ago is to find its final resting-place in the Louvre. Perhaps extravagance never reached a higher tide mark than when that idea resolved itself into a reality. And it is so ugly, so vulgar — if gems can ever be vulgar! How the Emperor of All the Russias could have imagined such a bit of costly uselessness puzzles one to conceive. It is a yard and a-quarter square, formed entirely of a mosaic of yare stones. Each department of France is represented by a special stone — jade, onyx, agate, cornelian, malachite, and such like. The principal towns are jewels of fine water. Paris is indicated by a gorgeous ruby of the sort called pigeonblood, one of the very finest in all the treasury of the Czar. Marseilles has an emerald, a stone priced at 18,000 roubles. Lyons is represented by a diamond, Bordeaux by an opal, and Lille by a turquoise. The size and value of the stone is in proportion to the importance of the town. Such places as Calais. Rennes, Tours, and Avignon blaze with stones which, while much smaller, make the whole surface one glittering mass of gorgeous colour. Pearls are largely used for the insignificant places. One has heard strange tales of the Czar lately. The existence of that map of France goes some way towards proving that he is not always very wise in his ideas.

— One of the most famous of German physicians for the treatment of mental diseases, Professor Ludwig, is earnestly advocating the employment of women physicians in lunatic asylums. After years of investigation he has come to the- conclusion that tne insane are peculiarly susceptible to: a woman's presence and influence — not only the women, but the men as well. He says he has Been instrumental in obtaining the admission of one woman physician to an asylum for women in South Germany, and the results are simply phenomenal. The women are more tractable, and in certain special cases the woman doctor works wonders. Ludwig

is certain that in a .short time no ni.-n physicians ■will be employed in. iem;ile asylums.

Japanese Women. — Enjoy Legdl Rights Which Englishwomen Seek. —

Women's status in Japnn seems ttp'have passed through remarkable vicissitudes, to judge from the veiy interesting paper by Professor Hozumi on the new Japanese Civil Cede.

The central figure in the national worship of Japan was a goddess — tlie Great Goddess of Celestial .bight. Empresses ruled the empire. The Empress Jingo (.) invaded and conquered Korea at the head of a large army.

With the advent of Chinese influence in Japan woman's position fell to z-iro. Buddhism imposed on her the doctiinc of peipetual obedience ; first, to 1-er father; next, to her husband; lastly, when widowed, to her son.

— Feudalism Without Gallantry. —

Feudalism did nothing for her, for the feudalism of Japan knew nothing of the spirit of gallantry which inspired mediaeval feudalism in Europe. The Japanese Daimio did his doughty deeds for loyalty, not to win his lady's sm ile.

It has all changed now. The Civil Code of 1898 has "created the new legal woman." It proceeds upon the principle of the sexes and makes no distinction between man and woman in their enjoyment and exercise of private rights so long as tha woman remains single. When she ;s; s mariied she is obliged to obtain her husband's sanction for certain things which may involve grave con&equences to the conjugal life — as contracting debts, engaging in business, taking legal pioceedings, accepting 01 renouncing succession ; but that i^ all, and even if permission is withheld the act is voidable and not void.

— Property and Divorce. —

Her property, whether before or after marriage, all belongs to herself. Divorce is either consensual or judicial, and in the latter tlie Japanese m ifo has now a considerable advantage over the English wife. Altogether, says the Law Journal, she has attained at a bound what the Englishwoman has been centuries trying to get and has not yet got.

Consolation for Quiet Girls.

Let us look into any ballroom for a few minutes. We shall soon see that the girls are divided into three classes. The first consists of the "taking girl. She is, as a rule — though by no means always. — pretty. One thing, however, she never lacks — that is=. conversation. How much sens-e there is in her chatter goodness only knows ; but she has the art of looking interested and making her partner believe tnat she thinks him the cleverest man she ever met. And in this lies the secret of her success.

The second division consists of the girl who is not striking at first sight, who does not talk for mere talking's sake when she has nothing -worth saying, and although often clever, accomplished, and pretty, she does not get her programme filled nearly so quickly as the first girl. The third consists of the hojoelessly plain, stupid', and awkward girl, who generally sits round the room unless she is dancing with a brother — or else has a lot of money — looking disappointed and envious. If she wculd only have the good sense to shun tho ballroom, where she does not shine, and devote her life to some gcod and useful work, she wouM be far happier, and so would the world. Now, although the first group have tli-& greatest number of partners and small triumphs, yet it is by no means they who make the best matches, as a rule. Year after yeax we may see the same girls dancing about under their maid-en names. It may be that they do not make up their minds until it is too late. Anyhow, ■when they do many it is oftf-n when they are nearly thirty, and their husbands either yotmg ana not very eligible men, or else widowers. The middle set, or the quiet girls (some of whom-niay have even been voted "slow 1 "), it is who carry off the best '"partis" from under the noses of match-making mammas. The quiet girl it is whom the young nobleman thinks will make him a digjjified find gracious wife, vvhoni the jealouslyinclined man feels he may trust, and in whom tlie clever man finds a companion.

Therefore, ray quieter sisters, the moral of this is : "Do rot envy the apparent social success of the 'fast' girl, nor yet try to imitate her manner. Be true to yourselves, though as unconscious of yourselves as Possible, and your rewaid will come." — Home paper.