The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-11-12
MAN IS GROWING BETTER
TALLER. STRONGER AND LONGER
LIFTED SAYS MIR. MCGEE.
The Tendency of the Human Race Forward
White Mans Superiority to the Saw
nge - Herbert Spencer Wrong About
AmcrIcnns-Less Drinking md Smoking.

-. " 80,
p,o'n''"' mas '"S' 'S hafnE virtues in'E
m'""' SUPERIOR oNc'''ch'e III 'hui''uuais' ou'a'
''u' ''e man oil Today mas become chet'aen
"". "'Ee"''"' heE say ,ha' ne IN "'ef"o'hcn
""u ""hc'cu' lheN say 'ha' ne mas become
."'o', "'a"" ny w'h"e.h century cvnhauoh
''' Nv IN uv"H"tethg PnES'al!' meh'ai'y ni'"
'""'n"N. 'heSr prophets ol evil 'hen go on I"
P"'"'u'"''H'' iheF l"uh ou' ha' 'he 'ohg
anu '.'Eu't hours VI IaD"r' 'ohuhulhg III many
'n~S 'ar ih'" The hgh'. ANA the high pltch 10
"h'rh IN" nervous system IL wrought In per
forming INC constant brnln work required oil the
'nnn VI "dhE' s'tnlh 10 the Swapping poih' inc
''ahV I" 'he Individual. ana lead 10 'he con
H'ai' use OF sumulan's ihcy ATTEST 'hrsc argu
menus ny indicating The enormous 'o'ai increase
W wv CONSTITUTION OF hquor' c"hee yea ana "'het
"'"e' sun,nlaung ht'hSs alcnhoh' anu non
NON n''"h"hc. l"oncc" also 'hey say IN al
'"'S' "'''SnhE uS'u "ahy'
Hucn OPINIONS arc not shared by W. .. Mc"ec
'n'e' o' inc 'h'ed states bureau oil Ethnoiogy
whose business IL to study Just such questions.
"Man in to dny nj IN, bipb ~ ,tcr mark of his
J,,.t,,,,.... - -. -, -, - -,
"''''oPh'ht aS coinphhu WIN INC past nc snlu
when questioned on the subject Looking for
ward Il may safely he pre,ictcd In view ri the
,,es,n, ,,,,,osa ~, ,,,, snn ooo 600 ~, ,,,,,.,
p'v'c"' p'oH''S1 'nh' WI" I0'V'VW'ooo vi human
beings who inhnbit the glohc are making, that We
are hut ON ~ - cyc a. n dcyr,nnucpt ., bicb NJ Ia
,.......,- A., -, a., " :, 49,, -
HhhHcchua 'Ia' of 'hr present az the present sur
passes mat OF centuries since There IL certain
,i',.u,, pap,,' ai,u ''''o.,",S M''.n ~. ,rn
u""a,E nFihe I" impress upon me men Oh 10 gay
their infcfiority tn their parents IN all ways except
those Of material prorrc.s The sou they s,v
-, 40, a. ,,,,,,.i -, -, -, -,
~ ""' Wv p"N ''a'. "'h'Hi anu moran eH"a'
~ MS Nihrr IhtH look ever backward Tor good
and 90 distorted docs ih,ir vision b,rom. tim, in
,"""'E "'""'" "'H '"'' N'' h"'h'rE p"' 'N'I
Vow THIS view ~ wrong: let me cmphnSi1" that
point Iiis tutnIlv wrnur Tn. sol, If ia marrow
- an -. . -, - -, 49,, q, ,
wa ''''' " "''"'' man w c''rE way IMAM VII"
ia'h"f "i ~ day. lie will far surpasS III the clc
mcrtsthntvu nm real manhood ,b,pt,u
,,,,., - ,7.,,,I.r -, ,,,, g., 49, ,,
''", ~" H'9"'n"!. ~ "'''' wv" p' 'hpm'
si'd hui d" not let II u" misunderstood The
o,..- "a go,
'h' {" w" b'Sl Indications "i lhc Strength oil
race, oil things considered. the longevity OF its
~, ,pl,- Recently there have bcrn cShumcd from
', ~, ~ ~ '
w" t"'"N "' fVmp''' number "' a''nah"s tables
In these the ancient Italian insurance agents had
worked OH, carefully ~. t,ncr,.,n,, If, H., u,
people With whom ih"v did bushes, When he
Italian rciIn,,cs' tables We're ,,,,nn1,.d u,tI H.,
nrtIrtt IsLrs 81 tho ,,s,,,'| mro,, ,,..
nov doing business in The United states -, -.
mntt,LI .n,,n, o., t',,, ~, "a ~
II wss dtsrryrrrd tInt Tho -, n.ri,i,'r II I,T. ~,
tiir Nmrrtr,u ,Iii,rt exceeds by ,Ir,c. yc,ts IN.
30 t,trtiun 81 The ancient iisl,en The nversgr
- trrttiuu nt I,fr ~, IN, ,.ied States c,,..3.
H., twu year, thr average rSprrta,i"n Of life IN
England The estimates for England exceed IN
iuru the. estimate. t,t France I,f,usnN and Italy
aud NE res, a., Eurnu. taken, nsn wG"l, hy nb"'i,
two wear,
"Nn ,'lrr IMPORTANT factor which must b.. CON
.,d"r,d yIih lie question II The Inurn,rmrnt 81
mankind 3D.. ii,ut nf stature II d. mi ih,t tI,.
average \rrricrn Of tr.dsy j. a taller man MAJ,
TurIt.lpnr If Ia day d., il,t Mo a., ,u,,sr h,rs,If
IN Ibr ntu,r vIuah ms nf,prrr. an ,lthrr id,.
Wurr NJ tl" hatt., Of lia>tinr, Ny way 81 com
p.fl.nu At MAY h. r.uiltt,i thai Tho i,n,tt,nu
~ INN Ili,, han ih, I,n.,ii.isn vi, , Gm
rnrnshmau IA tifn /, m in,h taller Than the
nN"fai.r I .uuIurrtnl
"IlnN d,., The average White man compare with
the saNng, Iu puui ui strength" asHsh,,i
aud ii.,tratunnI ,,IprrinriN IN puimt If STRENGTH
and endurance wa th, rn.Nrr "\nN / have
n,rd a l,,i.. i,mr among he Indians II Innw
any hnd> fancy TIA, It +, The red man and rar,
$40. , MI, iI Ia, ,,t, man % ''' ,,,.,, %,,
y. 49, Wy W. 'ln u'-, Ph,r W. Mil'e man man
,,lntr man can liI nirTr nm f,ttt,, nud ,s.,r,
he can Wnri ,,,r,. AN see, I,,t,, and In ih,. rntir.
If iimc am ,rr,,i.,. can rr,f ,G, Indian At any
of L.- ,v,, lg me. 80 ,u IN. lace Of th. ,-iL.
rh, wr.... nan Is, u', ri,ro, Wv
m m ,i.r-r i. ,,uIr,,,n. ~ ,,hl,,ir rc,,,,s
'n, ,,', r9nt ',H' h",h'L,N, n,M
81 l,,t .,e. r.. ,,i,.l,,i 'r r,r,ll~i tms Icsr H.
,run. lr-i nn', leo an, I'D records They ali
'.tI la ,.trlrr .,n.. a ih, resent Jsv iiiJ MOI
,r,' ti new, lid =, 'r,,,.,tI, , n nv,
,nr t,r,,L. q, thr Ok,nrIan game. si VIhrns
b,.sl III ., ,i,,. ,...,tJ. = ,,n,',,.' .''''
4 ,r,,,r,,,.., Al. Vim ws. w., al, .,,I.,,.
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N,mc hampton walker n..oi,II,l,r,l tie ias, Of
r,.ILl,r 900 r,Ii,. ,r / uui .,,T.,,,,i,,. %',,
~ he iiu, I'M, v,,, ,l, ,,Il ~, th,. ,,,ui,,
How li,niiy n",, d,, ,,n thimt u,rt, me- nm this
,',li,,,ry t,t.y ,,,,, ,..riI s'r,'r,,ii In, ts,,
I viII ,,,r,',, -, ,I,,. ,i,, ,,,.rn, r.t,,'.,, ,,
tL,,.,,, and , L,,,,,i,,t 80 ,'s,,I '''''" ""
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s.,,r, ,,,t, Soc, 1,. ws. il, a., r.,,,,, :, ~ ~,
th, N,r"'..." ,, al. N.Y., ,,,,,,,,,r ,i " i,'",
a., I,,il H., .',,,,i trY, ~, L,l,',..t ,,,., IN
,,i.lL r,r,tu,ll, h.-,,,,. ~. ,, -, ,.,,.I nm,
.tlr ,",ilt,nt NO., ,I. s,,,i" Ia. ~, u,i'',,
a. ia, E,si i,m,,,,.,n su.I A., S,,,'',., 80, ~,
v-,r,, H., t,,l,t t iii =. ,,,,, a., u.r, 80,
,Iy -, On, u,'tr,ni ,,,., ,,,iI ,", h,mS
a. ,-,p,t,i All. ,,,o, 49,, i, ',, H., ,,,,,. w.
what in,, ,rr ALL T., d. 'n,J ,I1t MAJ n.,'
a. mall, a., - H." sd 4 AMI ,,u,s, ,,',,..,,r, ~,
vh,I th,y can a, In urr,,r tL, nyr,,rr ,,,r
ali a, th,, t,tr ~ ,,, mi MID ,,,lcs m h'',
m Inui'r ,,,rrr. IN \ry Nm. iIrrr and I. ma
tcr ,nd IN ,hira,-n san Irru,is,,, AMI u"nyrr
no /, 49, ,,.,, ~ -, 'ccIci IA, III S,,,,'r,,,
,,,,uII b,,, L.,,,d - hn t,J 'I ." ,l,, ,,,,,I,
+, investigate that Inc ,y"t",-, L,u,ih ~ ~.
IN Nmr,,n ,> r.,.,ls ne average in England ,nd
,b,t thr ur,nrt,,nn al ,ir r,uIi,t,r ri, a. =. ,r
nmsI nm, ,I a., 49,, ~, ~
loss rnu IN ,tth"T ENGLAND Frnncr az Gr,p,anyS
/ bri,cv" i'm, th. y,c,i"r pm"um, ~, lchnr IL, !
I'M, American s rhlr la stand d,,r in rnnsIdc,nh,
nnrt a. n s,u,rl, rrus. Inc Nm",,rnn 10 H.,
breakfast eater ~ The world lie iny,r,,hiy
The day with p.nd meal of sir"nv |
sto,n,.prn,iu,.inr irnd Innscl,Irntly vn,l 10 |
mo- ,Irnir ON him ana he can s,Irpas. easily IN re-
suIis Inc Turnnr,n who ,,n nrrrrs mo d. vith |
I,,tl, In, 81 t,Il UuJ , ,,,n 81 .h,,, Int. 49, ''