BREEZES

Wairarapa Daily Times, 13 June 1933, Page 4

BREEZES

Perfect Charity. “It’s a bottle of hair tonic, dear.” “Oh, that’s very nice of you, darling. ’ ’ *‘ Yes, I want you to give it to your typist at the office. Her hair is coming out rather badly on your coat.” * * * * White Elephants. The announcement of Mr Coates that an additional £500,000 will be available for public works, has aroused the hopes -of Wellington people for a new railway station. Although they have a zoo, they long to share with Auckland the honour of having a white elephant.— ‘ ‘ Christchurch Star. ’ ’ * * * * Choosing a Nose. Plastic surgeons have performed so many miracles since the war that people are apt to take their achievements as a matter of course, but there is one tale worth telling. A woman who had been in a bad motor accident in which her face was disfigured, decided to have a “new” nose.. The grafting process was not the surgeon’s chief worry. It was getting the woman to decide on the shape of nose she wanted. He supplied her with patterns which she showed to her friends, and, after many' consultations, one of which was held at her club, she and her women friends chose one that would suit. Her nose is a great success. But even now she often wonders whether it would not have been better if she had chosen a Grecian or perhaps a Roman style. * * * * Where Do Sharks Breed? The Maori, writes “Tangiwai” in the “New Zealand Railways Magazine,” still Relishes his bit of shark. A famous shark fishery is Ohiwa Harbour, in the southernmost sweep of the Bay of Plenty'. 1 “ Tlie main road from W-hakatfilie and the railhead at Taneatua to Opotiki skirts the well-sunned, well-sheltered shores of this fishswarming harbour at Kutarere. The Maoris say' that the inner shore of Owhakena Island, covering the entrance to the wide, shallow bay, is the chief breeding grounds of the sharks. Here are to be found the kapetau, the ururoa or long-head, and the mangopare or hammerhead, the three varieties of .shark that the Maori greatly desired for food. The mako-taniwha, the fighting shark which sporting fishermen find such a. frolicsome foe, appears to keep more to the outer waters of the bay.'”: * * * * Monte Carlo Profits. At the annual meeting, held just after Easter, of shareholders in the Societe des Bains de Mer de Monaco, which controls the Monte- Carlo Casino, the president, Commandant Dalpierre, reported a good financial position. Receipts during the past 12 months amounted to approximately £709,600 (at par), which was lower than the previous y r ear by' £101,150, but on the other hand, expenditure was lower »than last year by' £75,300. The net profits amounted to £144,400, .which, with the' amount carried forward last.year, made a total of £225,920 for disposal. Of this sum, £96,000- was allocated to part payment of loans and new buildings, and,.£B2,Moo for the payment of dividends. . A dividend was declared of SOfr. 50c. (about 18s) a share, and 16fr. 10c. (Ms 6d) a one-fiffli share, making, with interest, lOofr. (£1 3s 3d) a -share, and 21fr. 10c. (4s Sd) a. fifth share. The president, referring to decreased expenses, said that when M. Rene Leon, the administrator-delegate, joined the company' 40 years ago, the number of employees was 34MS, but by last year it had been reduced to 2745, and this year to 2590. * * * * No Honeymoons. Make marriage more difficult, divorce simpler and easier, scrap the divorce laws, and abolish honeymoons. These are some of the axioms for achieving happiness laid down by' Mary Borden, the novelist, whose new book, “The Technique of Marriage,” is so-on to be published. Miss Borden is Mrs E. L. Spears, the wife of BrigadierGeneral Spears. “Most young people to-day, of either sex, adopt too frivolous an attitude towards marriage,” Miss Borden said to a “Daily Express” representative. “Girls think all they have to do is to fall in love, or reach a stage, of emotion which they suppose is love, -and then dash into a whirl of excitement about the trousseau and honeymoon. Men, when they, are not facetiously cynical, believe that all they have. to worry about is finding a house or a flat, filling it with furniture, and then obtaining the license. Marriage thus becomes an incident instead of a’state,” said Miss Borden, ‘‘and it is all wrong. This being so, the State should intervene much more than- it does.

‘ ‘ Marriage should be made a privilege, like promotion in the Army. There should be a moral, mental, physical, and economic standard to which all candidates for marriage should measure up before a license is granted. “Honeymoons,” continued Miss Borden, “are a stupid convention. They should be scrapped. How much better to go straight to their new home, go about among their friends, and then, in six months’ time, if they wish and can afford it, go away for a holiday! My own honeymoon was not altogether a success. I was frankly disappointed. I know dozens of people who have been absolutely miserable.”