SENSIBLE EATING

Wairarapa Times-Age, 8 March 1939, Page 8

SENSIBLE EATING

“PERFECT WOMAN'S ADVICE.” MISS ANNETTE KELLERMAN. They sent me—a mere man —to meet the “worldls perfect woman,” now holidaying in London, and bring back to the office her secrets for health, charm and beauty, writes a special representative of “The People.” The “perfect woman” is fifty-two-years-old Annette Kellerman who, for more than thirty years, has lived up to the reputation of having the combined figure charms of a Diana and Venus de Milo. Annette, champion swimmer, actress and beauty expert, says it’s all a matter of sensible eating and regular exercise, is this health, charm and beauty business. “Most exercises described in health books are all right," she added, “so long as women keep them up and vary them, not just sticking to one exercise the whole time.” The beauty expert said it wasn’t much good telling women to become healthy. They just didn’t take any notice of such advice. “Women still don’t realise that by getting fit they will also become beautiful,” said Miss Kellerman, who is dead against faddy diets. “A girl should not reduce much more than two pounds a week,” she added. I asked about complexions. “Do you know, 1 haven’t washed my face for more than 20 years?” asked the “perfect woman.” I looked closely. It seemed clean enough. In fact, at fifty-two Miss Kellerman has no wrinkles at all and a skin- that would make most of the girls and women I know green with envy. “Just olive oil,” she explained, and as an afterthought she mentioned mat a good way of purifying the blood stream and toning up the system is to drink plenty of hot water.