Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 194, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 September 1917 — Americans to Become Human Penguins Unless They Walk More, Says Student of Feet. [ARTICLE]

Americans to Become Human Penguins Unless They Walk More, Says Student of Feet.

America’s physical foundation —the feet and legs of her citizens —is unsound, If we are to believe P. A. Valle, who has made a study of feet. If we do not discard the present monstrosities In footwear and get into the habit of walking, using our legs and feet Instead of the automobile and street car, he says we will become human penguins. He calls attention to the fact that Dr. Lloyd Brown, the examining physician of Harvard, found that 596 of 746 members of the IQI6 freshman class stood in a manner that Indicated “a potentiality for sickness,” and that 476 of the 596 students had feet and legs so Imperfect that they were ineligible for military duty. Lack of leg exercise is supposed to be the cause of this condition. Mr. Valle says that the American woman has neglected herself for so long that her legs and feet are suffering malformations. There is no longer in her leg the beauty of the classic line.—Popular Science Monthly.