The Washington times., 1920-01-14
Wives, Ask Your Husbands to
Read This Editorial Aloud
And Be Sure to Make Him Bend Over Before He Reads
The mail brings the following letter from read
with good memory:

with good memory
Editor The Times |
. You promised in an editorial High Heels, pub
ished time ago, to write later on Low Kitchen
Sinks have been watching for the article, for want
to have my husband read it. work of those
back breaking sinks and maybe what you write will
get him to have it raised. MRS. M. Z. b.
What we intended to say about kitchen sinks is pri-
mariy for mems reading and in order for them to fully
its import ask each before he reads any
ther stand up, bend until he rest his fingers
lightly his kneecaps but without supporting himself at
al. and remain in that position for five minutes
He will then be in the proper frame Of mind to consider
and appreciate what is written here He will find he has
done asked that his back aches and that he has
siderable trouble in standing up straight again.
But he has stood for only five minutes in position that
millions of assume for hours every day. at work at
sinks from four to seven inches too low.
Now, what happened while he was bending over? In,
the first place his spine bent out Of its natural position
and sustained strain was brought on the lower
Human beings intended work bending
When in the monkey stage and walked on all
fours the spine constructed to be used in position
parallel to the ground When evoluted into human be-
ngs changed enable walk and work with the
spine perpendicular to the ground
But in neither monkey man state it intended
for us to work or walk STOPPING.
When bend we compress and construct the stomach
the liver the ntestines and all the other intricate machn
cry located between the lower ribs and the bottom of the
trunk.
Bending and Immediately strag ghtening up again
full and heahf It acts on the liver and the inesnes just
it does when you squeeze SPONGE forcing all the water
out of it, and then releasing it, letting the water back in
again you do that few times with dirty sponge held
in water you will clean it of its impurities.
fine exercise every morning is to bend until your
fingers touch the floor keeping the knees straight all the
time But that is different from standing for hours bent
The sponge would get very little cleaning you held
it tight in your hand without releasing it at ALL
If it live thing like your liver, it would become
congested inactive, and unhealthy That is of the
who work over low sinks have what they
call bilious headaches Their vers have been prevented
from doing their necessary work.
The backaches of which millions of women complain are
caused among other things by the sranng of the muscles
attached to the spine.
One the prime purposes of the spine furnish
bony protection to the soft system of which
incoses The muscles which attached to the spne
sides being intended give you strength lifting were
put there prevent you from bending the spine too far and
so njuring the spinal column
There is whole school of medicine, osteopathy built
the relationship of the spine the rest of the body
functions and thousands of of illness have been
by oseopaths slight splacements of the verebrae
The continual placing of the internal organs strained
and unnatural positions by long bending is responsible
for many of the ills Of And when the bending
is done with corsets on the condition is
Women will probably continue to corsets. They
consider them necessary to womany beauty
Low sinks the result of thoughtlessness and neg
And they are for they lessen efficiency
If you your wife and value her health or if YOU
want get the efficient work from your kitchen serv
and contribute to her comfort have every sink in
raised to the proper heightone which will allow
work without bending
It isn't much of job to change it, plumber can do
It in an hour so and the money you pay him will be
saved many times in Doctors bill repaid in physical
fort of people who use 1t.
know how uncomfortable and achy you felt after
you had bent for only five minutes You imagine
how much you would have suffered you had been in
that position for an hour