Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-03-28
Health Talks by DR.. Brady
copyright 1921. National Ncwspa per Service +,
ofOGRApHY-CHtr II.
The pnI.o, Sn...

Whenever wanted to go barefoot yor cave
on my nat or discard my rubbcrs or sit on the
''p E''"hd TO play out when the
weather was fine for ducks nobody said me
nay iies the only boy I've go, to take my
name Dad would say to mother or more
'A'iH l" grandma sometimes when | was
rSp"c'aiiE busy with "a mud puddle or some
'"ihS' had don't want to change him into a
mere child
VI! father has some curious notions For
instance. he never can understand whether
. '""H ~ referring 10 her elbows or her knees
II she says her limbs are so hony or so fat
''"e" Use nc mates to hear anybody who has an
"oheSt 10 goodness boy refer 10 the hoy as +,
child. Dad says girls ar, children aud ,oy.
arc BOYS lie goes far as To plac. per
sons VINO call a boy child in the same cate
Eor! win those who refer TO an unknown
or unidentified person "a certain party "a
certain party is generally hypothctical dad
says existing only in the speakers imnrIua.
''o''' ihuS, the party who picked up thu. eil =
yer mesh bag Main Street Yesterday vas
recognized and viii avoid trouble by leaving
same at this office" has never yr, ,,l., ~
notice seriously. If the advertiser should saw
the tan man with the glass eye or tho stout
woman with the high stomach" there would
DC some chance OF recovering the bag I,ut
N,' p"r'S' peinS OF and in the realm Of i'm :
"R'hatioh. usually prefers to remain thcr.
Common sense is probably a first cousjn 10
certain party" II is Common Sense ,ha,
'eiIs the thoughtlcss or uninitiatcd ius, how.
ioihS ihhe cold from exposure to sornc yn,,,c
CT ihdehnitc state or weather, t.inper,turn or
hoisture-anNway, whatever the conditions
happened 10 he about the time Won cnu,.b, :,
h"' phSSIcia:ls and San!tarinns who have NOT
'"hh't'eh themselves too cmphnticnlly or IT.
fevocahly 10 this common sense" cxnI,r,ttn,
w IN" respiratory Infections Cinrludi,I, ,hn..
unhappily termed "chldrcn's Diseases, ara
ne by one rcnounciue this popular ana ul,usr
pie notion and avOwctily accepting tn. doe
'rine mat all such Diseases are spread i'm onc
way only ny a transfer of cNcreta from ONT.
perSoh I" another" In short. every alleged
cola is as definitely and solely inf.ctlots
an" IN the same manner through transfer Of
saiiva. sputum other DISCHARGES from IN,
!ose or mouth of one coming down win or
III "l inc disease "a the nose or mouth O,
'he next victim. With this Occurrence. OF
course weather, drauchts. dampness or c1-
pos"re to cold can nav" nothing TO do.
cannot too strongly advise any l,tIr hoy
VINO wishes TO remain healthy ana therefore
happy little hoy and not to become an angel
so within reach OF playmate or companion
who coughs sncc2cs or runs nj the rosc
Questions and A-nwcrs
ZIG! tcen-l am a girl just eighteen am
hNe T hvc inches tall and weigh ZIG pounds
f!eas ell me whether that's the corrcr,
"ei@.; :or my age. Some people tell me am
TOO All Tor my age. enjoy reading your dc.
partincnt ana your pronuaciamento is as they
say in dads Office. authoritative and conclusi,,.
with me. tEOston Miss)
Answcr.--rhc normal average wc;cbt 90,
iS-year-oid girls is i22 pounds the heigh, i've
feet three and onc-ha!f inches Tie heigh,
anu weight OF the perfect woman are nv.
i'ci IN! ave inches. and l3S pounds. These
"sHres are exhaustive and conclusive.