Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-11-10
SCIENTIFIC SUBWAY
SEATS WILL MAKE
YOU SIT JUST RIGHT
The American P osture
League Aims to Correct
Human Ills Arising From
Wrong ositions.

NEW YORK. Nov. 10. - Americans
usually sit walk and lie wrong. The
American Posture League is an organi-
zation OF physicians. physical directors
and educators who have determined to
correct wrong positions, because these
cnuse indigestion and other human ills
and so lessen efficiency. They have just
produced a seat for the cars in the new
subway system which forces a man or
woman to sit upright, carry the weight
at the proper points and altogether as
sumo an attitude which goes a long way
toward insurIng a good digestion and a
dignlfied soldierly carriage.
Cornelius S. Loder, efficiency expert of
the League, described the work of the
organization, especially it's new, scientific
car seat at the office OF the League. 80
Church street.
IF you are all slumped down in your
seat your body is so contorted that your
food does not digest" explained Mr.
Loder. Now, IL we can correct this
we will help Danish all the maIadies which
come from poor digestion. and mankind
will be happier and be able to do more
work with less effort
MoToRMEN WILL BE CORRECTED"
But that isn't the only instance of
incorrect posture we are endeavorlng to
correct, It has been proven that motor
man standing Incorrectly. leaning in an
awkward attitude. can't act quickly in
an emergency. and many accidents are
due TO this. We will standardize the
mOtorman's way OF standing. prove just
which is the most efficient and then un-
doubtedly trafie companies will insist on
the men taking advantage of this
knowledge.
Most OF the things OF everyday life
have not been standardized. as have tools
and materials OF really less Importance.
We will standardize furniture and cloth
Ing and shoes. We are sure that in fye
years our work win be universally reeog-
nizsd. and then IT will be possible TO go
into a shoe store and call for a certain
type. length and width OF shoe, and get
just what you expect II isn't so now,
The fault OF the ordinary chair or car
seat is that one cannot use the back
when working. or even when sitting in
AN erect. proper position, You have to
lean back to touch your back. Then.
also. the proper position Is discouraged
by the ordinary chair because there Is
no room for the buttooks. When one sits
upright In the ordinaFy seat the buttocks
are jzmmed In. while the back is not sup-
ported at all. The support should come
against the upper back. not against the
buttoekA '.''t''.t
BACKS ARE NOT ALL ALIKE.
Having got to this point. We were
faced with the question: Where should
tbs support be so the seat viii Mt any
back or rather. the largest number OF
New York city backs?
''You understand that the car seat
which would be Hsht here wouldn't Do
IN England or Russia or even. perhaps
IN Philadelphia or Chicaso. New York
has a lot Of undersiEsd eitlzena OF for
eign birth and this has 70 be taken into
account.
40 solve this problem We had 10 take
thousands Of neasurements. We studied
the New York type thoroughly and then
embodied our results into ths new car
seats Of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Com
pauy. which viii operate one Of ths new
Manhattan suDWays.
'fIhe back in these new car seats d1ns
not extend clear down 20 the seat %
hodzoatal portion. "a go0qly space 4
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