Show I fiNDS COlD FEET HURT COMMONS lEGISlATION NEW YORK July 22 The 22 The British I Medical Journal which try as it will cannot refrain from getting excited i inow now and again has leaped over the i stockade on the relation of cold old feet to legislation Worse and more of it the Medical Record of this country in its recent issue took the matter of feet in hand and is panting with suppressed ennui Both publications are one in inthe inthe inthe the belief that ventilation accounts for almost everything and that the subject of feet has been leen kept down tickled and booted for altogether too long The article which set fountain pens to squirting all an over the known world was written by Dr Leonard Hill for forthe forthe forthe the British Medical Journal After a visit to the House of ot Commons he called attention to the fact that a a. ventilating ventilating ven yen current was driven u up through the floor In such a way as to cool the members' members feet while stagnant air surrounded surrounded surrounded sur sur- rounded their Important heads lIe He clearly stated that the result of ot this is that they suffer from cold fee and stuffy heads Of ot course the radical medical writers immediately suggested suggest d that the members members members mem mem- bers o of the he House of Commons should stand on their heads obviating the necessity of ripping up the floors at this crucial period in England's his his- tory More thoughtful and profound medical authorities after taking their own temperature examining charts and sitting through tedious consultations consultations consultations consulta consulta- with gritted teeth decided that the members would find the suggested posture uncomfortable which uncomfortable which possibility possibility possibility pos pos- would never once occur to the layman Just when everything was up in the theair theair theair air except pt the members' members feet Dr DI E. E Lloyd Owen took determined exception exception tion to Dr Hills Hill's theory He lie stated In black and white that since warm feet anti and a cool head are the ideal combination combination tion HOB to produce sleep cool feet and a warm head must naturally make male one wide awake He admitted frankly that he found it very difficult to think after sleeping in a warm bed for eight hours and intimated that a a. nights night's rest In an ice box will speed up a brain and make it spark evenly on all four cylinders Since then the sole topic of ot discussion discussion discussion discus discus- sion among the legislation authorities has been where to keep the feet teet when thinking about matters of national Importance importance Im Im- im- im |