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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 59, 3 April 1909, Page 4

Could that grout hiinur.iiliiriaii anil nation - builders, tin; lute lUght lion. Richard John Seddon, have looked ill upon a gathering held at Christellurch rcreuUv, how lrjoicnl hi* heart would'have been! 'The gathering was absolutely unique in its way, being composed of 'AjO babies, with their mothers iu attendance, who had first seen tli;' light ill the local St. Helens Hospital, one "( those institutions for which many a New Zealand mother has had cause til bless the late statesman. Nearly live hundred babies have been born under the St. Helens roof in about two years, of which only six have died—a splendid record. Ten nurses have also been put through a course of training in midwifery, and their services have been available to many women unable to make direct use of the facilities and conveniences of the hospital. Tile beforementioned gathering was held at the St. Helens Hospital, and truly it must have been a bonny sight to see all those little ones, described as remarkably vigorous and healthy young New Zcalamlers, largely the result this latter of the instruction given to the mothers by the stall' in the eai\' and nursing of taeir babies.—Times. The London Chronicle is the latest, to draw attention to the dangvrs of feminine headgear. . lletieence, says tiie Chronivlc, is not the note of modern niil- ' milerii. Not only the hatpin, but the decorative quill may puke mil the eye. ot' the adjacent stranger in our crowded trains and trams. Hue evening the writer saw a sudden vengeance. In the train beside a woman with an aggressive hat was another woman whose cheek was again and again menaced by the fretful ijiiilU. She dodged, smiled at the apologies, but kept her eye on the aggressor. One had i.cgim to think her aiTaugol of tolerance--nllen she rose to depart. With a swift and dexterous hallil -lie snatched the trimming from the neighbours lull, broke Hie quills,cast them from her. and,-well, you have to hurry oil the underground trains. Black and white ostrich-plumes come from the male bird, grey from the female. Tn birds the organ of sight is more highly developed than in any other animal. Ics one and a-half inches thick will support a man; eighteen inches thick, it will support a railway tram. There arc now several lady gondolier* ill Venice, and the men of the trade aiO organising an agitation against them. The ears of a child seldom change as it develops into an adult; but after middle age they sometimes grow larger. Mattrfsses used fn the German Army nre studed with little rolls ct paper, and are said to be a great improvement on