Interesting differences between men and "women, physical and psychological, have been revealed in a scientific investigation carried out by the Industrial Fatigue Research Board to discover the suitable load that women in industries should lift and carry. The Board's report suggests that the average woman has little more than half the strength of the average man, When a woman is tested for her power of pull (virtually pulling up a weight while standing erect) she accomplishes only half of what she is capable and then stops. If encouraged, she increases the pull 100 per cent. A man, on the other hand, gives one strong pull and then cannot do any more. Women doing heavy work in factories are self-protective as regards the load they carry. They know to a nicety their own ca paci Dut male young people work in spasms, lift loads beyond their strength, and are in need of supervision.
Girl college students were found to be taller, heavier, and stronger than women employed in industries. This is ascribed to several factors. Many of the college students were born and brought up in the coun-
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