MISCELLANEOUS.

King Country Chronicle, Volume III, Issue 145, 5 April 1909, Page 5

MISCELLANEOUS.

Arc two meals a day conductive to longevity? We should think they are Judging from the life of Lord Strathcona. who is a champion of the simple life and a devoted exponent of the "two meals a day" theory. Breakfast •t half past eight usually consists of porridge, and milk, toast and marmalade, and tea with hot water added. Not until seven o'clock in the evening does the Commissioner cat anything else, or drink any stimulant. He then aits down to a simple meal eonbting of soup, fish, fowl, and table water. Sir Thomas Barlow has described Lord Strathcona as "an ideal dietist." Nothing wilt tempt him from bis simple nourishing diet, and in his eightyseventh year he keeps his active body and mind working In harmony on two meals a day.

Servant worries in Spain are reduced to • minimum, not because the domestic clas» Is an ideal one, but for the reason that nothing very exalted Is expected of it. Servants are taken less seriously than in Engfand. and allowed fuller ptay of those impulse, natural to their youth and ctass. Spanish servants sing over their work as a matter of course. As they wash in the courtyard they talk and laugh freely with neighbouring maids over the wall at tht tub, their mistresses' proximity on the balcony being no hindrance to outhurts of merriment.

The best way to allay thirst is to sip the liquid slowly, for by doing so thirst is more thoroughly quenched and less water is needed. When palpitation is very troubborm take eight drops of oil of carraway on a little tump sugar, and use the stairs or as tittle as possible. Also a (tvfop ot poki water, or, better still, soda-water, with a good pinch of salt in It is a very good thing. With regard to children's teetb many parents assume that because the milk teeth must in the course of Nature fall out in a few years, to give place to the permanent set, it is a useless thing to pay attention to them. This is a mistake. In the first ptace, it is never too early to inculcate good habits in a child, and his permanent teeth will always be better taken care of if he has been taught to brush the temporary set from the time when he cootd use a tooth brush. It is also in the interest* of the child's looks, comfort and health that the milk teeth should be preserved as long as possible. One of the most important functions is to keep a place in the jaw for the second set, and if fhey fait out too soon, the second teetb ajalr piso «obi« too soup, and out of their regular place. Then the latter teeth will not have room enough, and will be twisted sicdways, or pushed in front or behind the others in the row.

Some discussion was occasioned at the last meeting of the Board of Education py a statement of the chairman, Mr Parr, that the settlers at Paengaroa, near Te Puke, had been asked whether they would fulfil their promis* to clear the school site and cart timber for the new school. Mr H. J. Greens lade objected to this, and ■said K was an imposition on country people. Town residents were nev*r asked to Mist ip this manner when a new Reboot was' to be erected. Mr L. J. Bagnall thought it strange that Mr Greenslade should bring the matter up at the Baord meeting. It was not the Board tat the Department that ren rfered these steps necessary, for the gxfrats Yor new sffhooiu wefe never adeqpats for the purpose. The settlers in many instances volunteered to do work to assist in these matters. Mr Edgecombe thought the Board should throw the onus on the Department, and when a grant was Insufficient should never cease to press the matter on the Department's notice, so that an answer would l)« received which could be handed to the settlers interested. The proper ptace for Mr Greenslade to bring op the matter was in Parliament. The dttinnan took exception to Mr Creenalade's remarks, and said the Department's circular required the question to be asjted a* to whether the settlers tantM* a«tist or not. Iff Greenslade, to Minis) explanation, sakf he had no daeire to reflect upon the Board. The Board was not in the slightest way to bfame in the matter. After further dieeession it was agreed to press the Department to increase the grant for