Show i sc B BOYISH IE 0 SEE t RAFt Al S 1 1 r rAl 4 P I Ia 4 a e 6 t rt- rt j 1 u r 8 hil wt h q td s. s A lM i J Health f rr l 9 I experts r ar r. r disapprove of the r s' s V t A straight straight- J 1 J k down and down lines of th the e boyish i x form exploited by the fashion g o y A. A NF dictators dictators s t Irh- Irh 1 II The determination of every young oung thing to be flat r- r and thin and the flapper fashions of flaming youth u held by by doctors to be responsible for the increase of tuberculosis among among young girls x D. D DOCTORS T aCTORS all over the country especially interested in Young Miss America are alarmed at the havoc being wrought by the white plague Despite the years of educational edu edu- r l rational endeavor and the poured into work against tuberculosis medical experts and statisticians in various parts of the United States find that this disease is making inroads upon the lives of our young girls Dr Dearholt of Milwaukee reports that for the first time in the history of the Wis Wis- M wins j. j r Association ion an all anthe the States State's twenty sanatoria are filled with patients with long waiting lists at many of oe them this being due to the increase of tuberculosis among young gi girls ls J. J G G. of the New York Tuberculosis Tuberculosis losis lesis and Health Association has accumulated statistics which show that for the last year the mortality from tuberculosis among imong young girls between 16 and 19 was nearly twice as high as among the bo boys s What Is the reason for the onward sweep of this affliction after a generation of experts have done heroic preventive and curative work Doctors find the aner answer an- an awer er In the flapper fashions of the short skirt the rolled stockings the scanty unc undergarment and th the grim deter- deter n U L r 3 j 0 w uc De nato and thin While the Jeremiads of the members s Of vf the medical profession may have no effect upon the dress customs and the eating habits of the younger generation perhaps the latest edict from Paris that skirts will drop below the knee will assist In bringing the girls back to less extreme costume and diet Speaking before the Race Betterment Conference at Battle Creek recently Dr S. S Adolphus Knopf of New York who has been Interested ted In the subject for many years Sears declared that the first reason for forI forthe a I the spreading Invasion of tuberculosis among girls is the almost Insane desire of so many of them to have a boyish figure To attain a a. boyish figure he says they will ill voluntarily submit themselves to actual undernourishment Very many of or them who have ha fallen victims to tUber tuberculosis l have ha been working hard em em- In factories workshops or offices with good appetites but who in order to lose or not put on any weight content themselves es with an Ice-cream Ice cone a a. cup cupor of or coffee or r a sandwich at luncheon time h hastily swallowed ed They do not make up by a substantial breakfast or a good dinner for what they t have hue missed at luncheon The result Is Inevitably Ine a strong predisposition to If it 1 not the development of a a. hitherto latent tuberculosis Of course the heartless or thoughtless employer who does not allow his his empl yes a reason reasonable ble time for luncheon Is Ls also to blame for these hasty and scanty meals r DR has haa assigned to the 1 flimsy modem modern dress the fact of the Increased mortality of young joung women be between between be- be tween ti 15 and 25 and he declares that I deaths from the white plague can be cut down If U 1 a reform in the style of ot modish dresses could be spread among the young women omen 1 Girls content themselves with an ice cream cone a cup of coffee or a sandwich at lunch- lunch con time hastily swallowed In the opinion of ot Dr Knopf the scarcity scarcity scarcity j ity of clothing Is an item to which is added also the laced brassiere snugly or wide elastic band which is tightly adjusted adjusted adjusted ad ad- to increase the boyish appearance Insufficient protection of the tho body by lack of suitable covering is in a measure responsible for the susceptibility of girls to colds resulting from the fact that that- the Inadequately protected body Is Is' Is hos hospitable to influenza catarrh and pneumonia germs Thus the field for the deadly tubercle tu tubercle tubercle tu- tu bacillus is prepared In addition says Dr Knopf the the- tion of the respiratory movement by by bands an amount of or air ir entering the upper lobes lobed of ot the lungs lung Then excessive smoking cigarette-smoking and lack ack of r sleep leep because of frequent late parties also contribute to welcome the deadly germs S Some me young women says Dr Knopf carry their desire for a flat chest to such an extent that they are afraid to take a adeep adeep adeep deep breath They should be taught particularly particularly particularly par par- when outdoors to breathe deeply and that to do It often is the best way to develop elop good sound lungs Let them above all realize that a a. little overweight at their age Is not as dangerous as ten tenor tenor tenor or fifteen pounds underweight and that thata a good appetite at noontime should be satisfied While Whre the moderate exposure of the throat and the upper anterior portion of ot the chest may not be at all aU Injurious and perhaps even oron advantageous in hardening the system against contracting colds our sailors dress similarly In the coldest colde t- t weather the exposure of the shoulders and arms Is doubtless often responsible for or chilling the body In cold weather 0 C r J Late Late parties e e excessive c smoking and insufficient clothing also co contribute tribute to welcome the thc deadly germs The style The tie i i of f evening v dress worn by by Women w o of I leisure and also frequently by y working girls is doubtless responsible for tor or much bronchitis or more serious pulmonary nary trouble These modem modern dresses dresses are are not only in hi front but often otten expose expose expose ex ex- ex- ex pose almost the entire length of the spinal column with its relatively thin covering of ot muscular laye layers s The extreme shortness of the women's everyday dress the thin thin silk stockings and low shoes worn In th the coldest weather while the upper of the body Is wrapped In thick woolen or fur coats must also be considered a contrIbuting contributing con con- factor to the deplorable death rate among young oung women The narrow skirt and nd the absurdly small smaIl but very high heel on the otherwise low tow shoes are of course a great hindrance to a natural gait The high heel is re responsible responsible responsible re- re for lor many a twisted ankle and often more serious orthopedic trouble A vigorous walk in the fresh air which every indoor worker should take at least once once a day Is made utterly impossible with such footwear Fad of o f the tIle Younger Set for Too Il Few bew w Clothes and Extreme Dieting Responsible for Alarming Increase ease of o f Tuberculosis Among Amon Young i 11 5 i j J 1 1 r W Women According omen I t to to Medical Survey I gR oo an f y 0 w rs t. t Pt Hop skip and jump to get thin Eighty Los Angeles society women go through arduous outdoor exercises to reduce their poundage to fashionable proportions proportions f l Unfortunately the majority lies are not seen regularly by a physician Who who could could give advice for the prevention of f disease and even if it there is a faI family phys physician ian he Is rarely consulted until there Is real trouble when rouge and lipstick can no lon longer er hide the anemic condition the cough cannot be suppressed the loss of weight becomes emaciation and other symptoms make a serious state of lie health evident to family and friends TO 10 solve a a. problem of ot such magnitude magnitude magnitude magni magni- tude as the situation presents requires not only a semiannual health examination and sound medical advice but also the operation co-operation of the mature and sensible women in every calling who by their manner of dress and bearing should show the fallacy of the dress and manners to which many young women are addicted nowadays While the thc present mode of or women's dress has many advantages over most of those of ot the past the long trailing skirts the many petticoats the flannel underwear underwear underwear under under- wear extremes in either cither direction should be avoided Kindly advice by mothers 1 II IJ 31 Lack of sound restful slee sleep is another factor in lowering the body's resistance and also by teachers ministers directors of Girl Scouts and officers of girls' girls clubs may accomplish much toward a rational dress reform and thus aid the medical profession In its desire to prevent the alarming morbidity and mortality from tuberculosis among young women In Baltimore the tuberculosis death rate among the female white population be between between between be- be tween the ages of 15 and 19 as reported in the Journal of the American Medical Association for the years 1926 1910 was f for r while in the males at atthe atthe atthe the same age It was Between the ages of 20 and 24 the difference was still stillmore stillmore stillmore more pronounced being In the female and only in the male HOWARD w. w GREEN of the Cleveland Health Council In a graphical an analysis analysis an- an lysis of ot the trends in the death rate made the following comment Because so large a percentage of ot the female deaths are due to tuberculosis be between between between be- be tween the ages of 15 and 30 years and because of ot the fact that between 1910 and 1926 a similar reduction to that of the male was not experienced in the female death rate for the age groups 15 to 19 years and 20 to 24 years concentrated ef efforts efforts efforts ef- ef forts must be directed toward the consideration consideration consideration con con- of the causes and prevention of ot tuberculosis with special reference to girls between 15 and 25 years of age The death rate for the male and the female between 15 and 25 years Is much the same up to the year 1918 but since that time the male death rate has decreased decreased decreased de de- creased much more rapidly than the fe female female fe- fe female male death rate This reduction has placed the male death rate at the present present present pres pres- ent time lower than the female death rate The average average- female death rate of 12 1 a f r No one may draw indefinitely upon his or her account in the bank of health The fhe white plague stalks stallis insidiously the trail of those who sacrifice health for style for this age group for the years 1910 WIO 1 to 1914 was reduced to for the years yeara 1922 to 1926 a decrease of 14 per cen cent while the male death rate which was 13 was reduced to 64 a reduction of 52 pj p pr r cent during the same The claim has been made that the gereral general gen ger gent eral morbidity and nd mortality of tUber tuberculosis have been decreased by more tha than 50 per cent during the last thirty live years and the comparative report quoted quote showing that the girls have not profile profited much by this improvement is decided decidedly depressing to those who are vitally vitally tn interested in ln in the subject 1 11 1 NOT only are women losing their li s through exposure in the thee attempt J to to f follow a temporary and artificial standard for the lines of the feminine figure bi but physicians also find that the attempt I to improve the natural physique by opera opera- operations operations is also detrimental to the health ar and life of many young American women Dr Charles F P. Pabst chief dermatologist dermatologist gist of the Greenpoint Hospital Brooklyn n Issues a warning against attempts to H interfere Interfere in- in ere with nature by any anyone one except tl the most highly skilled experts The public should be warned he declares d declares de- de clares against rehabilitation of the boc bod at the hands of ot those who are not con competent competent com com- to undertake such a delicate ope opere oper- atlon Many not qualified are performIng performing perform perform- perform perform- Ing such operations as skin-peeling skin shaping shap- shap shaping ing of the nose or removing a curve c on the nose nose or or chinI chinI chin I know of many cases where here death deal has followed attempts to peel the ski skin Hospitals are filled with cases where d de- de deformities and skin diseases have followed J modern modem beauty treatments We hear about about successful treatments and operations bi bithe butt but the great number of tragedies rarely ai are revealed i iThe The victims are ashamed There Is a an Increase ase in the number of Incompetent beauty specialists both In this city an anover andover and andover over the entire country For example 1 in my own hospital and others I have ol observed observed ob- ob served many cases where paraffin has bee been Injected under the skin Irritation an and gangrene are the result The average average woman treats her ski skin like Ilke a doormat The modern woman woman woma abuses her skin from the top of her hea head to the soles of her feet Any risk tha that that might improve her appearance Is Js entered into blindly j Our Government should step in an and pass laws prohibiting savage methods of mutilating the skin The French Govern Govern- Government ment went recently passed a law prohibiting the savage colonists in Africa from dl diSfiguring diS- diS figuring their skins by Inserting wooden wooden I discs in hi their faces and performing other othe savage tribal habits of disfigurement Our Government should follow th thin 1 example only the punishment handed 01 out should be bo much greater The American America woman Is living in a civilized world an and j is much more to blame when she Incurs j p painful and fatal disfigurements r 1 The Idea of a woman of ot 30 having W bowlegs straightened That Is an operation oppi oper skillful wm which is sometimes performed b bY 1 surgeons on very young children whose bones have not yet hardened Ac Acquiring Ac- Ac w quiring beauty will wm the aid of a a. knife J j. j is the Hie highly dangerous and should be placed iri I hands of only the very best and mos most competent surgeons J With the j style trend setting In towar toward longer skirts and the health authorities Pleading for more sense in modish dressing dress dress- dressing ing will h w there be change chanS for healthier habits among young American women The warnings are up for longer life lite Wi WW she heed them and behave CO by bv r |