CUSTOM TOO STRONG

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2753, 24 April 1916, Page 3

CUSTOM TOO STRONG

NIUE GIRLS TRY A MODERN BED. Ever since there has been life on Niue (Savage Island), that remote speck on ; the map away to the north-west of Rarotonga, the.natives have ken accustomed ,to miking their beds in their own peculiar way. Having had no feathers for the stuffing of mattresses and-pillows, and iio.idea of the laws' of hygiene, .they were, and still are, accustomed to making up their sleeping-places by selecting a large nuriiber of water-worn coral pebbles, and blinding them with sand';tipoii' the -groundi -within their huts. .Recently Mrs. H.. Cornwall, wife of, the ..Commissioner, had a wirewove mattress' and bedstead to spare, and decided to'place it "at. the disposal of her two dusky Niue' maids.' So the bedstead was shifted' to their quarters,' and as the advantage, from a health point of view of sleeping on a bed _ instead of 011' the ground, had' been indicated, tlie Commissioner/and his wife thought that such a luxury- would be highly acceptable. But tradition is not so easily disposed of. -Curious-tc> see how the girls had got on, Mrs. Cornwall visited' them early '.in the morning. There was tho bed and wirewove mattress quite bare, whilst two pairs .of feet protruded from underneath.. Asked-.for an explanation,' the girls said that the "jump table" (tlie mattress) might throw , them off in the night, so .they, had laid .their mats'on mother earth, as 'their ancestors had done from time immemorial. .Mr; Cornwall' is quite sure that the native method, of sleeping does not conduce to good health, and a law lias been made . that all. mats and blankets have to be turned out into the sun and thoroughly aired twice 'a - week, ylt is his intention to persuade ..tho-.natives tobuild their" bedsslightly off the ground in order to allow free liirculation of the air. , ' .. . ' SUPERFLUOUS HAIR. .. "KULDAH" is an English Beauty Specialist's icmedy -for permanently removing' hair from face, neck, and arms; it destroys tho' growth completely, and ■lea/res-no trace of anything, having beenapplied. "Kuldah." may be . ha!d ".from Geo. Mee, Chemist,-' Lambton Quay, Wellington Prioe 6s. 6d., or . from London Pharmical Co, Auckland. All 'parcels are forwarded in plain sealed wrapper (postage 3d.'extra).—Advt.

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