One of the partners just came into my office to introduce a partner from DC who will be working here for a bit.

I had my ipod on and was watching the puppy cam.

oops.

Los miembros que recibieron servicio con X en 1987 y 2007 recibirán cheques de reembolso por margen este mes.

You want to change the last part to cheques de reembolso del margen en este mes.

Another word for refund is also devolución, but I think reembolso might be more correct.

I remember seeing that sort of thing, about cleaning the bowels, in several hygiene books from about 1900-1920.

That wasn't just one book: it was part of an entire series.

To support this kind of teaching this series of books on Hygiene has been prepared. A book is provided for each elementary school year from the Fourth to the Eighth inclusive ; in addition there is, for older girls, a hygiene dealing particularly with the care of little children and the health factors of home life, and, for the older elementary children and for vocational and industrial high schools, a Hygiene for the Worker.

I'm pretty sure my company has blocked the puppy cam. Probably not stupid.

I'm now puzzled by 1912 men's clothing. It seems like the cuffs and collar of a shirt were removable and washed more often than the shirt itself, and among the working class, wearing a collar was seen as "foppish." The author also warns against the dangers of celluloid collars.

I believe most men wore an undershirt, so the collar and cuff would have seen more wear on the overshirt.

I believe most men wore an undershirt, so the collar and cuff would have seen more wear on the overshirt.

Still do - barring unfortunate coffee spills, aren't the collars and cuffs the first places likely to get grimy?

This book is fascinating. It recommends washing your hair once a month. Practically every chapter has a section on how to avoid constipation. (So far, he's recommended exercise, eating vegetables and whole grains, and avoiding smoking.) And his warnings against tobacco:

All of these interruptions stop the boy's growth, and he becomes a weakling, stunted in body and mind, though per- haps with the appearance of brightness. Diseased in body and mind, is it a wonder that his moral sense also becomes perverted? Irresponsible and with no interest in sports, studies, or honest work, a cigarette fiend may soon drift into crime. The record of fifteen boys recently sentenced for crimes showed that ten of them had stolen to get the means of buying cigarettes.

People steal to get money?

Huh.