HITHER AND THITHER

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 65, 17 March 1936, Page 2

HITHER AND THITHER

Physical Perfection. Passing through Auckland last week was Miss Maly Munro, the winner of thv “physical perfection” competition recently conducted in London by a leading women's journal. Mii-s Munro was one of 400 competitors. Tall, with dark brown eyes and hair, she is employed as a mannequin by a wellknown London dress-dvsigning establishment. In an interview she expressed the opinion that an exaggerated attention to diet and exercise quite unnecessary for the maintenance of a good figure and perfect health. M’-ss Munro said she did not adopt a rigid diet or form of exercise. She did a great deal of walking and seized evciy opportunity for being in the open air and ici the country. She played tennis and golf occasionally, ami she also swam, but less frequently; although the did not favour a definite diet, she watches her meals carefully In her opinion meat, especially the richer varieties, should be eaten only once a day. Good soup, plain sweets, plenty of fruit and vegetables, with preference for greens such as lettuce, cabbage, spinach, ami cauliflower, and several glarscs of water between, and occasionally with meals, were sufficient Io maintain a healthy digestion. Miss Munro said she di.l not see how a “starvation diet” could be anything but detrimental Io health. Women, on tne whole, did not require large or heavy meals, but they should eat plenty and as much as they wirh-ed of the right foods. To-day there was a great deal of fuss made about diet and health, and women especially were becoming obsessed with a. love of giininess that in many cases wat. a worry and a detriment to their health. Wise exercise and wise eating could maintain a perfect standard of bodily health and strength without producing excessive weight and without decreasing tiie natural enjoyment of life.