Week-end Chat

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 113, 29 May 1937, Page 14

Week-end Chat

' ' LEMQN- VERBENA. ' '

"OLD SPORT."

Wilhelmina

Stitch-X

C0UNTRY AND sJ TOWN.

May 29, 1937. Dear Everyone,— We who' are" lucky enough to look out on the hills aiid mountaius that surround this beautiful district of Hawke's Bay, and we xvho sqe the Taupo ranges, the spur oi Gape Kiduappers, the purple shadowed giant of Te Mata Peak, or the snpw-tqpped ranges of the squth, can appreciave such a verse as this oue written by Qne of the first New Zealand ' poets ahd statesmen, William Pember Reeves:— * * •' "All glory cannot vanish from the hills, ■ Their strength remains, their stature of command, Their flush of colour when cairn evening sttlls Day's clamour, and the sea bre^zes cqqls the land. Refreshed when rain-clouds swell a thousand rills, Ancient of days in green old age they stand In grandeur that can never know decay" Though from their flanks niew strip the Wpods away. ' ' • f • Though our nose is the least dignified feature of our faces it ds quite entertaining tp read original thonghts on. the sense of smelj:— • * V • Dear Cousin i-iose,— I nqtice all kinds of subjects gre discussed qy readers who coutribute to your cpiumn, and I would like "to commeiit on an artiele I have just read about the sense of smell in everyday life. I was interested and amused to read that when our nose is out of action with a bad cold, we say we have iost our sense' of taste; but, in actual fact, this sense remains unafcected, and it is still possible to gauge, with unimpaired accuracy though. languid interest, the amonnt of salt aiid sugar in the dishes that have otfiei'wise becoxne .dull aud colourlqss. Expeiimeut by toldiiig your' nose and qat an onion. it will be fast'ed as crisp and' sweqtish, and theh when you let go your nose you will realise it is indeed an onio'nl This artiele says that the great ddfference between the senses of smqll and taste lies in their range. We can taste iu only four ways, salt, sweet,. bitter and sour. Rut the variety of smell's is unlimited. The power of smells to set an emotional frame of mind may well be investigated, especially in a theatre. Thb mind re-acts to • the scents* of wood-smoke, flowers, sea-weed, and old-fashioned "herbs and countless other perfumes. A "gopd nose" can be acquired. — Yours,

• • • Dear Cousin Rose.— I am fqnd of young peqple, bnt I have isadly to admif that many bf them tehd to ektreifib stipgine??. Where T7§ used tp say angrily; ' ' Stingy old thingl" it yejy often nqw should be "Stingy young thing " You so often see the yonnger fo.lk spending on themseives a sum that their forbears "syould have used to found a family with. And they are so dependent " on the long-suffiering ' ' general public" to support their games, theilr swimming" baths — the multitude "of diversionis that seem necessary now. Deny yqurselves a little, young friends. Sport is gqod for you, but try to pay fqr your, qwn games. In plain wqrda, Do Not Cadge.— Yours, etc.,

• • • Thq followiag verse is poatribnted by one of our men readera. Is it not tfue? Maybe other readers yfonld like to wfite and say i| they thmk our thoughte affect our health. It is a vqry inierestdng Bubjoct;— *. f • A QUEER PHYSICIAN.

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{Such a queqr Physician, didn't jsouud • my heart, Neither did he feel my p.ulse, nor read the nnrse's chartV" Didn't take my. tempefature, didn't geem to eare, " " " • Didn't "talk oi diet; just gave a searehing stare. Asked me; "Dp ypu w:orry"; are ypu filled yrith dread"J "Are there fears that haunt you?" this is what "he sad.d." *(Do ybn chefish hhtofed? of whpm? and teU mq why^. You albne cgh pufe yqursqlf, if ypu really try. Are ihe though ts ypu enter tain happy qnes and' biiight" "* - Or are they fcaught with bitternea? "and maliee,J "ehyy, spite? " Such a queer'Physieian,, but his questiona'made ihe fhink," And eyer since hi? 'visit I?ve been ' "feeling "in the pink;" "#• ~ f f Dear pQUsin Rpse— I am afraid the cpnimerits Qn the lack 'of good manners in many pf bnr' j'pung people are founded on fact. Many take no tronble to be maunerly — too pieased with themseives, I am afraid- Tp niy mind "Ta" for "Thank you"; "Tatta" for "Gopd-bye" frpm a young person to an older, is dreadful mann'ers. As for speaking other iangnagefi, tlve.average Ncw 'Zealander does indeed seem stupid about them. Aud some seem to' ' tlniilc that to be ordihariily ' polite is to be subservlent, or crinpng. Possibly a little more