Evening Star Newspaper, October 4, 1932, Page 21

SOENTST GHANTS HEREDITY TRATS Average American’s Family Tree Is Studied by Car- negie Researcher. BY HOWARD W. BLAKESLEE. NEW YORK, October 4 (#).—Re- versing the usual scientific rule, the heredity tree of one Mr. Average American is published by the Eugenics Research Association. Ordinarily, scientific heredity studies have been confined to unusual families, possessing - ejther great criminals, great stupidity or unusual talent. These humbler Americans’ heredity traits are the product of years of study | by Morris Steggerda, of the Carnegie Institution of Washington. Studies Own Relatives. ‘The “data,” he says, are collected | from among his own relatives, and are “of a not unusual family.” ‘There are 757 individuals spread through four generations. Most of them are of “pure Dutch stock” and live within a radius of 25 miles of each other. Yet the differences are marked. There are four main groups. In one of these “most of the individuals are characteristically humorous.” other branch they are * erous.” In a third branch “craftsmanship, such as hand carving, cabinet making, bricklaying and interior decorating have been very much in evidence for at least four generations.” There are 88 family groupings which Dr. Steggerda calls fraternities. In one of these nearly all the individuals died of tuberculosis. In another, nine children died in infancy, and one of the four which lived weighed only 112 pounds at birth. | In the humor-loving branch of the family many individuals died of can- cer, although there is no connectior of course, between their hereditary | light-heartedness and the disease. Among all these generations there have been only two pairs of twins, and both of these were in the same branch | e Reaso People buy The PALAIS ROYAL 1.35 Cast Iron Dutch Oven, 79¢ Large, extra deep— with self-basting cover. 89¢ Perfect siz 195 Wear-Ever Aluminum Pan Tea Pots, Imported 1.98 Royal Carpet 1.29 Fol Sweeper, 1.39 Mahogany finished metal case; bristle brush. you best. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, TAKOMA PARK GROUP TO HOLD DAHLIA SHOW Horticultural Club Arranges An- nual Evant in School Auditorium Tomororw and Thursday. The fifteenth annual dahlia’show of the Takoma Park Horticultural Club will be held tomorrow and Thursday in the suditorium of the Takoma Park public achool, Dahlia street and Piney Branch road. ‘Will Hold Card Party. : ASHTON HEIGHTS, Va., October 4 of the family. two intermarria branch married a totally unrelated to him, and a woma in a third branch married a zon her father's cousin. ‘The average number of children per family was 4.9, and males exceeded fe- males by the ratio of 110 to 100. The general biological rule for the world at large is for female births to exceed males. In this family the average weight of babies at birth declined from 85 in the first generation to 7.9 in the sec- ond. Dr. Steggerda says the difference in weight is “probably insignificant.” —_—e OCTUGBER 4, Democrats Plan Card Party. MOUNT RAINIER, Md., October 4|cial award for the best dahlia in the (Special).—The Women's Democratic | ShOW. Club of the seventeenth district, Prince Georges County, will give its annual card party in Star Hall, Thirty street near Rhode Island avenue, Thurs- Fred L. Harries, chairman; Mrs. Mary Wolfe, vice chairman; Mayor Frederick -fourth | L. ), 1l ‘There will be 22 classes with a spe- ‘The Show Committee is composed of Lewton, J. per, Mrs. (Special) —A card party is to be given at the club house by the Women's Club day 9:15 A.M. on Sta- . tion WMAL ... to Jean Abbey’s broad- cast on Woman's Home Companion program. v 1.40 Pyrex Covered Dish shape for meat loaf. 69c Decorated earthen- ware pots, in brown Perfect or green with color- ful decorations. Ironing Table 79¢ Tou cadt adiunt b o eI hara Blocked and banded design. Refresh- 13, 1932, evemings at eight day at 8 pm. Mrs. Daniel A. Camp- bEII; is chairman of the committee in ch 3 llington, Secretary C. and W. H. England, general chairman of the Exhibition Committee. Tomorrow!—LAST DAY! 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