HERE AND THERE.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 16819, 23 August 1922, Page 6

HERE AND THERE.

AN EYE FOR EVERYTHING. SHAPES OF NOSES. When you have seen a parent or nurse pinching a baby’s nose gently you may have thought it was done to amuse the kiddie, but in reality it wa-s to improve the shape of baby’s nose. The Esquimaux and most African tribes have broad, flat noses. This is due to the fact that tho mothers of those races carry their babies snuggling against the shoulder or breast at the time when the nose is in its mo# plastic state — the frequent pressure fnaking the nose a rather shapeless blob. An American "Indian, on the other hand, has a prominent. well-shaped organ, which his mother did not spoil—her method of carrying her baby being to strap him to a board which she bears on her back. A snub nose is often due to upper pressure on the end in the early stages of growth, and if an infant fa permitted to lie on it« face for too long at a time the shape of its nose bound to be affected. GET STRONG. If you would get strong, take a small barbell, learn the movements, lifts and positions, and as you grow stronger increase the weight giaduallv. Your muscular development will and even when the development reaches its limit, and further progress seems impossible, the sinews will continue to toughen, and your strength will' increase in proportion. The method, may be applied to dumb-bells and developers. but for the weight-lifter there is nothing like weights. SILENT M.P. There is a member of the House of Commons who has been able to write M.P. after his name for twenty-two years, and has not yot made his maiden speech, says the Lcoidou “ Evening News. ’ He is Mr John Hope, who sits a Coalition Liberal for Berwick and Hadding+on. “ Why don’t 1 speak in the House?” echoed Mr Hope when asked the question. “ Well, I have* found that I can do more by not talking. When I entered the House first o+ all I had no idea of never making a speech. But time went on, and the maiden speech was still undelivered—although I have been tempted to do'it more than once, and friends have urged me to break the record—and now 1 am afraid it never will he delivered.” The secret of liis prolonged silence is that when Mr Hope wants some information, or desires to get something done, he goes direct to the responsible Minister. As a popular and genial man. who does not attempt to browbeat Ministers across the floor of the House, he is received with sympathy and generally obtains satisfaction, if it is possible. And so Mr Hope goes on being successfully silent. V A SOLEMN HOUSE. When Mr Churchill spoke on the Irish question in the House of Commons on the day of the funeral of Sir Henry Wilson one could have heard a pin drop. His speech was long and tense; but there was no sign of weariness in the densely-packed House. There were moments when the Colonial Secretary’s voice rang with a sort of passionate feeling, and a distinct quavering when he referred to his personal friendship for the Field-Marshal. Scarcely one interruption broke into this earnest discourse on the Irish question. and enthusiastic “ Hear, hears ” greeted Churchill’s praise of Scotland Yard and the courage of the police. Lloyd George, very serious, sat- rigidly with arms ard legs crossed. Austen Chamberlain, in the same attitude, removed his silk hat when the great soldier's name was mentioned. while Haraar Greenwood listened intentlv.

PRINCE’S EPIGRAMS. The Prince of Wales has a reputation as the maker of epigrams, and among his best are the following:—“Pull together and pull through.” “Travel opens one’s eyeß and clears one’s brain.” “ Our present problems can only be solved by common-sense and, above all, goodwill.” “ There never was a time when the world looked so anxiously to Britain for an example of confidence and steadiness.” • I did not see in Australia or New Zealand a single child that did not reflect in its healthy, happy face that spirit of wellbeing which I think is a happy augury for the future. “ Our debt of honour will not be paid until all the men who have come back —many of them, alas ! disabled—have been given a proper, chance of making good on their returli to civil life.” IMAGINATION. Although M. Cone has dropped out of the cables, every day and in every way we seem to hear more about it. For instance, only the other day a man in a tramoar inquisitively asked his neighbour what he was carrying in a basket. ‘ A ferret,” said the stranger. “ What are you going to do with it?” asked the inquisitive one. “My brother has got the D.T.’s. He secs pink rats. The ferret will kill the rats.” “ But they are not real rats!” exclaimed the other. “No,” came the reply. “And this is not a real ferret.” And of course imagination goes a long way. A WOMAN COUNCILLOR. Miss l>oris Fitt, who is the youngest woman councillor in England, is aged twenty-six. She has just been elecwtf to the Norwich City Council, and is tall, with fair hair and blue eyes. Hei presence will certainly brighten up the proceedings at council meetings. She is already well known in her native city, for she has for some time managed the Norwich Hippodrome and Theatre Roval. She is a fearless rider and has won many prizes for horsemanship. Miss Fitt is not frightened at her new responsibilities. “ I think that women of my age can be of great use in dealing with public problems,” she said. “ and l mean to work as hard as I can to help the women and children in Norwich.” MOST POWERFUL WOMAN IN ENGLAND. Who is the most powerful woman in England, outside the Royal Family? This was put to an old journalist recently by tho late Lord Northcliffe. The journalist replied, “ Lady Astor. W.P.. of course. * J ''Lady said Lord Northe!iff#* ** is'sh* controls the 4 Observer.’ but in my opinion the most powerful woman in Eng land, without exception -other than Rovalty—is Lady Bathurst, the beautiful and accomplished director of the 1 Morning Post.’ You may not always agree with her methods, and policy: vou may not always agree with the enormous headlines, but yon will admit that, right or wrong, the 'Morning Post’ is bright, consistent, sometimes flighty, hut always English. ,T Lor<l Northcliffe added : “ Knowing the in ternal organisation of the * Morning Post,’ T know that this paper is produced by the genius of a woman, assisted by two really capable men. Tf she were living in America her nam.* would ring from one end oT the Continent to another, and he hurled at Great Britain as a <ign of American national superiority.”