Week-end Chat

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 202, 11 September 1937, Page 13

Week-end Chat

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September 11, 1937. Dear Everyone, — How curious the odd wa^-s in which people will spend or save money ! You may notice people who are nervy and run down and who can't think beyond the little humdrum routine of everyday and who, obviously, would be utterly different, if they could go for a holiday. Tliey say they can't alford to go away. Yet one will notice an expensive radio in their home and they may spond tremeiidously on food that is richj and not tlie best value. Or have you noticed women in expensixe furs wlio think tid is a handsome confribution in the cliurch plate? and yet sitting next to them is tiie shahby old lady in weJl-worn black who gives her liall'-crown each week and walks a long distance to her cliurch. It certainly takes all sorts to make a world. We nearJy all have a pet economy. Some keep every tiny bit of string and others grudge lighting iires tiil a certain time of season • others ,do their own work who can well alford Lelii. Xt is a vicious circle. Some people's economy is paint. If only much more paiut wero used, especialiy a pretty green coiour, on corrugated iron fences and old buildings, there would be far less ugliness in every town. A cortain amouut ot* buildincr beautiheation should be compulsory. It is not enconraging or pleasing that those who work hard at their gardens in a street of many pretty homes should have to put *up with some tatterdemalion old shack near them owned by someone who is well off but grasps at 5/- a week rent without bothering to rebqild. At this moment I can see just sunli an abode. No paint, rusty corrugated iron — an eyesore to the street. Yes, we cei--tainly all have our ways of saving or spending. Mere are some clieerful letters from thoughtful readers. 1 will first give you one to read that you might like to re.member and put thetf ideas into practice -. it will be well worth while. «: « HEALTH. "Thou chiefest good, Bestowed by Heaven, but seldom understood." Dear Cousin Rose, — Since the above verse was written tliere is a new era of health, and what with all the literature and itinerant lecturers on the subject we should all be understanding about health. The latest lecturer, Sister Evans, has been informing us about biocliemistry and the study of the (life) Cells Salts, which need to be replcnished at times and can be done chemically. Dr. Hay, of America, writing on the psychology of health says: "One must recognise the fact that the mind does react for good or ill on the body, and must realise no less that the body does react on the mind to exactly tlie same degree. Thus the vicious cycle. The body imposes on the mind ensations that are not pleasant. Suggestions of illness and the mhid becomes depressed accordingly. The depressioa of mind partially inhibits normal function, for all function depends on , normal brain or nerve stimulus to act fully. So as tho body depresses the mind just so does the mind depress the body, the one making the other worse till actual illness or functional failure is the result, even in the end organic disease." Joyful news peps us up, makes us forget physical handicap, and aetually improves health. Depressing news does the reverse, depressing function, as it always does ' and tho vicious circlo is in full swing. After all is said and done, Longfellow's verse (recipe) and advice stands good — "Joy, temperance and repose, Slam the door on the doctor's nose. " Yours, etc.,

Thanlcs to G. F. B. for this letter and the other enclosures. The latter are excellent and, while moro detail might be given to make incidents stand out even more, the whole idea is most successful. Good luck to this correspondent.

Dear Cousin Rose, — Your reference to John O' London 's explanation of a man removing his hat on entering a house urges me to supplement it. Pcrhaps few people lcnow that our rule for lceeping to the left on the road originated with our ancestors who always went armed. By keeping to the left he had his sword-arm free; likewise if lie carried a lance. The reason why mof of us mount a horse from the near side dates back to that poriod when a man held his lance in his right hand and the reins in his left. Siinilarly, the custom of carryiug a walking-stick is derived from tho early inhabitants always carrying .. sjear or club. The reinoval of one's glove is a relie of the time when man wore steel gauntlets aud removed one as a token of friendliness. When walking it was natural to keep to the right so that when one met a suspicious chavacter one would be furthest from the armed right side. Probably there are other old-time customs that remain with us to tho presont day, tho reason for which is obscure. — Yours, etc.,

Dear Cousin Rose, — I would like tliose who live in Hastings to walk or drive to the gato of tho Hastings High Scliool so that they; can sety qp

the lawn, a perfectly esquisite kowhai tree in full flower. There are many varieties of kowhai. This one is .simply covered with golden bloom at present. Oh, that we had more of them to look at, for this tree is truly lovely. — Yours, etc.,

w w # Dear Cousin Rose, — The other day I looked from my window and saw a motor-car draw up by the gate. One of the party got out and put a young cat over our fence and then the car quickly drove away. The cat ran away that night, but eame back starving to us next day. We have so many cats that we had to have it painlessly destroyed, as we were unable to cope with more. Is it not a heartless and cruel idea to leave cats in the country or over strangers' fences? What do other readers think? — ours, etc.,

Recently many Hastings people have discussed the diet question: "Should proteins and starches be mixed ?" Cousin Rose has written to a highlyqualified dietician for exact informaton on this subject. In the meantime this is an extract from an article in -"Health" written by H. K. Adamson, D.O., D.N.T. © « * 1 "Proteins and Starches — We say why not mix them? Nature does, and who are we mortals who would dispute or disapprove of her liandiivork ? Now there is a good deal of inconsistency about the non-mixing advocates, because although they are for ever ch'ampioning the 'back to Nature' cause, yet, in the same breath almost, they issue a dictum against a principle which has no -counterpart in Nature. Take a grain of wheat for instance, which many consider to be almost a perfect food, and we find that it contains considerable amounts of both proteins and carbohydrates and in approximately the correet proportions for the human body. Likewise with peas, beans and all the other logumes, and all the rest of the grains. they each possess varying proportions of both proteins and starches, and, in fact, acids and fats as well. . . . In the meantime let us take our cure from Nature, and when she is proved to have inade a mistake in incorporating these and other elements together in her various foods fcr human consumption, then w.e also will lend our assistance.to the anti-mixing propaganda," This is only a very brie'f extract and does not do justice to the very explanatory article, but in. vie'w. of the many questions asked on the matter there is much interest at present over this point. So more from another expert next week. All those who caro to join in this weekly discussion of varied subjec.ts please send your letters to the HeraldTribune and address to

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