Logan Republican | 1916-06-24 | Page 8 | Local News

Ono would no more expect u month old baby to ralso itself to a sitting, posture than to stand; tho one power Is as much n duo outcome of natural natur-al development as tho other nnd i-hould no more bo forcd or under-tnkeu under-tnkeu too soon. Muscles, liko everything else, develop de-velop by uso nnd not by disuse. We should' not eipect bandages or splints lo strengthen a limb. Indeed wo know that tho reverse is tho case and that left mippoited nnd unused loug enough tho power to uso will ntrophy. So the constricting binder weakens weak-ens tho abdominal muscles and pre-ent8 pre-ent8 their development, apart from tho harm dono to tho dlgestlvo organs or-gans by tho compression, Thereforo ; let us sco that our babies nro left free to develop In tho nnturnl way, J with no binder savo In those earliest of nil dnys when protection Is need-It need-It d, but not deliberate pressure oven I then I A light wool ohirt should, liowov ci, bo worn over tho abdomen to irovent 'jhllllng and colic.