Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-12-16
RESPECT TIE LIMITATIONS a
OF IOUP STPENGTH
FOLLY OF
OUERSTRAlN
Learn to Con-
serve Energy
and Health
BY MRS. MccUNE.

snd able to cope With the big things q
lttc The wave OF preparedness which
has swept the country is making all
women more or less anxious TO get
training along all lines which will
prove helpful In time OF trouble or OF
peace There are many women unit
fof the various tasks because they
have not strengthened their muscles.
Therefore 1t Is quite essential that eV-
ery woman should go IN for systematic
training: Until the muscles are sufa-
ciently strong they can not be expect
ed TO stand pressure and strain.
In the home the woman has many
duties which call for muscular
strength Very few women realize
tltere Is right and wrong way to do
these things Evidence OF this was
made plain when the women OF Eng
lond started 10 take on the work which
the men who went off to war left be-
had For Instance, the women who
became delivery girls were all prompt
" taught that the easiest way to carry
weight is gu the head. provided the
muscles of the neck and shoulders are
strong THIS method OK carrying will
also do much TO improve the carriage.
A. iirst IT may seem rather difficult to
carry things in this manner. but IL is
quite important that Yon perseVere.
The method of carrying the burden on
TIE arm and hip is very bad. for Ii Is
AZ, TO cause very EAs 'ked curvature
OF the spine CarryttaS 4 directly Ia
fcont pulling the bodJ iDTWard, is in
tprious also and causea tie carrier to
ekpend great deal OF muscular and
nervous energy on minimum of USE
fNi result, Consequently the carrier
viii soon grow very tired and will be
unable to continue.
if ono Is not a5le to aErry a burden
directly on the head. the next best
thtng Is to carry 1t above, as shown la
tho picture. The housewife often has
COCA sion to movs furniture from one
foom to another The work might as
well be done in scientific way, The
upright position OF the arms VIII do
much to correct round shoulders. to
expand the lungs and generally de-
Itelop an erect and graceful carriage.
pf course, common sense must be
brought into play here as we'll as In
anything else, No heavy pieces of fur
hlture should be lifted in such manner,
r. tho shoulder and neck muscles are
not strong enough to bear the burden
Shey should be developed A very splen-
did exercise which will serve this pur-
pose ts TO walk around the room with
the arms held down at the sides of the
body. The chest should be thrown out
and the head held back as far as, pos
alble. This viii moi only expand the
chest, but 1t will correct improper
breathing methods strengthen the
lungs and produce brisk circulation
oil blood through the muscles, thus get
ting them in good trim TO Withstand
Gay strain put On them,
When a heavier piece of furniture or
o cumbersome box Is to be moved the
thing should be rolled either on casters
ot on it's end II there is any great
need to lift the heavy object you
should let the straiD fall on the shoul-
dor muscles Unless you can prevent
strain o. internal organs you should
nat attempt the lifting The gymna-
Stun lessons given in lifting are really
&C. practical that every woman should
nv 10 avail herself of them If there IS
any possible way TO do so,
Al some time or other every woman
has occasion to lIft something from
high point, 1t is quite usual to see a
woman stand on one foot and reach For
tbe object This Is all wrong II tbs OBJ
fec Is out ofreach chair or stool can
be sed. Then II the object sought Is
lbtge. both hands should be used 10
III, il down. @Glrls aud women should
never strain themselves when reaching
dawn weights from height oy undue
stretching upward of the arms and
4 nix The trouble Is done whom the
! den is being taken down, internal
G S9eS aud strains being caused to
v,tioUs organs. While cleaning win
dws women are very apt to stretch
toj far to reach certain point on the
glass Instead OF doing this the sash
should be lowered II the windows
are aot hted with pulleys they should
b. renewed a0a the frame.
When one hes oGcBslon to lift shal.
los but heavy box from tho floor ona
should get she hody into proper posi-
tiou before attempting to touch the
btr BY getting the feet firmiy planted
fef apert OF the ground you have d
hcIseg Ss.sa and ccae eQnently = better
balance. It's the same principle as
Rtauding With the feet firmly planted
far apart when riding Ia trolley car.
Now then, when actually lifting the
heavy burden, let The strain come on
che shoulder muscles
The principle OF leverage can be sue
c@sstnlly applied when moving large.
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