Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 January 1917 — The People's Physique. [ARTICLE]

The People's Physique.

be given to the effect that the change in locomotion will make upon the physique of the people; for even the farmers are now using the automobile, and the horse is used for little but draft purposes. Will not the race become lax and nerveless that lolls upon soft cushions, protected in every way from thehard joltings of the road? More and more, machinery is brought into service, and less and less physical exertion is required in the carrying on of openair occupations. Man touches a butThis makes things easier; but the question is whether it confers an actual benefit in the end.—Mobile Register.