Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-06-26
WOMAN
LEGISLATOR HAS
SMOKING ROOM


Suzan Lawrence, one of the four
women members Of parliament Lady
Aston and the three other commoners
do not smoke, but the laborite NembR
for Eastman greatly enjoys the nico
tine solace.
Miss Lawrence, after some persua-
sion, finally convinced the parliamen
tarians that even though Lady Aston
and other women frowned upon cigar
cite smoking by women, she at least
was entitled to a sequestered place in
which to have quiet puff.
Miss Lawrence comes of family or
barristers. She has q deep resonant
voice which is easily heard through
out the chamber.
Lady Fisher who lived AZ days on
fruit juices and vegetable broths, says
going without solid food is so easy
and simple that she, wonders why
more people do not adopt this system
of keeping fit in preference to paying
doctor bills.
81 was amazed to find how agree
able it was to'fast,' said Lady Fisher,
describing her cure and benefits be-
fore members of the nature, cure assos
! citation. II know now what it is to
feel really we'll for the first time III
my life. Publicity is abhcrrent to me,
but + feel that I should help create a
widespread knowledge of this cure.
My aim, and hope is that this wonder
full method will be adopted by the
medical profession throughout the
world"
| Lady Fisher said she was aston
ished at the amount of energy she
had all the time she was without real
| food. Since her recovery she had at
tended many teas and banquets, but
none of the cakes, candies or other,
rich food interested her in the least.
Prohibition agencies have lost their
right to keep liquor advertisements
out of the postoffice and the govern
ment telegraphy booths. The post
master general has announced that
firm of advertisers had been author
lied to accept advertisements of aIco-
holic beverages for display in all post
offices as well as public telephone
cabinets throughout the country.
Heretofore this class Of advertise
ment was prohibited, much to the
qualification of prohibitionists, who
urged the government to continue the
ban despite the resentment created in
the liquor trading circles. Dealers in
alcoholic beverages long ago protested
that the order prohibiting their adj
vertisements to appear in the post
office and telephone booths was an
act of discrimination against their in
terests
Aerial tea parties are the latest now
city in society circles. The guests
take rides in airplanes after refresh
ments are served.
The first aerial cat home was given
at the Stag Ian flying field with Mrs.
Sophie Elliott Lynn and Mrs. Sher-
wood Kelly as hostesses. Mrs. Lynn
was the first woman in England to be
granted pilots license. She con-
ceived the idea of aerial tea parties
with a view to interesting society
women in flying.
Marques were erected on the
ground in which tea was served, there
being about a hundred guests. In
stead of dance music, tea was dis
pensed to the accompaniment of the
drone of a light plane engine and
other familiar sounds of an aero
drome. "a
Street accidents in London for the
first three months Of this year showed
an increase of % per cent over the
same period in 1926 Police records
for the metropolitan, area tabulated
1877 persons killed in the city during
January, February and March, an in.s
crease Of two over the same three
months last year. There were 20,725
accidents to persons or property
against 1870 last year. Private mo-
tor cars caused 4 deaths, 10 more
persons being killed this year by this
class of machine than last year. The
number of accidents to persons and
property caused by private cars was
6,47S, an increase of more than 20
per cent
Trains and commercial vehicles ac-
counted for 5,O52 accidents and Az
deaths, compared with 5S25 accidents
and 70 deaths last year.
Thirty three persons were killed in
1898 omnibus accidents, compared
with SS last year in 1888 accidents.
An effort to induce women to aban-
don the simplicity that has marked
their hats and gowns for so long and
ing made in Paris. Various trade asa
sociations connected with the feather
industry, lace, embroidery and flower
making have taken the Initiative III
the matter because it has been found
that modern excessive simplicity is
leading to thousands of expert work.
ers losing their technical skill in these
callings.
Efforts, however, to dictate the
fashion, it is generally admitted, have
always proved Failure. Attempts
have been made by houses which might
have been expected to De able to in
duce their clients to follow their sug-
gestions, but women have never ac-
cepted anything but what has APP
pealed to their own tastes or fancies.
The leaders of the present new
movement are not so simple as to ex..
pect to revolutionize styles; they
merely seek to give an expediting push
in their direction, The hats and
dresses that were shown at the first
meeting held to further the scheme,