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From a health standpoint does part-time employment put
an undue strain on children ?
If the part-time employment does not take any more out of the
child than the child would spend in normal recreation during the same
period of time, then the answer to this question is "No," but if the
part-time employment means undue exposure to inclement weather;
in other words, if the child will have to be out in all weathers when
normally he or she would be at home, then the conditions do not comply
with my statement above, and such employment is detrimental to the
health of the child.
Due regard must be had to the nature of the education the child
has to face up to; if at school
a child is already doing so much
as he or she can possibly stand
then, of course, whether it be
normal recreation or part-time
employment one has to be very
careful how the child spends its
spare time, and it is difficult to believe that a child can find organised
employment which will not take more out of that child than normal
recreation.
Question:—Showers after gym: are they beneficial ?
Answer:—The plain answer to this blunt question is that baths
are always beneficial.
It is difficult to think of anybody in the course of twenty-four hours
taking too many, and certainly I recommend them heartily after gym.
In the first place, after gym many, if not all, the pores of the body
are open; there is usually a little bit of dirt in them, and if they are open
the person is sweating; this dirt has just come out and although dry
towelling will do a lot to remove this dirt (and incidentally get it on the
towel), a shower is ever so much more efficient.
If you do not believe that the pores of the skin contain a lot of dirt
just go to a Turkish Bath; you can have an ordinary bath half an hour
before you go, but when you get to the Turkish Bath and begin to sweat,
scrape yourself, and you will be surprised to find that the sweat is not so
clean as you might think it would be. This is a simple little experiment
which anybody can try. As a matter of fact, this can be tried in a Steam
Bath so well as in a Turkish Bath, and the devotees of the Steam Bath
will say you can see it much better at a Steam Bath than at a Turkish
Bath.
In the second place, although it is not very poisonous, the sweat which
comes out of the body is one of the means of getting rid of substances
which are poisonous, and you do not want to leave them on the surface of
the skin.
Number of children medically
examined for part-time
employment 88
Number found medically
unfit 1
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