NEWS BY MAIL.

Hokitika Guardian, 17 April 1926, Page 1

NEWS BY MAIL.

27 DAYS’ FAST. LONDON, February 27. Having fasted for twenty-seven days with the object of regaining good health, Lady Fislier, Permanent Secretary of the Treasury, declares herself cured of an illness of many years’ standing caused by general debility. In a home at Tring, Hertfordshire, she has lived for nearly a month on orange juice, lemon water, the juice of fruits such as grapes, and the water in which vegetables have been boiled. Lady Fisher said yesterday: “ I shall go on until I have a craving for food, and that may not bo for weeks. At present I can think of the most delicious food without a qualm.. You could spread a banquet in front of me and I should not turn a hair. “Never again shall I eat those appalling meals of many courses. I shall eat sanely.” During ilier first fortnight at the home Lady Fisher practised outdoor physical exercises in a bathing costume every morning and took orange water every two hours. Now she goes for a long walk each day and dances every evening. She is in a group of patients, described by one of them as “the despair of doctors after years of fighting against illness,” who are undergoing the fasting cure of the home, the director of which holds the view that practically every disease can he cured in this way. “ As soon as the craving for food returns, it is a sign,” he says, “that the cure is complete.” LOVER UP THE CHIMNEY. LONDON, February 22. • At Newcastle Assizes yesterday, Alert Edward Hancocks, of 13, Upper Elgin street, North Shields, asked for a divorce from his wife on the ground of her misconduct with a man named Hopkins. Hancocks, in the witness-box, stated that at the time of his marriage he was in the Army. When he returned homo on leave unexpectedly his wife slammed the door in his face and went back to her room. He heard her say to Hopkins, “Get up, here is my husband.” He gained admission to the house and found Hopkins under the bed. “I pulled him out,” said Hancocks, “ thrashed him soundly and he ran downstairs and out of the house.” Hancocks said that ho forgave his wife on ‘ this occasion, but the next time lie went home on leave she again slammed the door and ran upstairs to warn Hopkins.

“ When I got upstairs,” Hancocks proceeded, “ I found nobody in the room except my wife, but hearing a noise m the direction of the fireplace, I found that Hopkins had concealed himself in the chimney. I dragged him down and gave him another thrashing.” A decree nisi was granted. RESTAURANT BAN FOR GIRLS LONDON, Feb. 20. Visiting a south coast public- school for girls to see his daughter, the father learned that she was allowed to go out with him providing ho did not- take her to an hotel or a restaurant. He writes: “I had my car with me and we were able to drive about, but I was told of a. woman, who visiting her daughter, was much less fortunate. As the day was wet she had to hire a “growler,” in which they drove about all the time, and luncheon consisted of the contents of a luncheon basket, eaten inside the dusty old vehicle. Apparently similar ridiculous systems rule in other public schools for girls, for when I visited another town some time ago and atempted to speak with a friend in an hotel, he said hurriedly: “Can’t stop now, old man. I’ll be back soon to have p. drink with you. I have only been allowed out with my daughter by her school on condition that she meets no other man!”