cts himself against
uneven, sluggish, slipshod workmen; but, other things being equal, he
awards promotion to those who are most regular and who are most often
at their best, for he finds that the man who does not "slump" earns
best profits and deserves highest pay.

[Illustration: THESE PATIENTS ON THE OLD SOUTHFIELD ARE TAXING
THEIR UNIONS AND THEIR TRADES AS WELL AS THEIR FAMILIES AND THE
TUBERCULOSIS COMMITTEE]

There are exceptions, it is true, where both industrial promotion and
industrial efficiency are won by people who violate laws of
health,--but at what cost to their efficiency? Your efficiency should
be measured not by some other person's advancement, but by what you
yourself ought to accomplish; while the effect of abusing your physical
strength is shown not only in the shortening of your industrial life
and in the diminishing returns from your labor, but by the decrease of
national and trade efficiency. "Sweating" injures those who buy and
those in the same trade who are not "sweated" just as truly as it
injures the "sweated."

[Illustration: HABITS OF HEALTH AMONG DAIRYMEN MEAN SAFE MILK
FOR BABIES]

What are the health habits that should become instinctive and
effortless for every worker? What acts can we make our lower nerve
centers--our subconscious selves--do for us or remind us to do? The
following constitutes a daily routine that should be as involuntary as
the process of digestion:

1. Throw the bedding over the foot of the bed.

2. Close the window that has been open during the night.

3. Drink a glass of water.

4. Bathe the face, neck, crotch, chest, armpits (finishing if not
beginning with cold water), and particularly the eyes, ears, and
nose. If time and conveniences permit, bathe all over.

5. Cleanse the finger nails.

6. Cleanse the teeth, especially the places that are out of sight
and hard to reach.

7. Breakfast punctually at a regular hour. Eat lightly and only
what agrees with you. If you read a morning paper, be interested
in news items that have to do with personal and community
vitality.

8. Visit the toilet; if impracticable at home, have a regular time
at business.

9. Have several minutes in the open air, preferably walking.

10. Be punctual at work.

11. As your right by contract, insist upon a supply of fresh air
for your workroom with the same emphasis you use in demanding
sufficient heat in zer