WOMAN'S WORLD.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 88, 4 October 1911, Page 6

WOMAN'S WORLD.

(Conducted by " Jilleen "). TOGO AND WOMEN. JAPAN'S GUFAT ADMIRAL IS XOT A SUFFRAGIST. Npw York. August 8. Admiral Togo, whose visit to the United States of America on the completion of his round-the-world tour is attracting much attention among Americans, has given his views on the suffragist question to an American woman interviewer.

''l am not a suffragist," said the Admiral. "1 believe woman is harmed by anv movement that takes her mind off her home and children. I believe in the higher education of women, but to me the highest education a woman can have is that which makes her believe that her greatest duty towards the State is the giving to the nation of children—the future citizens.

"What does a woman want with the education usually given to men? In our country women have a lower grade of education than men—that is, where the outside, political and practical things are considered —but she gets all the education she needs. ''Here in this country your women have equal educational advantages with men. Economic conditions that, have resulted in taking women's former employment out of the house is the excuse given for this, because your women compete ill the business and professional worlds with men. We have no such problem. Women have done the same good service for hundreds of years. ''They have been our home-keepers and the mothers of our soldiers, and let me tell you that the home women of my country send their husbands and brothers and sons out to the battlefield with a courage as great as that possessed by the soldiers themselves. That is where woman shows her strength and splendid citizenship and patriotism.''

IMPROVING DANCING. In England the discussion of the possibility of improved modern dancing continues, and there is • the usual newspaper controversy over the matter. The Imperial Society o? Dance Teachers recently met in London, and in a leading article on the conference the Daily ' Graphic declared that "the so-called 're- ( vival of dancing' consisted solely in the popularity of stage dancing as a spectacle, and as performed by such superb exponents of the art as the various Russian visitors to our places of entertainment. That is i'lot a revival in any real sense of the term. One might as well talk of a revival of archery should crowds, at so pinch a head, 'ilock to see some modern William Tell perform in a music-hall the feat attaching to his name." And the. same. - journal ■ went on to declare that popular ball-room dancing was'still on'the down grade. "Even such refinements of the art as the cotillion are exceptional features in the modern dance programme; to all intents and' purposes the waltz is the beginning and the end of dancing, and it is an indifferent f<irm,"'fefr tfie'moi-t part indifferently <lanced." The article concludes by urging the society, of seeking new forms, to devote a Mention to reviving dancing as it was when England was "Mevtio England" in place of the present "dull and' wooden" system. Of course, correspondents hastened to reply and urgo that! the- waltz was the true wedding of motion to music, and that the soul could not be carried away by mu<ic if the mind had to be strained all the time trying to remember intricate "figures" in "square" dances. Other

"round" dances were not defended, but if the controversy goes on there will probably be advocates for a revival of the polka, the sehottisehe, the mazurka, .•mil the other graceful measures which delighted the last generation.

PAPER TOWELS. America seems to have been the first to appreciate the hygienic properties of paper towels. In many of the schools, in clubs, in hotels, where expense has to be considered, ami in many other instances, these towels have been introduced. After being once used tlicv are thrown away. His easy to realise the importance of this movement towards individualism. Doctors have readily Mated that the custom will do much to prevent the spread of skin diseases and ophthalmia. The superintendents of certain States hgvc requested that all schools adopt these towels. In Sacramento. towels made of paper are introduced into the. High .School, the School Hoard of Ottawa,. Canada, has put paper towels and cups into all their public buildings. The .Superintendent of Public Buildings in New York has issued a similar command, the price of the towels being one-eighth of a penny each. There are also towels, in size 12 inches by 18 inches, sold at 4-50. for Is 2d, so that the cost is infinitesimal. Germany has taken up the subject with a good deal of care and attention. At a recent congress of the fierman Public Bath Association a competition was opened. The feeling was that the frequent washing of hands might be promoted if a cheap and convenient means of drying were provided. A mere glance need be cast at the hands of many people with whom one comes in contact during a day spent in any town to realise the importance of the application of water and soap. Change must; perforce be accepted from hands that have not been i(inched with water for a longer period than one cares to recognise. Three prizes were recently oil'ered for a good paper towel in Berlin, and the winning specimens will be introduced into schools, railway .stations, restaurants; indeed, into all places whrre people congregate and require Mime apparatus for drying newly-washed hands. It is impossible to contemplate the treatment ■■K-cordedJo towel- in some dubs ai ,,j man) other places where Ihe rules of ■hygiene might lie better understood. 1' requcntly the linen towel is merely dried and placed again reailv for use. Apatt Ironi the qiie-tion of the spread "f disease, an immense saving in laundry might easily be clVet-ted. Orcat ha- not at all lagged behind in the application of paper to practical purposes. Napkins, tablecloths, plates, ves'nl' holding rivaie. cup- for drinking, dishes tor miii ere jn daily use. An attempt wa- made to supply milk in paper bottle- f,„ i!,, ,;k. 'cleanliness, lml < lie-e (lid not obtain a wide sue-

DECAY OF THE TEETH "Hie iilnin-t universal decay of (ho teeth is pronl positive that our nation is ~iifr.«rin.ir front linn- -tarvation." writes a chemistry lecturer in the Dietetic ami Hygienic (Jazi ttc. -'KinlHy-n V( . p( . r 00M (. of the school children <»f Louisville have badly decayed teeth. Our ilentists presenile tooth washes and tooth pastes, advocate local hygiene, (ill cavities and lit bridges, and all (his lime ignore the tact. that Die basic cause is lime starvation. Dentists will tell you that the sugar yon take in your mouth acts directly upon your teeth. Dentists shut their eves to I lie evident fact that decay starts iir-t in t lie pulp beneath t-he intact enamel and hmieveombs the interior of the tooth until the shell-like bridge of enamel breaks through beneath

the strain. The enamel gives absolute j protection against the external attacks [ of acids and sugar. I have immersed i sound teeth for months in a solution of fruit acids and sugar, and have been unable to detect any erosion of either the enamel or the pulp. When you eat sweetmeats, the sugar, with its irresistible affinity for soluble lime, combines with the calcium of the blood, and the blood retaliates by sapping the soluble from the pulp and substance of the teeth. Druggists make use of this affinity of soluble lime for sugar when preparing the official syrup of lime. Lime forms a solution thirty-five times stronger in simple syrup than in the same quantity of water. If vou want your children to have sound, white teeth, see that their diet is rich in lime and poor in sugar."