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Wairarapa Standard, Volume XX, Issue 2084, 24 June 1887, Page 2 (Supplement)

The Senses.— The senses are not developed alike in men and women. The latter possesses in a much greater degree the perfection of the sense of touch; those occupations that require extreme delicacy of manipulation, such as lace making, embroidery, bead stringing, etc., are therefore usually followed by women. As regards the sense of hearing, we are not aware of any experiments or observations on the relative perfection of the sense in the two sexes; and the same may be said as regards the sense of sight, which appears to be equally acute in women and in men. In the extreme delicacy of taste it is probable that men excel. Whether they do so naturally or in consequence of the cultivation of men’s palates, is perhaps a moot question ; but that they excel not only as gourmands but also as gourmets may be accepted as an established fact, and the accurate perception of the delicate shades of difference distinguishing different brands and vintages of wine is much more frequently found in men than in women. Experiments made by some enquiring savants prove that in nearly all cases the sense of smell is about double as acute in men as in women. The cause of the difference in this matter between men and women is quite unknown, as is the object of the distinction; but it has one practical bearing that may be borne in mind. The employment of strong and potent perfumes by women may depend on their less acute sense of smell; and they would do well to bear in mind the fact that odors and perfumes which may be quite pleasant to them may be almoat overpowering and decidedly unpleasant to individuals of the other sex.

General Fremont has a picturesque pen, In his Memoirs,’’ just out, he says of an Indian encountered during his second expioration : “■ He was a good-lookim- yomur man, and as naked as a worm.” ° ”

Messrs. Baring Brothers, of London having cleared £1.250,000 on the job ot (losting Guinness’s Stout Company, wen so pleased that they gave on Christmas a year’s salary to each of their employees.