Gunnison Valley News | 1920-10-08 | Page 7 | Rocking Chair is Indorsed

ROCKING CHAIR IS INDORSED French Authorities Declare Great American "Institution" to Be Physiologically Correct. Nobody who has studied the rocking chair will be surprised to hear that the French Academy of Science has declared it the most hygienic of all seats instead of a mere American fad. It is, as the academy says, physiologically physiologi-cally correct. The trouble with it is that it is not always psychologically correct. Its baneful effects are not on the rocker, but on the beholder. It is an all-around joy only when it is not rocked. New England ladies used to test a new neighbor by getting her to sit in a rocking chair. If she could resist re-sist rocking she was of the elect. This simple test of the nerves has made or marred a great many newcomers' popularity. pop-ularity. The advantage of the rocking chuir is that it puts the body in perfect balance. The skull is kept in the proper prop-er position. But oscillation does not add to the benefit. It is good to find an invention which has been maligned because of misuse indorsed by the scientists. Let these gentlemen next find something good to say about silk hats.