Omaha daily bee., 1922-05-18
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You will be Interested in the opin

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You will be interested in the opin-
ions OF DR.. Glow on play for Eirlr.
She holds that walking and cycling
are both sood, So far as they so,
Cycling Is good exercise for the
legs, Its advantage over walking Ia
that the same amount OF effort ear
ries one further and In that way
adds 10 the interest OF the outing.
IL IL inferior 10 walking In that. In
cycling. the pelyis Is held fixed and
the trunk and arm muscles get very
little exercise, Any one who has
noticed how hard IL Ia for a cyciist
To warm up on cold day will recog-
nize that cycling il scarcely violent
enough as an exercise for any but
the elderly and the somewhat en-
feebled
Walking does not exercise the
muscles of the back and arms as
much as they should be. While II
iolts the liver more than cycling
does, IL in far less helpful In this
particular than IN horseback riding.
The great Disadvantage of walk
Ing is that II takes so much time.
and thnt IL Is monot onous unless one
Is somewhat OF a naturalist. or the
company is good.
Drilling and gymnastics are good,
especially II they are done In the
open. They overcome the tendency
10 stoop. One good psychic effect ia
that they make against showing off,
posing and individual work. and they
make for excellence In teamwork.
DIR. Glow thinks gymnasia have too
much apparatus. She would keep
few ropes and few bars and scrap
most OF the other impedimenta OF a
gymnasium.
She Is strong for team plays for
girls.
They develop character: they
train socially. they teach self-con-
troll. besides cultivating muscles,
nerves, coordination, wind and en-
durance.
At the same time she would limit
the amount Of play in which compe-
tition is the main motive.
There are few games she would
not have girls participate in.
Baseball, basket ball. tennis, golf,
cricket, lacrosse. hockey-none OF
these are forbidden for girls.
And DR.. CLOVIS experience has
been long and. in some respects,
close.
She inquired whether some 1900
girls kept up their baths and their
play while menstruating. She found
that about 50 per cent Of them did,
and they were better off for doing
SO. So, far from increasing the dis
comfort Of the period, 1t materially
lessened it.
1t was bad morally, mentally and
physically for girl not to play at
that time. and to cover up by some
excuse such as headache or other
white lie.
Nor had playing games in girl
hood any effect on after coming
pregnancies and child bearing.
Her contact with girls who COM
peted in major athletics and in
games generally extended over
period of many years.
She had seen large numbers of
them marry and bear families, and
she was certain that playing games
In youth had not lessened the fitness
OF women for motherhood.
The woman of today is a better
physical specimen than was her
mother.
Treatment for Tapeworm.
Mrs. II. r. writts: II have been
troubled for several months with
parasites or small worms about an
inch in length. They are small, mar
row and flat. They sometimes pass
In the stool and sometimes pass with
out a stool.
II am very clean and sanitary IN
every way. and would like to know
the cause and cure OF this condition.
l am almost distracted with them.
I have taken physics, thinking /
could overcome 1t, but they seem
to have no effect.
rs 1t a serious condition."
REPLY.
If the worms are flat they are
segments of tapeworm.
It you have a tapeworm, have
your physician prepare you and then
give you a proper dose of extract of
male fern.
Bran. Fruits, Vegetables.
w. B. writes: II. Does EPSON
salts thin the blood?
"2. Does thin blood cause cold
feet and hands?
'3. am awfully constipated.
a. Does constipation run in
Bright's disease in a man OF 10
years."
REPLY,
I. No. BY purging away much
water it thickens the blood, but
within a few minutes enough fluids
no oo i,eko
that fluid to the proper consistency.
2. No.
3. Overcome this by eating an
abundance of bran, as a cereal and
as a bread: also plenty Of vege-
tables and fruit. Drink an abund-
ance Of water
4. No. Constipation is not run
ming disorder in more senses than