WOMEN BECOMING PHYSICALLY SUPERIOR TO THE MEN

Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6810, 14 January 1929, Page 11

WOMEN BECOMING PHYSICALLY SUPERIOR TO THE MEN

That women are becoming physically the superior of the sexes as a result of the vogue for short skirts, and that men are advised to tako to wearing "shorts” if they wish to maintain their traditional "superiority,”, are news seriously advanced by Dr .Ephriam Mulford, president of the Medical Society of New Jersey, at a conference of the Tri-Stato Medical Association. "To-day our American women are in better physical condition than our men,” he added. "And while there are many reasons, we might credit one to the fact that women do not wear too many clothes, especially in the summer. Their garments, light in colour, permit the ultra-violet rays of the sun to give its full benefit. Men, in their dark clothes, which completely cover them from neck to ankle, are denied this energy. ' "Women are learning how to relax. While they go whole-heartedly into an increasing number of activities, from homo to politics, they realise the importance of once in a while taking a complete rest ;and often that time is when they are having a manicure or a mareel wave. Men do not rest, even when they are being shaved, for the barber prevents their complete peace of mind.

"Whatever the reason or reasons, women are demonstrating without fear of contradiction that they are stronger. They can stand long swims in icy water, they can play tonnis from sunup to sun-down, and they live longer than men.”