Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-10-17
Health Talks By DIR. Brady
Marry Early nn,I often.

some Middle West profcSsor--it seems only
IN the Middle Yves, and far West that our pro-
fcssors make any stir in the world these
daEs-has written book I'm which ho at :
tcinpts 10 show that. whereas the Youngest
or last born child in families OF respectable
size Is generally the one with the highest in
te!lcctual endowment, and whereas such chill
orch are born when the parents are pretty
we'll matured-up around 5O-thcrcfore he il
resolved that we discourage the marriage Of
young tolks and urge upon the lnity the Wis
dom OF dcfcrring this experiment until life Is
Il matter chiefly OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT regret.
You see. the professor clashes with the
larwinian conception of tho survival of the
nttost, or something like that At lchst he Tvs
N" docs though l couldn't get II through my
IVA" "hcrc the clash came in, for ii seemed
cicar that the professor advocating late
marriage in order to eliminate the compare
livery weak minded FIRST born and increase
the supply OF intclcctuals in the world He
hoids that az parents live they learn and by
the time they arrive at midway they are prctty
well educated. and children born OF cduca, ed
parents are more intellectual than children
porn OF parents who are wcak-m minded
The professor cites n lis, of famous in
tchcctnals who wcrc the youngest children OF
large families. OF course. picayunc ono to
three child families do not count
Far he 1t from mo TO enter the lists against
college professor. but nevertheless | advise
young people t" marry early and il ncces-
sary' often stand with MIR. Darwin or fall
with him. if fail we must
AS have mentioned on previous occasions.
aho"' one-third of our entire population is
child minded. The professor assumes that
life Itself is an education and that after thirty
or forty years of life these child minds viii
pecomc adult minds Maybe SO don, think
'neS VIII, FOR have seen too much evidence
that they remain child minds
NO boys and girls don't wait, II is
mad business. Don't try to accumulate a for.
n
work or attain success in your career before
H"" marry Marry poor and young and he
happy. Reasonably young. ! mean The IDEAL
age for marriage is q to 30 years preferably
IS ~ '"'''
or course, there are girls who make helm
meets and girls who become burdens \ moor
young man cannot afford to assume a liability
TICK Il girl with "A bit Of good sound gray
matter as well as good looks. Ono who can
COOK ana sew one whose aim il to keep house
not TO employ maid to do 1t for her; on.
VINO can and does make much OF her own
clothing: one who has some style class and
pep OF her own, not the rcady-mndc sort
THESE are exceedingly elementary tests Of
girls marriagcability. to he sure but take
II from the doctor. children, they are sound
tests.
Questions md Answers.
The VIII a. the Wisp--What abou, tho ,ac,
OF going out West an insurance against
r. R?-R. G. S.
Observation-Disclosures s quite as prevalent
out West and un North as 1t Is back Eas,
or down South. Climate has precious little re-
iation to the prevalence OF tuberculosis or to
the victims chances for recovery The uucs-
ti"n ~. where VIII the patient live tho great
est number of hours at rest in the open air?
experience has amply proved that ono ma
recover quite as certainly and quite as quick
ly at homc-bc II back East, up North down
south or out Wcst-as anywhere clsc-pro-
Hided-and this is the crux Of the problem
provided he has the constant attendance and
care OF good doctor.
Pastcurizat ion-Plcase inform me whether
the food value Of pasteuri.ed milk is diminish
ed by pasteurization. Does milk affect tho
joints in any way?-C. II.
Notwithstanding means heating the
milk or other food up to l40 degrees T. Go
degrees CD, holding at that tcmpcra turc half
an hour. then cooling. II dcstroys most dis
case germs, but not tho harmless bacteria III
dlminishcs the vitamin contents Of the milk
II probably renders the milk less suitable for
assimilation Therefore,. pure milk handled
in clearly way from first to last is alwa vs
preferable TO pastcurizcd milk, IL pure milk
Is available. especially for children and babies
know of no effect milk has the joints
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