Defence of Foxton.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 23 August 1911, Page 2

Defence of Foxton.

■• not SO BAD AS I'AINTED." ■The following ariieU- appeared in M.anawatu Jierald (I'oxtoiu • Outsiders who have read re-I'ereiM-es to h)xt«n which lwvo appeared in -some <■[ our contemporaries r,c"iitiy, wuii'f.'t ! i.olp ionninfttho ,>.jiiiiif)ii Unit we are a drunken awl. . U'l'ier-lovM!"- { omiiiiinity. We d<; uot , ,„•.,less to i)i« llio i""Rt wxber [nxu in Iho- <lonii;iHiU, but when one enrsiders (-!i-< number nf men cinpluv.d in the fiax iiiM-u>try i" tins rli<h : i.-t win h:uv no sctthvl lioino and whose iiulv alt ravlioii is tlio nnblic bou-o. it will be found tlmt !'"oxt(»n is not s;i<" T ! a drunkon nlaco as some of our ' rr.ite.mpoi ario.s iniJl-o-iii". Tlio marric;! men engaged m \h» "iiiilur-try. on the, whole, are sober and Imme-JoviiiE. *'&" ver >' liitle time for the lii|iiof bars. A mmi'ber of i.'ie sii'-io men break tho nKiivotonv t>l , tiling oil pay (lay by spendinij; 100 much timo inllm pubs, --bur what ennnf-r 'Utraci i-fiu is provide-! U'.v -ih'.'in'r Xoiie. Boarins ti'pso fficts in mind, l'"oxton is no nioie drunke'i than any other town „(' a like impulsion. Tho Otji-ki >f.ail is the'lair-st 1o libel Foxton in mspect |-o I).')'>k<>. Tfc says: "Tito N'o-lfceiiiso pariv linve recoiwl much the v.-oi-sf: of tho lvaraain in tlio nlteiviti<m of flio Otalci Itoundn.rfes. and flte immc<liato district are reor>":nisH as stronrrly opposed to Xn-lif-ensr." Our ewitrm-,r;i-irr con-lu'los tliat "tiw No-lic-oiiKp. nnvl-v -]!ns rocfiivo-'l a ratlior y, vllV(l lilom- b-.- ilio ani'Midniont of \ho Tioundarios.'' Th" infpronco _ is t.hat wo are a '''hoo/.ipfr" roniinnnity. I'orinns tlio blmrVr tif tlio .Roroush f'ounoil !" "-rnnlinrr a reouost to a Ifvnl oulil'Vin t-i connect Tiis l>_ar nnd the ITnll witli ;i <-aH "'iro lihs r-10-i'-rvl tlinse rorr-'t'-:. Wo want 'tri 101 l o'lr Unt'Foy-{-.,11 i-: lint i.enrli' «" b'ld "S it IS .'viiiif"'! nr ;l ibh- f:"' f will ho ui.iflo ~-l,.,nf];l"tlv f'm.' I' , Hn lievt li-on-iinc? poll.

In honour of President FaHieros' intended visit to 1 foil and, the gardeners of The Hague- grew a- new tulip to present to their distinguishrd visit-in. The flower was to be ;i l>r;!-itifill blue, e:vh petal being starred with tiny white spots. This colouring, which tho Diit.-hinen ilkxvo jirof'Uivd wit' l , difficulty, is a compliment to President Kallieres' unvarying taste in cravats. He always wears n d.'irk-blue tie with white spots, and has never worn one of another colour. Making all due allowances for the greater mortality of man in war and accidents in dangerous occupation, there are good reasons for believing, .says T)r. A. H. .Stewart, in the New York M-e-licral Record, t-lwit nothing .short of n constitutional difference can .'icenunt for the greater tenacity of life in women. "Woman is a physif.'hKii'-ol wiser. &lio n-c----euinuiatVs energy without .expending it. Ma-n is a physiological prodigal. He expend* more, energy than he accumulates."

A voin.arkablo euro for obesity is ropnrte'l by the Lancet as having just -b"pn !)!•()!! ':h\- before tik> medical nrnfr.-sic'ii in Paris. Accord ins; to this report, a steady rmd safe diminution of weight is pnirl to bo possible, nr-cordiiu?; to a rocently-pro-ilouiklkl thorv, nlthnugh individuals eonr'pnie-d may still 1)0 allowed ■ to cat and drink as much as they desiro. At first sight this seems paradoxical, but when one. examines the now metlicd n little more closely it nnpenrs to linvo been very cleverly brought out. a? its author reHes an actuallv diminishing the ap--potito by his patients tr> tike mnny small meals during the dnv. Acenr:'!in.<r. to the Lancet, thev "tnke five menls a dav. hut onlv l'Hit. rifh n littlo hot . waif , ! , : aft'M - γ-teh meol he preseribe-s n wilk for liiiM , a". I , our. _ TTo re-enmmend-s n <-' ( It 7 with lemon, and ti'ip of very little farimr-'eous littlo sleep.-' and early rising."