An English nurse, writing front "somewhere in France" on .February 4, to an Auckland friend, says:—"l am writing this in my bell tent, and as I look across the eanip 1 try to imagine New Zealand at the present time. Here the frost is everywhere, and this camp looks so cold nnd dreary. In the .sky are numeious aeroplanes, some of- them so high as to be hardly discerned; in the distance is the constant booming of the guns—they never cease, only sometimes they sound nearer and louder. Enemy aircraft come over nearly every night, and sometimes during the day, machine-guns and others get into action, and the noiso and strain on one's nerves is awful. Ambulances and lorries are continually passing or coming into camp, and there seems activity everywhere; one longs for the peace of home and quietness. We had a terrible night last night. Shells were falling all night, and sometimes I felt we must be hit."
I A very useful ivork has been under- | taken for sailors by the Cashmere Ln- ! dies' Guild of the British and Foreign ! Sailors' Society, in addition to equipj ping an Ocean Library, and that is the j provision of comforts and dainties for sick sailors on the Home boats. The [Ocean Library provides (as its nanio suggests) 'literature for sailors which should be some relief from what must often prove to be a life of long monotony, and the supplying of small comforts in the way of food must do something to make Jack Tar realise that there are people interested in his welfare. CARE OF TOE COMPLEXION. A course of face massage undoubtedly tends to restore tone and vitality to the skin, and as r remedy for premature wrinkles, "bagginess under the eyes," aud -the removal of blackheads and other skin blemishes, there is no. bettor treatment. The actios of massage upon the face 16 to brace the nerve and muscles, rendering them flexible and healthful, to invigorate and stimulate them by circulating the blood, (o make the skin firm and able to resist climatic and other influences.
Courses of face mas-sage, one guinea. Home treatment for the complexion, if carried out according to instructions, produces excellent results. Cost of massage cups and necessary preparations for three months' home treatment, 16s. Cd., postage Is. MRS. ROLLESTON, 256 Lambton Quay. —Advt. Delays are dangerous with colds and influenza. Get NAZOL to-day. Better, than mixtures or syrups.' No cold is N\ZOL-proof. Is. 6d. buys 60 doses.Advt. SUITS THAT KEEP THEIR SMART ' APPEARANCE. IT'S the durability of the Oloth and the Liniugs, tho quality of the Trimmings, the gentlemanly appearance and the low price winch they are sold, f'hielt make the CHURCHILL SUIT superior to nil othtrß. W.J. CHURCHILL LADIES' AND GBJJT3.' TAILORS, 136 VIVIAN STREET, Telephone 2654 A. MMiUNGTOX. MEVES & SHELL SHOCK h Many soldiers hiivt returned from the front suffering from nervea and shell shook. Usually these patients also Buffer from poorness of blood, no appetite, and weak digostion, which causes the system to become clopped with l poisonous waste products. Following this condition is blotchy skin, hsadaeheß, depressed spirits, and a tendency to worry. A new natural remedv is now largely used, and many testimonials have been received. A grateful Wellington soldier writes:- I have found Blood-Fnsii. Serve and Mood Berries au excellent remedy for nervous restlessness and headaches, following the strain of active awwico. My /Heads remark how well I now look. If you are suffering from nerves or skin and blood trouble, go to your chemist todav and get Blood-Fruit Non-e and Blood Berries -V 3s. box will tono up tho whole system. Ail chemists, or poet freo from A. G. Winstone, Chemist, Wanganui. Start to-day—get well. HttOQD-IKDIFI
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 170, 8 April 1918, Page 3
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