The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-04-02
POSTURE LEAGUE
IS INCORPORATED
National Body Created to Get
People to Sit Up and Stand
Up Straight.

New York, April 1.-Announccmcnt
was made to-day OF the incorporation
At Albany of tho American Posture
League, II national body whose en-
dcaVor Will be TO get people to sit up
and stand up straight
Tie new organization is concerned
particularly with the sitting and
standing pastures of children I'm schools
and OF adults in shops. offices. fac
tories and clsewlcrc. II hopes to cf-
feet more general use of scientific
and hcalthful principles in seating ac-
Communications for such purposes and
for public audience rooms and vehicles.
"A child cannot achieve proper chest
Developments" is it's authoritative
statement, while the shape OF his
school seat and OF his coat force him
for many hours each day Into faulty
attitudes. Thousands of children who
carry heavy loads OF schooibooks are
forced into distortions OF posture that
in all but the most robust must have
:. serious effect on health and dcvcl-
opmcnt. Round shoulders are to be
expected In q child Whose clothing is
supported without proper regard for
the anatomy and mechanics OF tho
shoulder.
THE fatigue OF the factory opera
tive comes not more from running the
factory machinery than from running
the bodily machinery-hcart lungs
disadvantage, through ill-adapted
chairs. stools ana workbcnChcs Meas
urcs to relieve tuberculosis. anaemia
and mulnutritiou are all placed at :,
Disadvantage by the constant moulding
infucnc" cNcrtci on habits OF posture
by much in furniture and clothing"
40 organized attempt 10 standard
liz. these various conditions has ever
been made before. Individual ortho-
pcdlc surgeons and, in Il few instances.
special commissions have attempted
improvements. but the skill and judg d.
Incut OF The experts have never been
combined in united effort. The new
american Posture League includes In
its membership leading orihopedic sur
iscons. physical trainers and educators,
who have specialized on these subjects.
The league hopes by systematic cdu-
cation TO establish Il demand for
beautiful standards in what may bc
termed posture engineering. For OK
APPLE, II is already assisting with CA
pert advice tho engineers Of tho
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company, the
heats OF whose new subway cars are
being constructed in accordance with
the leagues specifications. il is in
touch with several large organizations
of workers engaged in the standing
occupatious-such as motorinen and
shop Girls-anh purposes issuing Of
iicial bulletins for their benefit. Illus
trattng the correct standing pastures.
both for work and rest.
Bulletins taking up the various
rhnscs OF school and factory hygiene
that AFFECT posture. and making con
siructiv. suggestions, Will also he is-
sued TO school sup.rintcndcnts and
other officials throughout the country,
rs we'll as To heads Of private schools
ana colleges and TO efficiency managers.
Lantern slides viii be prepared and
circulated TO supplement q country
wide campaign OF education b. means
Of bulletins
The league owes its inception TO its
president. Miss Jessie H. Bancroft. as
distant director of physical training In
the public schools of New York on