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Press, Volume LXXI, Issue 21412, 2 March 1935, Page 3

NOTE: This is one of a scries of advertisements which first appeared in 1932. It appears to-day without one word altered. The Berlei ideals and aspirations as expressed then have undergone no change in the past three troublous years. /iwsm awns Since woman was first created from the rib of man she has tad her cross to bear. Prevented by force of circumstance from participating in man's pursuits, she became an onlooker in the game of life, f Hers was the unspectacular path which led to neither riches nor reward, to neither glory nor adulation. Hers was the task of making a home, of caring for her children, of keeping her man contented. Hers was a life of drudgery, of long days spent in prosaic pursuits and the performance of innumerable exacting duties. ■J- With her irksome indoor life, taking toll of youth and vitality, little wonder that her health was frail, "t But woman is now entering a wider sphere. She is no longer regarded as an inferior being. Her first cares are still her home, her family, but her drudgery has been banished, she is a slave to toil no more, f Her opportunities for leisure and an outdoor life are greater, her knowledge of hygiene and the science of health is widening and she is learning how to care for both mind and body. T Today she stands at the threshold of a new era of hope and enlightenment, when she may look forward to a fuller enjoyment of life, and a degree of physical health not far removed from that enjoyed by man. T i" "t" i" We feel that Berlei has helped guile woman's steps to this new an J happier era, for "Berlei is responsible for the development of the corset from a constricting standardize J garment into a natural light support which is a vital aid not only to health, but to beauty, and, in some measure, a contribute WORK OF ART IN BRONZE by E. CAMPBEU-CRAIK tion to the future welfare of the race. The shape, and Jitness as an aid to health, of the Berlei foundation garment were determined not by the manufacturer but by scientists and research workers, who working under Berlei's direction discovered that there are Jive with thirteen variations. It is by making foundation garments to perfectly Jit each one of these that Berlei has performed its greatest service to womatt.

To Easier Brides and Others! BEDROOM SUITES NO DEPOSIT FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH HARRIS BROS. LTD. 158 HEREFORD STREET, CMRISTCHURCH

At the conference of the Music Teachers' Association in Wellington an encouraging letter was read from Sir Hugh Roberton, conductor of the famous Glasgow Orpheus Choir, in answer to a suggestion from the association that he should visit New Zealand with his choir. Sir Hugh stated that neither he nor any member of his choir would expect any sort of remuneration. They would only expect to cover expenses, regarding the visit as a friendly gesture from the Mother Country to the Dominion. The conference gave unanimous support to the proposal, and every effort ,1s to be made to bring it into effeci.i