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The essentially concrete causes of physical fatigue show little variation between individual replies. In the main they are as follows:
(a) a vitiated atmosphere due to bad ventilation and the habit of smoking during performances (nausea, retching, giddiness);
(b) over-crowding. This not only makes ventilation more difficult and adds to the temperature of the room, but causes actual physical injury to children through pushing and jostling;
(c) the discomfort of the seats — frequently complained of — and even shortage of seating space, as the result, again, of over-crowding.
The following are selections from the replies giving one or other of these three causes of fatigue:
" The room gets much too hot, through crowding and absence of ventilation. On coming out, you feel the contrast and often start coughing ".
" The smoke makes you cough and often obscures the projection ".
" The air is bad, especially in summer. One finds it hard to breathe, one perspires and feels tired ".
" If the show is long and you have to stand, you easily get tired ".
" The seats are uncomfortable and often too hard ".
" Uncomfortable seats and tall people in front often impede the view and necessitate constant movement of head and body, which are tiring after a bit ".
" Breathing is often difficult and causes stomach pains ".
A high percentage of both boys and girls complains of:
(d) the long period of sitting or standing still and the projection of unduly long films. " You can't remain still through a long performance; on the other hand, if you move, your parents or other people don't like it and, afterwards, your limbs are stiff " — " on coming out of the cinema after a long show, the legs ache " — " sitting still so long makes you sleepy " — " Long films make you feel sleepy ".
A boy of thirteen remarks sadly — "I like open-air films best, in the country. There you can breathe, stretch yourself and move without other people making a fuss ".
A few complain that they feel physically tired after boring films which do not fix the attention and thereby accentuate the discomfort of sitting still, the feeling of sleepiness, and make them notice more the uncomfortable seats and stuffy atmosphere.
Others, associating physical fatigue with mental impressions in a manner which, if illogical, is nevertheless easily comprehensible, say that films often move them to an extraordinary degree, to the point of experiencing actual pain and participating in the sufferings of the figures on the screen.
Others, on the contrary, scorn the very idea of fatigue. " Physical fatigue? Why, we feel brighter and fitter when we come out". "My