Tests for Balance O.K. High Heels (Aug, 1939)
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Source: Popular Science ( More articles from this issue )
Issue: Aug, 1939
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Source: Popular Science ( More articles from this issue )
Issue: Aug, 1939
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Tests for Balance O.K. High Heels
A METAL pencil has just written upon smoked paper a vindication of high-heeled shoes for women. Testing their effect upon body balance, Dr. Walter Mendenhall, of Boston, finds that girls wearing the much-maligned footgear can often stand more steadily than barefoot subjects. The telltale pencil, attached by a headband, recorded a subject’s wavering upon a chart.
