OBJECTIVE.
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BASKET-MAKING.
An observation of females, varying in age from sixteen to forty, engaged in basket-making, — a labor requiring wonderful rapidity of manipulation, — showed, that, in half a dozen new operatives placed upon the work in a well-ventilated, light, and cheerful room, —
1. Five lost in weight in the first week appreciably; the remaining one, a slower person, apparently not at all.
2. The youngest lost the largest per cent of weight.
3. Two, one sixteen and another eighteen, experienced disturbance of the menstrual function in the first month of employ, though previously regular.
4. The slow person began to lose weight appreciably on the fourth week, when her motions had quickened.
5. The decrease in weight continued with all (though there was no diminution of appetite or general health specially noticeable) for from four to six weeks; when, the move-