Women at The Hague are amongst tlio last in Europe to cling to their large houses in well-kept gardens. House-keeping is the Dutchwoman's pride, and hitherto she has considered it well-nigh impossible to do the job thoroughly in a flat, however convenient it may be. Some time ago, however, a huge skyscraper building sprang up in Amsterdam. It is made largely of glass, and houses many families who have given up their spacious homes for one reason of other--chiefly on account of servant difficulties and the value of land. In The Hague, too, there is a luxury skyscraper block of flats, called the Blue House, by reason of the bluopainted window boxes and outside woodwork. Each flat has a small roof gardon communicating by a glass door with the rooms inside. Every possible work-saving device has been installed, and life has boen so simplilied for women that they agree with others in I England, Germany, Scandinavia, and America that there is much to be said for easy existence in a well-equipped flat. INDIGESTION DR. MOUSE'S INDIAN BOOT PILLS BRING RELIEF Mrs V. Bowj'er, Karo, North Auckland, writes: “I have used Dr. Morse's Indian Root Pills as a remedy for Indigestion. I was great sufferer from this complaint and found these pills act very well in abating this trouble,' *
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Manawatu Times, Volume 62, Issue 35, 11 February 1937, Page 11
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