PRICES IN PARIS

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 42, 13 November 1917, Page 2

PRICES IN PARIS

Mr. H. Pearl-Adam, writing from Paris I to-the "Ladies' Pictorial" in August,' 6l "y'ou think living is dear in England. II isn't. Wo pay 2s. Sd. a pound for cheese; XlO 105. a- ton for coal; Sd. to Ik a pound for sugar; 2s. to 36. a pound for meat and fish, and more on fcundajß, when people make provision (most unpatriotically) for our two meatless days, k a gallon for paraffin; and cjuito h<nestlr, tho only thing T. can flunk oi in which we have .in advantage, over you w that peaches aro ordinary fruit to 's lor six weeks in tho summer and cane bought for Bd. a pound.. It 'is ado eMfn,l circumstance-, certainly, but, jurlgi g b" the other items ] have quoted, do you think we have many Bd.s <o spate. "Potato bread is our nest.experiment. Tho Government is deiibornfin:,' about i , the doctors are arguing aboii,t it. he bakers are protesting about it ml I < lC onlv sure, thing is that the public is goto' to pav for it! One Irishman could settle the'question in fivo minulies but iinbndv ever asks the mail -ivho knows. In Kngland you complain about, war bread: but what you are eating is is soft i« sweet, and its toasls. Ou.it, is dark coarse, cellular, sour, and wlien toasted only deigns to be burned round tho colls and damp inside them. jho crust, (la-bbv as it is, if thickly bu leied and preferably with jam or chutney on Ihe butter, can be eaten without d scomfort; but the crumb can only be swallowed by people who. not hem? in tho trenches, feel they have to do then bit. We don't have many people made ill by war bread here who eat more than a mouthful or to of it! "We mav only have four and a halt metres of woollen stuff in our inter costnines. As 'Punch' says. 'This war s setting beyond a joke.' Still, if we arc brave, we can face even a frock in .which all the metres after four and a half are mndo of velvet, silk, gauze, lace. ehilTon, satin, cotton, or something else :n vhich the sheen has had no part. But it is humiliating for the dressmakers In have to announce that skirts will be shorter and narrower' this winter. It looks too much as t.hoiwh dressmaking depended on something other than caprice."

Holders of subscriber's blue tickets are reminded of ihe weekly dance which is to take place in tlis Soldiers' Club, Sydney Street, to-morrow night.

Tho Defence Department (Melbourne) has received a donation of =£1000 from Mr. and. Mrs. T, Millear, of Willaura. The money is to txs equally divided between the ninety sisters of the nursing establishment of Nos. 1, 2, and 3 Australian General Hospitals, Prance, for expenditure at their discretion in the interests of the sick and wounded Australian soldiers in their charge.

'Mr. and Mrs. V. A. Rule, of Christchurck, have been spending a few days in Lower Hutt with Mrs. Combe, of Knight's Road. Mr. Rule, who was formerly Presbyterian missionary at Sumner, is leaving New Zealand with the next reinforcement of mounted men as a Y.M.C.A. field secretary.

The outdoor girl sedately pats her «heek6. What is to take the sting and soreness out caused by wind, tan, end tranßum. Cultene Skin Food (35.) immediately improves the texture; praised everywhere, used everywhere. What powder to useP Miss Milsom'a Hygienic Face Poudre, 2s. fld. and 4s. Bd.-in four shades, creme, white, buff, and pink. Protects and improves the complexion. An indispensable toilet requisite. Out women know the Miss Milsom preparations are the best, and take pride in using the best. Call or write for information, and prices of each and every kind of skin accessory. You may not Know what or how to procure. You may lonj liave been using the wrong thing. But someone is in your midst to advise vou juSt for the asking. Authority on hair and hnir-work-all hair preparations and fonics, Miss Milsom, 94 Willis Street opposite Bhortt's Pioture Theatre). 'Phone, 814.—Advt.