Show gH H iH E LA A LT H Red Cross Nurse Nune Gives Summary of the Unhealthful Day cf the Average Girl Employed in Business World I By DR MORRIS MORRIS FISHBEIN Editor Journal of the American Medical Association and of Hygeia Hygeia Hygeia Hy Hy- geia the Health Magazine Miss Noral Hill of oC the Red Cross CrossIn CrossIn In England lias recently called at attention attention at- at briefly to the day of ot the business girl from its health aspects She sleeps with tUb her window open sometimes He Her breakfast fast is usually usually usually usual usual- ly a hurried glas of ot orange juice or ora ora ora a cup of strong strong ot Seldom does floes she she- drink the amount of ot milk necessary to help a balanced diet Probably has not had tight eight hours of ot sleep Throughout out her hei trip to the office she sire reads a newspaper or novelette with fine tine print standing most of ot the way while on a strap trap or sits down in a 1 vibrating seat LITTLE FRESH AIR In the office she avoids fresh air all allbe be because ause the wind blows the paper from the desk 11 At sh she has a sandwich and a malted milk at a a drug store lunch counter She may have heard of oC vitamins but the have nothing to do 10 with her diet r j The return Journey at night is a repetition of oC the morning trip with the exception that she reads b by electric light instead oC daylight If It she lives at home she home may get geta a good dinner dInner- but If she rooms alone and eats at various restaurants res- res res res- the quality of oC the food tood is problematical Seldom does she spend even the hours given by daylight skiving savIng in the outdoor air or or In suitable exer r cise She is more likely t to use uso the tho time fo for motion pictures or-or or her favorite amusement of shopping I If she is popular she is likely to toI 9 Q y f cold cod air cause caus a cold A A Most Most colds are not due to I cold aIr f but J to infectious germs are more likely to be found In foul stuffy air dance at least four nights a week in some crowded hall ball with dust and the noisy blare of oC a jazz orchestra If It she is unpopular she is Js as likely as not sitting at home hom living vicari the the that Is to be found in popular novels PROBLEM The problem of ot providing exercise exer exer- cise else o outdoor air suitable diet and the other hygienic fundamentals to the working girl Is becoming IncreasIngly in increasingly increasingly In- In important because the number of 01 women engaged In office and factory work is Increasing many times I With the centralization of ot Industry Industry industry Indus Indus- try gymnasiums are arc being provided provid provid- ed and health departments created within the industry for tor advising worl workers rs and for providing them with the the- facilities of ot a hy hygienic life The office worker in a Ii small plant or ir I irone ir one of ot the great barracks of business In a large city must solve the problem for tor herself fr i 6 |