The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-29
WATCH YOUR CHIN - NEVER
 MIND YOUR CHEST

WATCH YOUR CHIN - NEVER
 MIND YOUR CHEST
 One handsome youth in a group oi two dozen young men undergo ing physical examination for a coy- eted position impressed the exam ming physician by exhibiting a chest expansion Of fully i've inches, All the other youths tstill in their teens or a year or two older) had just ordinary chest expansion-tWO 10 three inches. perhaps Not that it matters little bit whether one can expand ones chest scarcely IT.. or ? inches or al of three. four or i've inches. This exceptional young man explained that he had been following. forget whose mail-order course" for development Of superb manhood or something Of the sort for several years. The boys pride Of achievement was almost pathetic really so. as l. turned out. As though unconsciously he contriyed 10 pose several times during the in- teryiew in the superb manhood pose so effectively employed by Moose Musclebound. The youth said he had gone as far as sophomore year in high school but had left school then. for some obscure reason.
 This one handsome young man with the abnormal chest expansion fiunked because he had incipient pulmonary tuberculosis. All the other young men with just ordinary chest expansion passed the exam ination.
 Moral Chestiness outside of the comic strip doesn't mean a thing.
 hope no young reader will infer from this that he or she should pay no attention to posture or that it is all right to cultivate a slump or slouch when sitting, standing or walking. The suggestion is rather that for good posture, good looks and good health you should watch the chin and never mind the chest.
 A fundamental principle of post ure is that at all times, whenever the thought of posture occurs to you, you should keep your chin in, not up. That is, keep it tucked in- side of an imaginary high collar. In other words hold your head as though you were carrying basket of bananas or a sack of coal bal anced on your head. You will find if you try it that you can keep such a weight balanced on top of your aoc cilx- if knnn your chin in and the crown Of your head, rather than the forehead high. In fact anyone can walk a tight rope or do a dance or skate or play golf or tennis or pitch or bat baseball or paint dog ken ned or shoot an arrow or knit sweater or read an announcement or sing a song better if he ar she keeps the chin in and the crown high.
 As you pursue the study of post ure you will learn that good pos ture is a large factor of good looks and indeed that it is precisely the cultivation of or neglect of posture that explains why this individual somehow seems good looking even if he or she has no better features, form, complexion, etc. than that individual.
 Immunization for Baby
 I am raising a new baby at our house by "the Brady Baby Book and if I do say so, she is the pie ture of health. My question now q do not find it answered in the book is what immunizat tion should she have in her first year?
 (Mrs. G. w. H.
 Answer-Every infant should be vaccinated against small pox when three months old and immunized against diphthera when two or three years old, or in any case before the child is old enough to attend nur- sery school or kindergarten or be- fore the child begins to play with other children. Leave all other im- munizing treatments to the Judg- ment of the attending physician. Copy of Preparing for Maternity mailed on request if you inclose stamped self addressed envelope and ten cents. Inclose additional ten cents for copy of "The Brady Baby Book"
 Genuine American
 If young mans grandfather was an American Indian, what chances that his children may have Indian traits? He himself is fair, with blue eyes, blond hair. His prospec- tive bride is white. (M. M. Al
 Answer-Practically no chance at all. At any rate it is bar to marriage and raising children. I'd as soon have a dash of genuine American Gndian) blood in me as English, Irish, or other strain. Children born to the young man are as likely to look like Italian or Swedish kids as they are to look like Indians.
 Copyright 1945, John F. Dille CoO