New Britain herald., 1926-05-08

from her 1lth birthday her food consumption remains stationary and equal to niue-tenths that of an adult male.
 And that. dear children, was the
 finish of AIr. Duco. Now run along to bed.
 While on the subject of food, lets
 turn our eyes toward the delightful sex.
 What price Beauty if the hoyish form is acquired at the cost oi hcalth?" inquires Miss Mary Vim. managing editor of a magazine for women. As may have been Sus- plcted. Miss Vim vas writing about
 dieting when sho popped that queS-
 ton right in the face Of the ladies who run 10 avoidupots.
 "Tf L woman loses her vivacity and Vieor and mental poise along with what she considers her super fluous flesh, the fashionable silhou- cite may not seem as attractive or
 desirable as she imagines before the privacy Of her dressing table mirror" She continues: The sylphlike figure should not become the shadow Of disease. The rosy cheek and robust body are more to be admired than the curvelcss and imperfect rhity-four' toward which women today are striving Miss Winu eXplodes another ques- ton right under the noses of the reducing squad; Why are woman so much more vain about preserving their youthful figure than men are?"
 she interrogation points. And echo answers, Why" We suppose that Adam once told Eve that she had the most beautiful figure of any woman in the world and that Eyes have been hungerng to hear the same story from the Adams eNer since, Perhaps that may explain 1 ii.
 Now, in France they do it differ en;. They like the ladies plump. And, according 10 the chorus of popular song, Six Million French men Cant Be Wrong"
 The general strike in England is cornering the headlines these days. but nobody in New Britain seems to be greatly upset about it. For one thing. it doesn't affect us directly. For another, it isn't what you can
 truly call general. Plenty of them
 are still working. Many of those who are not were Ioafing long before the strike. anyway,
 But to get an idea what it's all about, let us imagine general strilte called here in New Britain. True. one is called among the voters every election day, but we mean one in in dustry, What would happen' Let
 us imagine;
 l Everybody would walk out of the 1 factories and stores. The school chil- dren would seize the opportunity to march hilariously out of school.
 Trains, trollays. and busses would be l forced 10 suspend their schedules, so that for the first time in history | they would ba living up to them. The mail carriers would go out with the rest of them, and VIC would never have the pleasure Of reading
 our June 1 bills. The banks would close their doors and probably de- clare a suspension of interest: if pco- pie won't work, why should their money work for them?
 The theaters would abandon their performances when tho ticket-sellors declared their strike; there's no profit in running a theater if no tickets are sold. The closing of the churches might pass rlnnoticed, for in these days few people will admit they are old fashioned enough to attend the services. Provision stores would quit and so would our digestive organs.
 Tue bakers would probably justify
 their walkout on the strength that ! Inc yeast refused to work.
 Stick-up men and second-story workers would cease their activities. If there were any fires. they'd have to burn; the firemen would be home i sleeping. All construction activities would cease, and the building de- partment would even stop finding 1 illegalities. Housewives would also
 strike, but after couple Of days of washing dishes the men might be willing to return to work; housework : ri1 krn Iyt