| Show Dr Brady Says Early Teens Perilous Period For Activity in Field Sports By r William Brady MD M.D. Parents of growing boys should be interested in the attitude altitude of a a school teacher toward physical education This teacher leacher says that ordinarily ordinarily he passes off my mV condemnation condemnation j. j a rf nation of sports y especially football football foot foot- 14 ball as fuddy- fuddy f duddy but he cannot let my latest harangue harangue ha against high school foot- foot Dr Brady ball ban go unanswered It happens that football is one of oC the games I he teaches teaches teaches-he he is a junior high school coach This coach concedes I m may y know about glandular secretions skeletal structure etc but he says I have a great deal to learn about boys I cannot learn about boys and the way they live from medical books He lie has coached boys aged 13 to 16 years for many years Plumb Ridiculous' Ridiculous For heavens heaven's sake the grown mans man's game in high school is bad enough A few boys in the last year ear of oC high school may be pretty well weIl grown up and as fit to play football as college freshmen or sophomores But children in their early teens This is plumb lous loos Let the coach tell you washy parents the facts of life Doctor when you ou are with boys as I am you will find that they will win play football when they have the urge regardless of oC whether or not they have parental permission The coach sees secs to it that the boys feel the urge Impatient With VUlt Adolescence For the special benefit of this grade coach and others who are impatient with adolescence and for better understanding on the part of parents who too often orten permits sissy and mom arguments arguments arguments ments to sway th them m I quote from froma a classic classic classic-an an authoritative textbook textbook textbook text text- book in medical and physical education education education edu edu- cation schools McKenzie's Exercise Exercise Exer cise else in Education and Medicine l There is always danger of exhaustion exhaustion exhaustion ex ex- and overstrain n from excessive excessive ex ex- athletic competition but early adolescence and middle age arc the danger periods The heart of oC the boy of 15 is in n no o condition to withstand the exhaustion of extreme tests like the called so-called marathon races Any distance run for boys should be broken by rests or changes of pace about this time a lads lad's ambition is apt to outstrip his vitality QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Chemical Bleach For years I have eaten one or two servings of cooked dried apricots apricots apri apri- cots every day because I have found it prevents constipation The fruit is preserved with sulfur dioxide Is this harmful in any way I cannot annot find dried apricots without this preservative A. A L. L Answer The Answer The drying preserves the fruit The sulfur dioxide dioxide is used to bleach it il It i is probably I harmless There is considerable sulfur dioxide in molasses molasses added added in the sugar refinery to bleach the sugar The American public regards regards re regards re- re gards b bleached I e a c h e d sugar and bleached flour and bleached apricots apricots apricots apri apri- cots as purer or more suitable for human consumption than the natural food I Sweat Is a Good Word Vord Any remedy for perspiring feet Mine perspire so much that the linings of my shoes are arc ruined E E. E A. A Answer Sweat Answer Sweat is good enough for the Bible Lets Let's not be so af aC- af- af about it Send stamped self addressed envelope for pamphlet pamphlet pamphlet pam pam- Excessive Sweating to The Salt Lake Tribune Telegram Home Service Bureau Salt Lake City 10 Utah |
