The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-11-15
The Law of Sex.

The author claims to make known "a
new discovery of great law OF nature
nothing less than the law which governs
the sexes, and whereby the sex or offspring
can be controlled" He has worked for
twenty years at the subject, carefully count
pe the number OF boys and girls in all oil
the families of his acquaintance, summing
nm the characterjstics and taking the por-
traits OF the parents, and reading Darwin
and other authors who have handled the
question. The great discovery is the law
mai 'sex is determined by what | shall
designate as the superior parent; also that
the superior parent produces the opposite
SEX that is TO say. that II the HUSBAND
Is superior to the wife the family VIII
consist mostly of girls, and vice versa.
Uenoo ns the author explains; results the
nreseryation of the remainder OF the sexes;
for In the next generation the girls inherit
inc their fathers superiority, Will in most
cases produce families with larger proper
tion of boys. In future there will be no
need TO pry in order TO determine who rules
the roost ia ones neighoor's lamily-it Will
only be necessary TO count his ooys and
Oiris in order to determine the point
Rance N Is TO be expected that the desire for
male Offspring will scarcely remain 80
strongly developed in fathers as hitherto.
Dark complexion is superior TO light,
da,k nlanis and trees are the most hardy,
and dark horses the best. A square fore
head and prominent veins are superior,
a large, prominent eye (which indicates
conversational powsrsD Is the reverse.
But the best indication OF superiority is a
| large and prominent nose, Roman or squi-
line. full q third the length OF the lace:
AS an illustration Of the method
of summing up the charac-
tsrist,cs of parents from the rules laid
down, the several portraits OF opposite sex
given in the plates are hypothetlcally
M srried, pair by pair, and their superior
ity or iRferitory Is estimated numerlcsuy,
100 being taken rs q standard number;
hsnoe the number Of children OF either ser
which such pairs ought 10 produce, &C
cording 10 the new theory arrived at. One
III the most all-favored OF the ugly women
is mated. for example, with the man with
the head which is biggest at the top, and
the result lie inst II the pair have twenty
children they will ali be girls.
Tbsn comes a series Of cases from the per
sonaI exeerience of the author. NJ, ID
a man Of genius, with large head and slen
dsr bodv. with q corpulent wife OF moder
ate ipteiliRence, had five daughters. Nine.
A a strong woman with masculine voice
and slightly bearded chin, had seven chill.
dren, all sons. ~. =,
81 became ACQUAINTED WIN mhn ~
good address, with a well-sbaped head and
q Roman rose. He wife was OF consumP-
tive tsndenev, OF literary t7stes. but with
A. ipfsntils nose and an expression OF gen
era fueficisncy Imagine my surprise when
fouud thew had three bcys"
Bat the Law remains unsheten. All
vas INTELLECTUALLY explained" the bus.
b-rd vss extremely iliiisrsfe and addicted
70 drink. Nothing more surely oegrsoes
the nature"
Philosophers, lawyers, editors, poets,
literary men and brsin-Tof kera Rensrsi y
have 4 large excess Of dsugbters Wine
merchants, tavern keepers, small - al
derlers orstnrs. thy sfciaHs nn1 ruusicians
rave = rrspondsrsncs u h.y-. CiHrEy men
eurear iusf n sirueFie thraufh ne firfiss'
y th0uf fnrurri-g he Stigma ~ iuierlnrltJ
icing sousliv ifil 'ligsnt. softer arc NOR
vifh their we znl pro- ucrng ~ fqnsi
nun Der 81 bors 81 fifls.
on curse ~ f1e stability 81 ne ~
- n becomes necesssry % shor it-f M
siriaus rDedicsi men. ara o-Eiors - ID
f,-ior. Acc5rdinRly the hrsf sre u fulf.e-
rir- fbs secoDd are made ra-ner than D1rn
70 -bsif r,-ofessfon land The more clsiln
r-ished. - en- szu-p-.on- tsTe lsrEs Ism
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