HER HUNDREDTH BIRTHDAY.
LOOKING BACK ON LIFE. AUCKLAND, August 30. “ The main pleasure of the people to-day—their late suppers and late hours—are the causes of bad health and doctors’ bills,” said Mrs William Ormiston, of Onehunga, to-day, her hundredth birthday. Bright of eye, rosy-cheeked, and clear complexioned, Mrs Ormiston is able to walk without a stick and has robust opinions concerning diet and women’s dress* “Short skirts!” she said. “The parsons should preach aginst them. It’s'perfectly horrid.' It’s not lady-like and it’s rubbish to say that wearing them is healthy.” Her good health she ascribes to simple diet, with wholemeal bread as a foundation.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3886, 4 September 1928, Page 11
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104HER HUNDREDTH BIRTHDAY. Otago Witness, Issue 3886, 4 September 1928, Page 11
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