THE FOOT-WARMERS?

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8473, 28 June 1907, Page 6

THE FOOT-WARMERS?

(To the Editor.)

Sir,—Kindly grant me space in your paper, so as I may publicly thank ;our humane Government for their thoughtfulness in at last supplying a long-felt want; i.e., placing foot-warmers in the railway carriages. When I read they were doing so I was in New Plymouth, and I quite looked forward to my arrival at Woodville, where, I "understood, this great boon to the poor, cold, weary traveller was to be secured. There Was a surprise in store for me. I expected to see just the old-fashioned hot-water foot-warmer, as used in Tasmania and other old-fashioned places, but I found an object the same shape, but where the old style is for warming the feet only, the one I had from Woodville was for warming the whole body. When I had comfortably seated myself in the carriages, and had rested my cold feet on the foot-warmer, I felt very comfortable indeed, but somehow my feet did not get what I might term burning, so I felt the comforter and found the same to be quite cold. I was surprised at this, but a fellow passenger was good enough to inform me that I had to shake the warmer. This I did for some time, and I soon saw the use of the article, because I slowly began to get warm all over my body; in fact, telt as if I had , swung dumb bells for half-an-hour. I am sure everyone will agree with me when I say that this style of warmer is far ahead of the old style of foot-warmer only. I would like to offer the following suggestion to the Railway Department, that is the foot-warmers should be made in three sizes, i.e., large, medium and small. Large for men, medium for ladies and the latter for the children. I really think the ones at present in use are too heavy for women and children to exercise themselves with. Perhaps one-pound dumb-bells could be supplied to the younger children. Perhaps some of your readers can offer a better suggestion.— I am, i etc i*' JOHNNY STILLWARM.