The dress reform party which ined ones from Folkestone tol launched itself last week has Griswez. 'A two-engined machine, feast succeeded in getting itsd! i€ at the proper height and with] properly talked about and the Suvourable winds, is supposed to be Press has been full of com= able to proceed for 10 miles before ments throughout tha last few! having to land. There should,|doys. Sir Robert Baden-Powell is therefore, be little danger for them sin crossing the Channel where it is nly 25 miles wide, Some people ask why Amphibian machines should not be used for the London-Paris service, According to Mr. Handley-Tage, this would not be a practical Froposition. Ploats for a large airliner would weigh as rinch as 70 Ib, and n corresponding weight would have to be deducted from the oad. Such machines would stilt be unable to land in a rough sea, 80 that to fit floats would be only to minimize the risk rather than' remove it altogether.
rer the cause of the acids cat, it is, nevertheless, ing. Up to the day of the dis Imperial Airways had flown 4,00 {000 miles and carried over 100,000 copie without loss or injury to any of them. 'The name Imperial Airways was a byword for safety soronautical circles and their' record was the envy of other flying Hines, the result of it being to give them easily the largest proportion of ¢ross-Channel_ passenger The Vaccination Scare It must come as somethin hock to those who have implial faith in the medical art of toto hear that, during the past few weeks in London, there have been seven deaths traceable to vaccination. The cause was stated to be the waking of encephalitis germs Jong dormant in the system of the vaccinated person, It is believed that such attacks can only follow a Yrimary vaccination and this be-Hef leads to the conclusion that it essential to be vaccinated early in life, before there is any danger of there being any encephalitis yarms in the system. A coroner expressed the hope "that people would not be alarmed by the fact Uiat encephalitis can be directly caused by vaccination, because it Yas easy to avoid the danger provided children were vaccinated as tarly as possible.
In connection with these deaths following vaccination, it is interest-sing to note that only a few days ago aman of Liverpool tied following the administration of an anesthetic called avertin. This drug, which 4 preparation of tribromethy] al-keen supporter of the movement and points ong that he has lived as uch as possible during his life! in shorts and without a collar-stud. Most women however, are horrified at the idea of their menfolk ap-Fearing with their knees throats exposed in all their ugliness. Lady Ce signer of Mayfafr, is all for men retaining their trousers and thinks that any attempt at dress reform should be directed towards abolishing shirts, collars, cellar-studs and ties. She would like to see men in trousers and jumpers of various odours and materials, As for sports wear, there is a lot to be said for the one-piece sult that Mi. Eoman has been wearing at the Beckenham lawn tennis championships this year. It is ide of white duck and consists of trousers and shirt all in one. To ko it look more attractive, Feman wears a belt round' the vast, The most dissapointing feature of the whole movement is that the reformers seem to make no attempt put their theories into practice.
they are afraid of ridicule, it is improbable that the ordinary man will be any more willing to face it.
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