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Show High Heels Must Go They Upset Venus, Be She Ancient or Modern Physician , Propose State Ban on Heels More Than One and One-half Inches High. HOHTON, Dec 6. Venus ha a new role Wi play a toadlna; part In the r-ruments r-ruments for the latest reform to be Introduced. Would Venue have worn hlfrh hf had aha been ;lven the chance? No body known, but what would happen to a statue of the ancient' mode, of beruty if It should be Riven bfRh heela now, waa used as an Illustration of hla point, whn Or. H. Kendrlck Hmlih, of Boston, at the nineteenth annual convention con-vention of the Massachusetts Osteopathic Osteo-pathic aovlcty, explained his advocacy of a bill prohibiting the manufacture, sale or wearing of heels more than one and one-half Inches hla-h. THREE-INCH PROPS FOR VENUS. "Put a three-inch prop under the heels of Venus. Ir. Hmlth said, "and ae what happens. Tha statue tips forward for-ward at an angle of 45 degreea. Ke-cati-te. it is inanimate It will fall over. I Put three-inch French heels under the- tOrLSJl a living Vsniia. Khm .int-m JUjL. fall over becauae she is alive and la capable, by continuous exertion and (treat strain, of overcoming the tendency ten-dency to fall Hut tho result la flat cheat, protruding abdomen, hollow back, falling atomach and th diseases to which these things load pulmonary tuberculosis. Indigestion, chronic backache back-ache and Imperfect circulation. EFFECTIVE IN FIVE YEARS. Dr. Hmlth says the bill he backs Is to ba Introduced Into the Massachusetts state legislature this winter, and If paesed will become effective after five years, when present stocks are sold out, during which time the change from high to normal heels may be made gradually. "High heels Injure the human race Just as surely as alcohol," Ir. Smith declares, "but legislatures have not yet dared to enact laws against them.' ' L woewmwwww i 3'aii"lii JLTs MlllglMliMiwnlihl "Put a three-inch prop under tha heels of statu of Venus and see what happena." |