GERMANY'S AIR BATHS.

Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 407, 25 February 1904, Page 3

GERMANY'S AIR BATHS.

A B»w Btef I*fcat l« Heine Followed fcgr «fe« WMhloMriMM^ Berlin. j "Air baths'* are all the rage in fashionable Berlin just , now. We all know what necesssiry factora light end air are for the maintenance of health. The Berlin air baths have the great advantage of being pleasant ae well as healthy, and many of the society ladies of the German capital have taken'them up. The scenes now reproduced wera photographed at the Berlin institute, which started this open air idea, and which has already become famous both in Europe and America, says Golden Penny. . Even the tiniest children are taken to these "baths," as well as young girls and more elderly ladies. The main object, of course, k fa exercise both the muscles and the 9 lungs at the same 'time, and the nondescript kindSfctff bathing dress which is worn allows the ladies a delightful sense of freedom Whila practicing their gymnastic feats o» playing at gardening in the grounds. \ Tt is scarcely necessary to add that the garden is kept as secluded aa possible. Surrounded by high walls, it is situated in a quiet locality juit outside the city. A Sound Sleep**. Paul Kruger, in his memoirs;? tella the story of n secretary whom h* punished for being drunk, by tying him to a wagon wheel. During the night 3.000 Kaffirs and about 4,000 Zulus at» tacked the Boer camp and were not driven off till dflybmk. The secret tarv slept s0 soundly that he noticed nothing of the fight, and the next day, when he at last awoke, he looked -.round in astonishment and asked: "Have you people been fighting during the night?" ~ Butterfly Buna. Millions of butterfles are eatea every year by the Australian aborigines'' Tire insects congregate in vast mi':;-.lilies en the rocks-of the Bugong n'-.••'■'.",V.\i:is f.nd the- nUUycs'jj ejpciire, il,i )v, Vy l.indling fires,of damp wood :md thus suffocating them. They then are gathered in baskets, baked, siftei to remove the wings, and finally pressed into cakes. ~ ' /