Show 1 Other lP Points int of vi View I I I I ST GIRLS It H Is a hopeful sign that th national good health movi mo ment stimulated b by disappointing disclosures as to tho thc m general fitness of many young oun m men neti n for tor military duty ha has S been een entered upon with enthusiasm b by our young women omen This Is reflected in a novel health chart charl Just prepared prepare 1 b by the officials of ot the Camp Fire Girls an organization I somewhat similar r to the Do Boy Bov Scouts Sout The purpose of ot the tho I chart charl is to impress unon girt girN irl their patriotic p to lea lend lead I healthy lives particularly In this time timo of national n stress stross s Anemic young Qung women th thI I h they ma may not yet ret be in the then invalid valid n class are arc obviously unfit unlit for Cor or the Increasing re re- re that are being thru thrust t upon them I The Thc regimen prescribed for Camp Fire Girls Is es especially es- es I I interesting because use of or Its simplicity In awarding I Ia a i special badge of ot honor to those who are faithful t to tc requirements officials of the toe organization only ony give Sl recognition rec recognition rec- rec to the thc principle that a n stimulus is 11 sometimes required to translate te good intentions Into action The true trw reward however lies in direct benefits received It H la Is not apt easy e to estimate the tho good that would accrue if it every young voting woman without reference t to membership in time the Camp Fire Girls could be persuaded to enter upon tho the course for tor a I season To win In a badge of ot distinction a girl sirl must sleep at al least east three sixty hours a 0 week w If she Is under 16 and al at least east six fifty hours a week if It sho I in older either outdoors outdoor or In a n room with wide open windows She must tako take olther a 0 water cold-water bath or fr r a quick rub eYer every morning followed b by three minutes minutes' vigorous exorcise exercise Five minutes minutes min mm- utes of ot deep breathing a glass of ot cold water the tho first thing In the tho morning the thc la last t thing thing- at night and each ench meal brisk walking and amid abstention from eating between meals me and from che chewing ins gum constitute the chief chiel remain remaining Ins Ingredients of ot th the prescription Requirements I as to exercise Include walking fort forty miles within v. an any ten en days and repeating the thc exploit tI tIe five e times in x months with Ith seven se hours of or other exercise a week fox for three months The girl gin must not miss school or miss work worle during luring the period because of headache to be eligible to tho m special honor There are Camp Fire Girls and if tr a measurable 1 able proportion of ot them enter the movement with spirit L their example is quite likely to be contagious But Dul it it I need iced not nol be restricted to girls There are a good man many men and boys bos who would derive o benefit from oven o 5 so moderate a system of ot physical discipline Fresh air deep leep breathing wreathing cold waterS water wholesome food foo and above nil all I i avoidance of or Irregularity in eating are arc worth trying tring b by anyone Portland anyone Portland Oregonian 1 1 1 Pa tl nj |