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§ Are You a ‘Youngest Son’? Then You Have Best Chance To Become a Great Man j Sons of Elderly Parents Also Have Running Start Law of Heredity, Caspar L. Redfield Shows; Cites Notable Examples as Proof. 2 Ty Marguerite Dean. Copyright, 1921, by the Press Publishing Co. T’: great man 1s almost always the youngest, or one of the youngest, of the children in a family. The great man is almost who themselves were umong the last-born of the great man's grandparents As they grow older, men gain instead of lose in physical und mental powers, provided they continue to give thes Those are the remarkable conclu- sions of an extraordinarily intere ing little volume, “Human Heredity written by Caspar L. Redfield, who has made a special study of the sub- ject, and just published in Chicayo by the Heredity Publishing, Company Mr. Redfield does not content himeelf ‘with stating his theories as opinions; he bolsters them up with a collection of facts and statistics that must ap- peal to all of us who believe, with Pope, that “the proper study of man- kind is man.” In brief, he argues that men and women grow stronger and wiser as they grow older and receive more of the education given by life; there- fore, they have more strength and wisdom—potential greatness—to hand down to their youngest children than to the first borh; and, therefore, chil- dren born after their fathers are forty, fifty, even sixty years of age, have the best chance of all to 1 herit the matured powers that may develop into eminence, or, perhaps, genius itself. “A very common statement found in scientific literature.” says the au- thor of “Human Heredity,” “is to the effect that when a man works hard for years he gets worn out, has his vitality sapped and falls into an early grave. The statement is not at all true. The process of expending en- ergy through bodily organs is one step in the larger process of building up energy within exercised orrans “Instead of a man becoming worn out and having his vitality sapped + by hard work, hard work ‘s the thing that increases his powers and vitallty and extends the length of his life. By personal experience I have found that ®& man may add to his physical strength by physical exercise after he has passed sixty years of age.” And there are recomts for animals, Mr. Redfield points out, which clearly show the increase in power as the animal grows older, provided the function Involved receives proper ex- ercise. He cites the case of the cham- pion trotter, Goldsmith Maid. At nine, when she developed the speed which classified her as a “standard trotte she did a mile !n 2.30. As she grew older she steadily cut down her own time until, at the age of seventeen— which is extreme old age, for a horse —her time for the mile was 214 and she broke the world’s record four times in succession, “And on the race tracks of the United States in 191 adds Mr. Redfield, ‘more than 100 trotters over ten years of age showed more speed than they ever showed before.” ‘Cows, too, give “another example of continued development of powers un- der continued exercise.” for their milk production Increases from te year up to twelve years of age, Mr. Redfield tells us. One way of testing the increase in power in human beings !s an exami- Mation of the quality of offspring produced by them at different ages. And Mr. Redfield has worked out table of percentages showing, for in- stance, that the chiidren born to men over sixty are fifty-one and a half times as iikely to be eminent as chil- dren born to fathers of twenty-four end under. The aceompanying chart illustrates graphically how the chance of greatness among the children va- ries directly us the age of the father. In short, the last-born are “the genius crop,” and the elderly parents are the most fit! And here are a few of tho celebrities on whom Mr, Red- field relies to prove his case: “Alfred the Great, the greatest of British Kings, was the fifth and ungest son. voEANAUDOR, America’s naturaltst, was born when his father was fitty- seven, and that fathor was the young- est of twenty children. “gir Francis Bacon, one of the most profound of intellects, was the young- est of eight children. “Benjamin Franklin was ‘the yungest son of the youngest son for Ive generations back.’ Ben was born when his father was fifty-one, the father was born when the grandfather was fifty-seven and the grandfather ‘was born when the great-grandfather was in the neighborhood of seventy. “Alfred Russell Wallace was born when his father was fifty-two. “John and Charles Wesley, found- ‘rs of Methodism, were the sons of the Rev. Samuel Wesley, who was forty and forty-three years of age, respectively, when his famous sons (The New York Evening World.) always the son of elderly parents— pers exercise through work AR JOBLESS ONE: Have you ever thought that you cannot “get” more than you can “L« Your real job is the which you can never be “fired Therefore, if you “out” of your real job, you can get work by finding what your REAL life work is and then getting into it. You will know when you get it and—so will every one else! Faithfully, ALFALFA SMITH. a job any one? one from are Going Down! were born. It also happens that the mother of John and Charies was Su- , the twenty-tith and youngest d of Dr, Samuel Annesicy, a vicar. fatuer of Contucius was seventy-one when the famous son was born, ‘The mother ‘was the youngest daughter of another iearned Magistrate. “Alexander Von Humboldt, lifetime reco d as wuthority on every known science, was the son of a military officer and this orficet was forty-nine when Alexander was. born.” Other instances cited by Mr. Red- field include Cuvier, the scientist, whose father did not even get mz ried until he was fifty; the famous actresses, Fanny and Ade.aide Kem- ble, whos father wa eleventh and youngest child, thirtyssix and forty-five rs of Age, respectively, at the births of his ‘distinguished daughters; the Roman ‘Emperor Augustus, in whose ancestry for three generations in succession there Was an average of fifty ven points from birth of father to birth of son, The author of “Human Heredi reasons, trom this apparent suprem- acy of the last-born, that family limt- in his tation does not make for the {m- provement of the race, It is at least possible to argue, on the same prem- ises, that every father should prac- tise family limitation until he is at t fifty or older, since that is the time when he stands a chance of pro- ducing geniu: whereas, the chil- dren of his young manhoc lpi ably be dubs—and w gether too large a population of dubs now! But the book scores a direct hit on the cockiness of older brothers and sisters—and seems to prove that it is the “littlest kid” who is most likely to fill a niche in the Hall of Fame, DON'T YOu EVER HAVE ANY FUN 2 NoT WHILE MY PARENTS (fs ARE HERE THE EVENING WORLD, FRIDAY, OOTOBER 7, 1921, LET'S HAVE A GANE OF THE BLUE-LAWS, NY MOTHER'S MAIDEN NANE WAS PROHIBITION How to Your Weight Right in Your Own Home Reduce To-Day’s Exercise Hardens Flabby Muscles, Gives Body New Buoyancy. : By Doris ‘Copyright, 1921, by the Press Publishing HE most potent factor in the sea Doscher. Co. (The New York Brening World.) rch for a harmonious body, that te @ body perfectly attuned in health and grace, is the flexibility of i. spinal column. Tho exercises that I have been giving you lately hare been aimed at the training of the muscles that are used {n balancing body. the one given in to-day’s lesson. Once you reach your full matured development you seem to take it for granted that the only positions you are capable of accurately maintain- Faithful practice of those exercises should be a good preparation acquire not only an even develop- ment and distribution of the weight but a flexibility of the spine, ‘This: + THE CHAIR BALANCING EXERCISE, ing are lying, sitting or standing, but this would not be true if you had every muscle in your body under con- trol, Then you can balance the body in almost any desired position and s0 Copyright, 1921, (The New York Evening World.) the Press Publishing Co, QUESTIONS, 1—On what bay ie Portland, Me. situated? 2—What variety of goat, found In Ind ind, Thi is remarkable for its 3—What bright constellation is sometimes called the “Lady in her Chair?” 4—What subterranean burial places did the early Christiane make just outside the walls of Rome? 6—Who was. the first European to explore China? 6—What food ie prepared from the roe of the sturgeon? 7—What town is the principal naval headquarters of the United States in the Philippines? 8—What name was originally given to any drinking cup? 9—What river is the outlet of Lake Champlain? 10—In what direction from Charles- ton, 8. C., is Colon, Panama? ANSWEPS. 1—Casco; 2—cashinera; 3—Caasio- pela; 4—Catacombs; 5—Marco Polu; 6—caviar; 7—Cavite; &—chalice; 9— itichelieu; 10—due south, | The Passing of the Gossip By Sophie lrene Loeb Copyright, 1921, by the Press Publishing Co, (The New York Evening World ) WOMAN writes to me as fol- “I hope you will publish this letter so {t will reach the eyes of all, and let the world awaken to the evil of the scandalmonger, the one who slanders and takes a fair name. “How eager women are to pass on what they ‘hear,’ not waiting to learn \f is true or false. “I know of a grand Ittle woman who {s a wreck to-day physically and mentally from scandal and lies. Women who attend church regularly have taken part in her ruination, and have scorned her and lowered her un- til she {s a fit subject for the nsane asylum. Is there anything that can be done to publish this crime?” She puts it right. It 4s a crime, and it ought to be punishable by law. The statutes are too lax. On must prove scandal, and it 1s a dif- cult thing to do. Yet I would say to tell this woman that the day is dawning when tho ep Hp span of life is at its greatest Gm the temperate zones The reasons for this are almost all Breceable to climatic causes and to @ recently demonstratad truth that Me hander man works the longer will fase =omental anda physical powers function. 2n support ef this I shall quote Mr, les H, Sabin, President of the Sonieaty Trust Gompany, from his Temarks as published in the intro- duction to a recent brochure on this eubject, “The Pace that Kills." Mr. @abin says; “* * °* many men of what was once considered ‘advanced ege’ now express their intention to Qentinue in the harness, They have nd hard work, persistent applica~ ‘and long hours to be the most tent influence in preserving both eir mental and physical vigor. I have seen many instances recently where men of activity have passed @way within a short time after re- tiring, proving, it seems to me, that ‘work is the most effective conserver human lif ig true that the American or Eng- Mish youth of seventeen ie mot the AAAI A APPL APPALPLD On the Way to Keeping Well By Dr. Frederic H. Editor Medical Review of Reviews. Kobinson, “man” he would be were he a nat of India or Siam or of one of ihe Isi ands of the South Seas, but lis mieas- ure of manhood tn the number of years he bas to be a "man" ig far greater than it ls in any one of those countries, @ American girl of sixteen ts just about to blossom forth into young wi anhood. The Hindoo girl of the san age has doubtiess been 4 moth twice and is fast becoming a matronly appeasing woman, While the average span of life at 1ts greatest is from forty to fifty years, it 1g singular to note that al- tuost all successful Americans are well beyond that age before they uchieve their goal in life, As instances of this truth we have to mention such men as Thomas Edison (now seventy-four), George F. Baker, at eighty-one the head of the First Na- tional Bank of New York; A. Barton Hepburn, who at 8e doing his best work as head of the National Bank of New York; Dr, Charles W. Eliot, now eighty, is stil hard at work; Judge Elbert H. Gary 1s seventy-three, and 1s occupying one of the most important business posi- tions in the world, nty-five years ig gossiping serpent {5 fast losing her sting. i No longer will good people tolerate the carrter of ‘ll news, Their motive is soon discerned. The twentieth century has taught us many things. People are too busy these days—that {s, good people—to Msten, They go on the theory that if a person speaks against another * how soon will they themesives be the object of such a one? This is the case with churohgoers and non-churchgoers. Every church in the world urges against goss!ping afid maligning the character of an- other. If any woman who is a churchgoer does it, it is because she has not profited sufficiently from th) teachings. Some day she will awaken. Some- body will be talking about her. The day of the gossip !s going fast, and with her parting there goes a cheer, Many women tell me that when such gossips come to them they re- fuse to listen, and when they do listen they make up their minds that they will have little to do with the evil messenger. What this woman ought to do— the suffering one—ts to depart from that sdction and find flelds anew. It may be hard, but her life will be more pleasant. New acquaintances, new friends, will soon make one forget the un- kindness of narrow minded people As long as she stays there and sees cuttng glances and receives tha “cold shoulder,” just so long will she cout'nue to worry and fret and be miserable. It 1s always best tn such @ case to get away from the vicinity, even for @ while, until she has “pulled herself together.” For right will prevall. Some day the truth wll show. In the mean- tlme there !s no sense in scourging your soul by trying to stand the abuses that are heaped by those whu think they are secure. No one {8 secure. Tho truth |e that no one should cast for some day he or she may be a tenant in a glass house. I haye seen so much of it—the person who tries to injure another by an unkind statement and then stones, finds h'mself or herself doing muca worse than the person he tried to injure, He gets hit some way or another. The spoken word is like @ bullet. 4° can never be recalled, and if 1 spreads evil It often rebounds 1 ke a rubber ball back to the place where it originated. If you don't believe it, grandmother. Sh the fate of gossips, who, In the end, are always despised—for they are un- lovely and unloved, But the biggest thing that can be done by every well meaning ndividual 1s to ignore the mutterings of the tale bearers. They can readily be recognized, Give them absent treatment. They will soon eliminate themselves. ask your can tell you of 6 % Copyright. 1921, by the Press Publishing Co. (The New York Evcatng World.) RS. JARR gave her visitor, the entimental hypochondriae, Clara Mudridge-Smith, a most unsympathetic glance. The visitor had been enjoying her- self emotionally as she wept a refined and gentecl tear or two and dis- coursed in self-pity about her rich old husband who thwarted and did not understand her. “I have no great amount of sym- pathy to dispense to you, Clara, I must admit,” Mrs, Jarr remarked, “A woman who obtains what she married for— money, fine clothes, motor cars and the life of a lady loafer—gets nowhere Maxims of a Modern Maid By Marguerite Mooers Marshall Copyright, 1921, by the Press Publishing Co. (The New York Evening World.) Love is the cup life holds to the lips of all, but tor some the cup holds wine; for others, vinegar; for a few, poison, ine and feminine psychology is that a NE disference between mascull: man dors what he wants to do and hunts for justification afterward —If at all; wherea: before a woman takes a step in any direction she supples herself with an excuse as instinctively as she tucks a powder puff into her guld mesh bag. Tf a husband should occasionally as ever, that she doesn't look a day o tell his wife that he loves her as much Ider and a few similarly pleasant lies, he would establish such a reputation for truthfulness that he could get away with almost anything. Now that the girls are bobbing their hair, do they use the time saved on its daily arrangement for thé study of Greek and household econontics or for the more elaborate adjustment of their complexions? Perhaps one of the reasons why love: @ woman rarely punishes the man she 0 matter what he does, is that such punishment for once really aves hurt the giver more than the receiver. Love ts blind, they say—and ff f would be happier. To the eyes of the rags that indicate a carg cends in exploding his t professional of femini eories of single-ble: it were also deaf and dumb most of us bachelor, beauty and wit are the red ne dynamite, yet the woman who sue- dness {8 usually a plain Httie person with just enough wit to let him do all the talking. The nvmber of subjects about which @ man {s profoundly {gnorant mar be at least partially estimated by the number of times he says to his wife: “No, dear; I can’t explain {t—you wouldn't understand.” Man may be defined ag the alibl-using animal o The Jarr Family with me when she calls and takes up my time with maudlin speeches about her husband not being psychologi- cally in unison with her!" Her visitor only sniffled and dabbed at her eyes again with her expensive lace handkerchlef. “You were so busy trying to catch old man Smith because of bis money that when I told you that you might not be as happy with him as you thought you might be, you wouldn't listen to me,” Mrs, Jarr went on. “I remember distinctly you remarked to me that you would rather be an old man's darling if he had money--than & young man's slave, especially if the young man was poor." “But,” whispered the young ma- tron, “but what are merely material things, when the spirit yearns?” “Well, 1f 1 remember correctly, your spirit used to yearn for fine clothes and automobiles and a luxurious home. My spirit yearns for those things too at times,” “You are far happier than I am!" the caller sniffed. “After all, wnat is my life but gilded slavery?" ‘How would you like it if slavery wasn't gilded?” asked Jarr. “How would you like the ery of making over old gowns and old hats all the days of your married life? How would you Ike the of seeing your two children clothed your were and fed and sent to school looking clean and sweet every day? How would you like the slavery of watching them and worrying about them when they were out on the streets playing, or when they were sick or cross and you were sick and cross too, perhaps? How would you like the slavery of being the wife of @ poor man on salary, and having to vunt every penny and make one dollar do the work of two” But Mrs. Jarr’s fair visitor was not interested in the sordid details of Mrs, Jarr's slavery that was not at all gilded, but was, in fact, rather threadbare. "Yet, at least, you have your inde- pendence. Mr. Jarr lets you do any- thing you want to do. I can do noth- ing I want to dg!" whined the vis- itor, “And if Mr, Jarr doaan't make a lot of money, at least you know what he makes and get all of it; while my husband makes #0 much money By Roy L. McCardell he won't tell me how much It is, and 1 know I handly get half of what ho makes, and, then, as I say, he won't let me do a’ single thing L want to do, personal thing.” ‘ you do too much!" Mrs. ted, “You are just spoiled. 1am glad he has put his foot down. Serves you right! You promised to love, honor and obey him. Ag you don't love or honor your old man, at least obey him. What ta it he won't let_you do now?” “He won't let me b-b-b-bob my hair!" sobbed Clara Mudridge-Smith, "Well, why should he?” asked Mrs. Jarr. Then she looked curiously at her visitor, “I wonder how you'd look with your hatr bobbed?" she mur- mured, Then a set look came into hor eye “Why that's preposterous of nim! The {dea of any man meddling with how @ woman wants to fix her hair! Come right downtown with me, Clas and get it bobbed. I wondér how you'll look? Maybe r’—— And Mre. Jarr rushed to her ward- robe to dreas for the street. truism In regard to the spine I keep repeating and emphasizing because it 1s, as you all know, the most nec= essary element of physical training. To acquire and maintain a beau- tiful figure 18 a task worth all your highest efforts and one that more than in any other fleld of endeavor richly repays you. It would be @ great encouragement to you to keep on with this good work if it were possible for you to read with me the many letters which come from those who have already reaped the reward of their efforts at: self-lmprovemend through this column, and I want this to be an encouragement to those of you who have started some of the ex- ercises and, perhaps because they seemed difficult for you to master, you have allowed yourself to become discouraged and lose the benefit which would be yours by just making one more effort to diligently follow the. instructions I give to you from time to time, Now you can gee at a glance just how to do to-day's exercise by tho illustration, It is simply to balance the body in the centre on the chair and let the head go back slowly until you have touched the floor, The height of the chair determines to a certain extent how much effort this will be. Until you are accustomed to this unusual backward bending it is Detter that you should brace your feet so that there can be no posal- bility of your slipping. To slip back in this position might cause a serious injury to your back, but there ts no danger when your feet are properly supported. After resting in the posi- tion illustrated, slowly raise the body back to @ sitting posture, if this movement is done correct- ly the vertebrae of the spine aro, stretched, as are also all of the mus- cles of the torso and legs, This backward bending affords an un- usual opportunity for stretching the body and teaching you balance. It also enoourages in you a feeling of confidence in letting go of the body in a complete reversal of position, Thig sends the blood tingling and surging through the body and at the same time loosens up the tightened muscles in the back and torao which are the cause of more headaches and feeling of despondency than you can conceive of. The unusual stretoh put on the muscles of the canes gives the vital organs a splendid chance to expand. Backward bending tn this position two or three times a day keeps in the body a certain spontaneous bugy~ ancy which {s usually only looked for in youth. The woman with the fi bust will find that this backw: bending stretches the muscles that support the bust, thereby greatly im- proving her figure. Ellabelle Mae Doolittle By Bide Dudley. Copyright, 1021, by the Prem Publishing Co, HE LADIPS' ROOTING CLUB, @ branch of the Women's Bet- terment League of Delhi, met at Hugus Hal! Wednesday afternoon to organise for the football season. Bean Lake College, located in the town, has a team which promiaes to be a credit to Delhi, and the ladies in- tend to see that it has encouragement at each game. The first contest wil) be held next Saturday with the Mud Hollow School eleven and excitement 1s sure to run bigh. Promptress Pertle presided at the meeting. “Ladies,” she aaid, “we must sup- port our boy “Why not let thelr daddies do that?” asked Mra, Cutey Boggs, who ts very witty when her rheumatism ten't hurting. “Tut, vat, Cutey!" anid the Prompt- rea ie ie serious Sasinees 14 ‘Natu , @ series Of mos would be "Me, oa fre Hoges yell, on Just had to laugh, In tho midst of thelr merriment, hows ever, a lithe gril, gowned in real gingham trimmed with atickle-burra, wpped to the front of the rostrum and held up one hand, She wae Kila- (The New York Evening World) belle Mae Doo! the noted poetess, “A poem, ladies!" she said. “By gosh, that’s great!" eald Promptresa Pertle. And then Miss Poellstie read the following excellent rhymet Our boys are gotng to buck the line, Hipoy, Mzpy. hooray! Don't put on them the Indian eign, Three oheers and a tiger! We all are very proud 07 them, Each player ts a little gem, Encourage them with votce and pen, ‘Rah for the Bean Lake lads! My sister's child, Teeney Ricketts, La, la, oolah, three cheeral Hit Rooby Jones with a fence ploket, Tra, Ya, lal Zia boom, aht Dut let wa help the footdall Boye, Applaud, stamp feet and make notsef Rut flirting ladies—ehip ahoy! Polly wally waddle all the day, ‘The poom really awed the lad with Its loveliness and they were Boon, however, they great guste, Au