UNNECESSARY FATIGUE

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18710, 16 May 1924, Page 14

UNNECESSARY FATIGUE

Don't get tired, it doesn't pay to let yourself get too fatigued. - And fatigue is a thing which can be helped, to a very great extent; hundreds of women and girls allow ; themselves to suffer sheer exhaustion when they need not. " One of the most common causes of fatigue is wearing the wrong sort of clothes. Badlv-fitting shoes, especially tight ones, will tire t anyone ' outand also, by the way, when you want to rest, take off your shoes and put your feet up. If only for five minutes, you will find that doing so has a really wonderful effect. \ ' V Then a -heavy hat or coat is terribly tiring, or a hat that does not fit. The latter in a high ; wind, if it is a large one. will make the strongest person wilt: -<Skirts should be short and not too heavy—the old trailing skirts were dreadful. No wonder our grandmothers lay down half the dav when they had to go about dressed in these! Tight, stiffly-boned corsets are the very worst things for anyone who has to work. But, on the other hand, to _ discard these "instruments of torture" is going to the other evil extreme. The average woman's spine needs some sort of support during a long hard day—and elastic corsets serve as a very good compromise in this respect. ■•"•'■., . !n,„+ The great thing to remember is that any little trifle will cause . extreme .exhaustion in the end ;,* single hairpin, "if pressing' a trifle on the .skull, will ca£e mtJnse agony in an hour or two m Children V are often .' quite worn out by wearing- absurdly . heavy clothes, and %if they complain of being tired when out walking, look to the weight of their clothes. ./.." '. : '.-"