“THEY LIKE PIES.”

Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 333, 14 January 1937, Page 2

“THEY LIKE PIES.”

Diet Of Slim American Women. The only English women' representative of the American Silver Jubilee Advertising Convention, held at Boston recently, was Miss Edith Parnell, and a very busy time she had, writes an English correspondent. Every day for three weeks she had to make a speech but she wasn't too exhausted to make some very interesting observations on all she came across. When sh© told me that nearly all American women are as slim and vital as the enviably svelte creatures who come over to England, I asked her whether sh e had discovered the secrets of their dieting. Miss Parnell maintains, however, that they don’t keep to any diet, though they certainly hav 6 a regard for their figures and their “pep.” They avoid fouicourse meals, frequently making their luncheon on sandwiches. American sandwiches are marvellous and everyone eats piles of them. Of course, the bread —which is served up in as many varieties as at a Scottish tea table—is an attraction in itself. English doctors who deny themselves pastries may be relieved to hear that their sliin American cousins have such a penchant for pie that they eat it on every conceivable occasion. 1