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Show The Temperature of the Workroom ; H Girls employed in factories arc particularly suscpctible to the respiratory respira-tory diseases, including ordinary coryza (head "cold"), sore throat, bronchitis and tuberculosis, because of the fact that they obtain little or no sunshine all winter, for they go to and from work before and after the hours of sunshine; because of the dust to which they arc exposed in many industries; and because of the excessive exces-sive warmth of the workroom. The less daylight in the workroom the worse for the health of the worker. work-er. Employers who provide a pleasant roof garden or other place where the workers may obtain a little direct sunlight at lunch hour arc rendering a public service as well as improving the health and efficiency of employes. Direct sunlight is a powerful stimulant stimu-lant to the manufacture of red blood corpuscles, a stimulant of metabolism, and a germicide as strong as any chemical which may be safely applied to the body surface. The influence of dust in various occupations has been touched upon in recent discussions in this column. I should say here that the minute in jury of the delicate lining ot the air passages from dust particles probably prob-ably opens the way for infections, which the individual miglrt otherwise escape. And if the victim is confined long hours in a dark workroom where little sunlight, even indirect, ever penetrates, her resistance to such infections in-fections is naturally weakened. Girls in factory workrooms often quarrel with each other about ventilation. ventila-tion. One girl thinks it is too warm and wants to open some windows. Another feels none too warm and fears the draft will give her a "cold. The result is that when these matters arc left to the whims of the workers, much dissatisfaction prevails. It is of little import whether windows win-dows arc kept open or closed. The important thing is the temperature of the room. If that is regulated by arbitrary ar-bitrary standard, the whims of the gfrls at work in the room may properly proper-ly be ignored. Let the thermometer be the sole guide. At a temperature pf approximately 63 degrees Fahren- hcit, or maybe a degree or two lower, H the humidity or moisture of the air H will be about right, and the health H of the workers will be conserved. H QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS jH A Malady Increasing Rapidly H Is It really harmful to be fnt? I I H hcultby and strong and weigh 200 pouna H I do Juet lore to eat. I eat nearly a H pound of enndy a day. Y7hcn I grow H old will It tell 011 me? It Is so pood. M I wouldn't kIvo up eating lor tho sako H of looks, bnt would If necetsnry for my H future health. I enjoy It so, but will do H nB you advise. 1 have n three-year-old I H boy and 11 year-old girl and tho happiest H prospects of a larger family. . H (Mrs. S. n. H,) . H ANSWER. Obesity Is becoming alarm- M Ingly prevalent Thousands of healthy H Individuals are eating themselves elckv H You can't bo healthy uud fat. Good H candy is nn Ideal and wholesome and H digestible food. Nothing better. Yet it H Is probably mere excess nutriment for i H you. Your craving is abnormal. The H great desire for sugar Is suggcstlvo of a 1 m disturbed ductless gland function, which m mnv account for obesity. You ahould H restrict tho diet for your own future m health as well as the health of your next 1 m baby. H Gentleman Who Found a Stomach H Kindly Return it and Receive H Reward M Please tell me what you can nbout M gastroptosla or a dropped stomach. ' Is the H normal stomach held in placo by cords . H or Ruppo. t!iC30 supports stretch H or break -ici. ..it stomach drops down I H between tc Mp ouc3' Would rest in . , M bed for a :".3iil3. ut tho stomach back H Into nonurl "-ilr.co'r Z' stomach liable M to bo ljjurcl :: r. d'jpped that M war? Should drink w Hat every m three hours? shall be gral:ful f ' youi H answers to these questions. (R. F.) H ANSWER. Such n condition does not H necessarily cause any appnrei. disturbance H of health. Tho stomach 1b normally sup- M ported by folds of peritoneum called H llgnmouts, which Insensibly stretch through , H n period of years, permitting tho organ H to slip farther and .hor fr It H moorings. RcBt In bed for a month tu 1 m replace tho stomach for a month. Hold H your chest high to keep the stomach as H far from the feet as possible. Tho rest M euro is useful ouly because It permits one H to fatten up, and the accumulation 01 H fnt Is the best remedy for gastroptosla H or sagging stomach, as It Is for floating H kldnev. Frequent small meals usually m prefefablo In such cases Water freely, m but la frequent small drinks. H - iH |