The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1899-04-29

pure phosphates. In this opinion Primo
William concurred, but the princess and
Countess Waldersee were determined to
give the French doctor q chance AS
some little time before Car Alexander
had sent to Prince William four grey
hound pups which, despite the good care
they had, were progressing slowly. the
princess ordered that two of the pups,
the weakest ones, should be brought up
on Springer's extract, while the rest were
to be fed as before The result was re-
markable. The sickly pups soon began
to pick up and Prince William, who is
fond Of animals, was overjoyed.
That as bonemaker the extract has
fulfilled the inventors promises is now
acknowledged by the highest German
medical authorities, and is especially no
ttceable IN those princes who resemble
their father most, especially Frederick
William. Adalbert and Augustus. AS
Eitel FRITZ is the alter ego Of his mother
IN physique and temperament. and as
the empress IS a large woman, standing 5
feet In her stockings, hds robust stature
is perhaps not surprising. But that the
other boys inh ertted none Of their fathers
weaknesses Is as extraordinary as 1t is
satisfactory. considering that the emperor
was a sdckly youth and is even now apt
to suffer acutely I'm consequence Of fatigue
and changes Of temperature.
Dr. Springer says his method for max
ing children grow big Is based ON two
simple observat dons- namely; that a. per
sons height depends upon the size OF his
pony structure and that phosphates are
aipulsl'edleaole to cell formation When
TOO small a quantity of phosphate Is taken
with the food the bones lose more or less
OF tne1r hardness and hrmness, and frac-
lures do not readily unite, Springer
therefore selected the ingredients for his
extract with the view to hardening and
increasing the size of infants bones.
barley, wheat, oats, rye, maize and bran
an contain phosphate Of lime which Is
the chief constituent OF bone But It's
mot enough to make bone; there must
also be, work for the bones, as otherwise
their abnormal growth may cause local
troubles. A child taking the extract must
ne made to move about in a lively style
as soon as 1T cam crawl and should engage
IN gymnastics the moment physical de-
velopmemt permits. Fresh air and plenty
or 1t Is also essential. Springer thinks
several centimeters'' can be- added to
the height OF human beings by this
method. and, considering that, as far as
european statistics go, the height of the
Mnnoe race has been steadily decreasing.
c,D7 experiment. certainly deserves trial
ON a large scale.
Inc lowest standard measure of height
required of recruits in the different Euro
pean armies are as follows:
Germany-Up to 1860 no man measuring
less than 1859 meters was drafted for the
army. Then the standard measure was
lowered to 1.570 meters, which is exactly
hve feet. But in 1893 the standard meas.
ure had to be lowered again. It is now
l.o4O meters. In France, too, tho stand
ara measure for soldiers has steadily
lowered since 1701, when Louis XIV. fixed
1t at 1.624 meters. During the revolution
1t was lowered to 1870 and 1850 meters,
and IN 1881 to 1880 meters, in 1886 to
155O meters, in 1872 to 1.54O meters.
Italy, which has now greatly reduced her
army, will not accept any recruits under
1.55O meters. This is also the standard
measure in Austria, which, up to 1855 &C.
copied none but f1ve-footers. Great
Britain employs no soldiers below the
standard size, 1850 meters. Russia's
giants come from the Baltic provinces.
The Tartars and the Finlanders make
small soldiers. The Russian standard
measure for soldiery Is now 1.54O meters.
The Swiss, Belgian and Dutch armies
won't accept any recruit below 1850 me-
ters The Swedish war lord wants his
men to be at least 1.6O8 meters. Uncle
Sans must have minimum height Of
1918 meters.