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WEIGHT OF BABIES AT BIRTH.

ARE THE SMALLER THE HEALTHIER?,

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The English Review for November In his new book "Lysistrata: Wo- Future and Future Woman" contains an amusing article, evidently man's written by a very young man, on the (Kegan Paul. 2 d.), Mr. A. M. wickedness of prolonging life; The Ludovici makes many daring assertions author, Mr. E. A. Nicholson,

But perhaps his most article Death Rate Del talls bis and prophecies

and interesting pages are those in which he especially deplores the activities of the discusses what he calls the "absurd Ministry of Health, to whose malig in superstition that a baby should be a er Buence he attributes the reduction in 'n lbs. at birth." the national death rate.

Apparently, says, Mr. Harold Cox in the Sunday Times, his ideal is that new the people should be brought into world as rapidly as possible, and all should be cleared off at the age of 50 Be dogmatically asserts that the cente narian lives half his life, after the full enjoyment of it has died," and be adds that our streets are increasingly filled with aged persons, who cannot expected to work, and in most cases cannot even be happy."

It is notorious that a small, healthy lb. baby frequently Bourishes better than the beavier inlars of 8 or 9 lbs; also that, since the larger baby usual loss weight. niter birth. is bulk-

$ demonstrably unnecessary

at thai What then prevents us from adopting what is obviously Nature's plan the birth of relatively thin and small babies, through caro of the gestaing mother's food?

Mr. Ludovici has noticed that the young of animals, "even when their mo thers are splendid fettle, are only skin and bone at birth, and that young born in this way not only never lose weight, but grow as plump and vigorous as could be wished la the Arst 24 hours.

When we were leaving college, wonder ing what should be our next step in the world, it often crossed our minds that the way was blocked by older people, who seemed to have all the nice jobs in the world. and appareatly intended to live on and keep them. One langed He is inclined to think that the de- for their speedy decease to make room sired result could be brought about by for the younger men, and especially for following the diet laid down by Dr. Lah- oneself.

mann, which would be rich in food-salts but poor in meat and cereals. Such a diet "seems to approximate very well to what.one may imagine the food of primi- five mankind to have been."

OVERCROWDED ENGLAND,

VILLAGE DIVORCES.

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Mr. Nicholson expresses exactly the same thought in picturesque language,

England is now so overcrowded with people that thongh the places are not Bumbered like seats in a theatre they might almost as well be so little spare Accommodation exists. There never were meant

to be so many old people filling them they are just like people in theatre sitting out two performances BATE IN THE US, THAN IN CITIES: when long queues are waiting to get in. I remember hearing a similar point of view expressed even more piquantly by a charming young girl who was one, of a m-xed audience to whom I was lecturing on the problem of over-popu lation in England Taking, rotice up parently of my grey hairs, she looked up with a quizzing smile when my lecture was over, and asked me if I did not think that the problem of over-popula-months 22 of its citizens have been re- tion could be better solved by cutti 58 leased from the yoke of matrimony. of those nearing the end of life than by chersking the volume of incomers.

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Mrs., or "Ma," Ferguson. the Gover ror-elect of Texas, is the incarnation of motherly and wifely virtues, saya New York Correspondent, but, necord- ing to the statistics published by the Census Bureau, she is called upon to preside over a State whose citizens are frightfully addicted to divorce..

Texas is now the leading divorce State in the Caion. During the past twelve

The ratio of divorces to marriges is oce to five.

The staustics show that farmers and villagers of the United States, as com- pure with its urban inhabitants, are The fond of divorce. Increasingly

liddle west has forged far ahead of wicked cities like New York in the mat ter of divorces. Responsibility for this state of affairs is placed at the doors of picture theatres, which are alleged to instil the spirit of domestic restlessness into the is of the farming communi-

This is quite a natural point of view for young people who have only seen as much of the world as their years enable them to see. But when one grows a little older one finds that there are other glimpses. In particular, one discovers that growing years do not produce loss of enjoyment. It may safely be said that many men enjoy life as much, or even after they are fifty, or even after they are sixty. than they did when they men. Nor is it true that old were young men are merely a burden upon the согт ties. munity, as Mr. Nicholson appears to be. lleve. debt left by the Great War will chafe He says, for example, that the successive generations for a long time.. "That they might have supported, but to see all their grand-parents and great grandparents lingering on earth to watch them" pay it may well prove the last straw.' But the grand parents, at any rate, are many of them still active work, era. Some of the most brilliant captains of industry to-day are well-over seventy, In some cases when the experienced hend of a firm dies many years may elapse be are the business recovers from the loss.

AGE AND HAPPINESS,

Generally speaking, divorces in the

dumber of marriages. Gnited States rose 11 per cent., compared with a rise of only 8 per cent. in the

During the last divorce gear 165,138 decrees were pronounced.

MARRIED WITHOUT A RING..

BRIDE OBJECTA TO ITS SHAPE.

A bride's objection to the shape of the ring delayed a wedding in a North Lon- don register office recently

When the bridegroom, before the It is indeed a profound mistake to as-ceremony, showed her the ring, which sume that young people are necessarily was of platinum and had four corner- happier than old people It is quite like projections, she said: "I don't like true that young people intensely enjoy that; it does not look like a wedding some povel pleasure; but it is also true ring; it's almost square" After a dis- that they bitterly resent a trutzpery discussion the man went out to obtain an appointment at which alder people other, but returned in balf an hour, say- a platinuin would philosophielly mile. On balanceing that he could not buy

one can only speak from one's own ring of the unus that the use of a ring shape in the vicinity. personal experience and memories-life The registrar sajd tends to become mare-enjoyable as one was a mere formality and they agreed

ore. to be married without

The grows older.

The older people, with their greater bridegroom afterwards, placed a ring experience, have greater tolerance of from his finger on the bride's finger, and trouble and not less capacity for the they went out smiling to buy one to her! | joyment of pleasure.

liking.

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Leopold Premyslav, who, with Eugenio Prewyslav, 'cellist, is playing under the patronage of HE the Governor at St. Andrew's Hall to-night and at the Star Theatre on Monday night.

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Sunday, 11th, to Tuesday, 13th January,

5.15 p.m. & 9.15 p.m.

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CARMEL MEYERS

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SHE peeded the job he had given her! There were compelling reasons why she could not afford to be without work-and he was taking. advantage of her necessity! She knew that he was a dangerous man- she was playing with fire by giving him the slightest bold on her but→→ If you enjoy keen-edged drama with a new sort of mystery twist 'DON'T MISS This Richard Thomas Sp; er Production.

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Indoors or out, always carry a boule of Peps with you. This novel and invalu able medicine owes its wonderful potency to the fact thal'in the ingenious form ei, & compressed tablet, it brings the volatila Inng-healing air of the pine forestia to every home. This powerful curative agency speedily ends the worst cough, cold or chill and dispels all trouble in the throat, chest, or bronchial tubes.

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PUBLIC SPEAKERS, lawyers, preach- ers, singers, and others of similar vocation, should remember that the air of every publier assembly in vitaimi and poisoned with Abo czans- tions frote the lungs of the multitude and she germa of any a deadly diensler. Anorcational Paper she mods thoroughly egotralises the avi offents of thin fond Birani preauts hoarsenose, lesyagitis, atzi

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