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i wishing that of all the thousands
engaged In that battle these two mighl
have been spared,
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1 versity of Montana here last yeai
' gained in weight, height and lung ca
parity, according to the report of Miss
I i na Gittings, physical director foi
GAIN WEIGHT IN TRAINING
Young Women Students in Montana
Also Increase Height and
Lung Capacity.
Missoula, Mont.—Young women stu
dents in the freshman class at the Uni
women. A thorough physical examin
ation at the beginning of school lasl
fall showed the condition of heart,
lungs, posture, feet, etc. A similar ex
amination was made last spring.
The average gain in weight of each
girl taking physical training was a lit
tle over four pounds, the average gain
In height was about one-third Inch
and the average increased lung capac
ity was one cubic inch.
AGAINST WIDOWS MARRYING
German Doctor Urges a New Law tc
Give Single Women a
Chance.
Amsterdam, Holland.-—Enactment ol
a law in Germany to prevent widows
from remarrying so as to leave tht
few available men for single women If
urged in a letter to the Tag by a Mu
nich doctor, Mans von Hertig. Ht
points out that the widows, through
remarrying after the war, would havt
a detrimental effect on the birth rate,
as most of them are mothers already.
"On December 1, 1910," he writes,
"there were In Germany about 300.00C
widows between the ages of eighteec
and forty-five. At a very modest esti
mate there are now 800,000."
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