"YOU'RE A CRAWLER!"
To call a man a "crawler" nowadays would bo to go dangerously near provoking <1 breach of the peace.. The time may come, however, when a crawler will be regarded as a 'healthy citizen. A French specialist has discovered that crawliig en all-fours after meals is a valuable aid to digestion. He explains that the stooping position prevents the stagnation of food in the stomach. If business men should he seen coming to tht'ir office ia the pre-Adamantine position, it will be readily understood that they are victims cl : indigeston. Who knows but that, if we. all went about on our hmds and feet, the world would be happier! There would be an army of "crawlers/' it is true; but we doubt if employees as well a,s employers would not get to business with jurft as much punctuality as at present.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 10719, 12 October 1912, Page 4
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144"YOU'RE A CRAWLER!" Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 10719, 12 October 1912, Page 4
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