New Britain herald., 1914-04-01
POSTURE LEAGUE IS
 NOW INCORPORATED Organization Will Wage War on
 Faulty Attitudes Of People. BULLETINS 10 BE ISSUED S00N

bUlL[lINO lU DL l0OuLV oVo" Miss .yessie H. Bancroft Heads Asso-
 citation Which Includes in Its Me"-
 be,ship orthopedic Surgeons, PhS-
 s;ca, Trainers and Educators.
 New York. April 1.-Announceliieii s,.s made today of the incorpora''oii A,hanv of the American Poseuie la. gue a national body whose enueo vnr will be to get people to si' Np and stand up straight. a,x,d Tha new organization is colceih ihou particularly with the sl1tins standine postures of children ,s,.hooIs and of adults in shops oii'ee''N factories and elsewhere. IL nop tn effect a. more general use or scien- t;fc and healthful principles Ill sea'- ing accommodations for such pul and for public audience rooms anu 'o hicles. o,,er
 "A chi'd cannot achieve propoi chest development" is it's autiioiA'0 five statement, while the shape oA his school seat and of ms coat Aoi o0 him for many hours each oay in,o f.ultv attitudes. Thousands ol clii' dren who carry heavy loads or scnoo. books are forced into d1stortiohs oA k,osture that in all but the most TO- A1st must have serious eHect on
 hlth and development. I1ouiu
 builders are to be expected III a chiAo
 hose clothing is supported "1thou.
 oper regard for the anatomy anu
 echanics' of the shoulder.
 Cause of Fatigue.
 ..rba fatigue of the factory opera tive comes not more from running inc factory machinery than from run ming. the bodily machinery-heart' lnngs and digestive organs-at me chanical disadvantage, through Ill adapted chairs, stools ana "orh hanches Measures to relieve tuber- culosis, anaemia and malnutrl1lon are all placed at disadvantage oy the constant moulding influence eAerteu on habits of posture by much Ill Iur- nituce and clothing.
 yNo organized attempt to standaroiZe thes various conditions has ever been made before. Individual ortnopeolc surgeons, and in a few instances spe- ciaI commissions, have attempted lIil- movements, but the skill and Juos- ment of the experts have never been combined in united effort. The new American Posture league includes Tn it's membership leading orthopedic surgeons. physical trainers and edu- cators who have specialized on these subjects.
 Will Issue Bulletins.
 The league hopes by systematic edu- cation to establish a demand for healthful standards in what may be termed posture engineering. For eN- ample. it is already assisting with eN- pert advice the engineers or the Brooklyn Rapid Transit company, the seats of whose new subway cars arc Abeing constructed in accordance With the leagues specifications 1t IS ln touch with several large .organlzatlons of workers engaged in the standing occupations-such as motormen ana shopgirls-and purposes issuing o1- fcial bulletins for their benefit, illus .trating the correct standing pastures, both for work and rest. ...
 Bulletins taking up the NarloNs phases of school and factory hygiene that affect posture, and making con- structive suggestions, will also be is-
 u ofher officials throughout the country as we'll as to heads of private schools and colleges and to efficiency mana gers. Lantern slides will be pre- pared and circulated to supplement a country wide campaign of education Aby means of bulletins.
 List of Officers.
 The league owes it's inception to it's
 resident, Miss Jessie H. Bancroft, as )sistant director of physical training in the public schools of New York. Cn its board of directors are Dr. Fred erick R. Green of Chicago, secretary >of the Council on Health and Public Instruction of the American Medical association; Dr. Joel H. Goldthwair, of Boston, ex-president of the Ameri- can Orthopedic association; pr. R. Tait Mckenzie, sculptor, who is direc- tor of the Physical Education depart ment of the University of Pennsyl- nfania; Dr. Henry l.. Taylor, pro kessor of orthopedic surgery in the New York Post-Graduate Medical school; pr. Thomas A. Storey, pro- lessor of hygiene and physical in struction in the College of the City ! of New York; Dr. S. Josephine Baker Rairector of the Department of Child
 Hygiene, New York city board of
 ealth; Dr. Eliza M. Mosher, of Brook
 yn; pr. Eleanora Everhard of Day.
 pn, Ohio; asDr. William H. Burnhani
 ii Worcester, Mass, and Dr. E. G.
 Srackett of Boston.
 The board of electors, by whom the
 irectors are chosen, is headed by 1halantier P. Claxton, United States commissioner of education and has among it's members a large number of men and women prominent in pub lie health endeavor.
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 TRAINMEN RETURN TO WORK.