Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1905-08-25
COMPLEXION ZONES.
PARTS OF GLOBE WHERE BLoNps
AND BRUNErrEs ABOUND.
Uncle Sans Domain ofers Poor
Chance for Fair Haired
u Peopls-Singular

Or. Charles E. Woodruff. surgeon IN
the United States army. IN q scienti fs
study OF the color OF hair. divides rhs
United States into color zones GORE
spending with those TO which the races
became accustomed In the old word
In their proper zones immigrants 70
this country receive just the amount OF
snort light rays that their pigment al.
lows them TO withstand. II any race
oversteps its zone degeneration mus,
result. az IT is already resulting.
Between 70 and 80 degrees from the
equator is the lowest color zone. in.
Guiding the peninsula OF Florida and q
bit OF southern Texas. This is the
same zone as Nubis and is suitable to
the black man only. The negro, he
says. IL tending in the direction Of his
proper belt The center of his popula-
ton has moved 476 miles from Vfr-
ginia to northeastern Alabama slice
1880.
The color zone where only brown,
red and yellow men can thrive lies De-
tween the thirtieth and fortieth paral-
lels. 1t includes the southern tier OF
states AMI is about the same as lower
Egypt. where negroes must eventually
die out This belt is wholly unft Tor
whites OF any complexion. Southern
white Families who do not leave II and
90 north every summer become en-
feebled. Indeed. degeneration and ex-
tinction Is the rule among them there,
he finds
The zone for only dark brunettes and
people with olive skins lies between the
thirty-fifth and fortieth parallels. This
embraces the states where the negro
does not flourish and was not profitable
In slavery days 1t Is the zone of
southern Spain. southern Italy and
Greece.
North OF the fortieth parallel is the
remaining northern half OF the United
States, whose boundaries reach only 10
<s degrees. In this zone only the bru-
nette immigrants from central Europe
can flourish.
Outside OF the forest-clad mountains
with their misty air and foliage. which
combine to filter out the short rays
bombarding all men In sunny climes
there Is but one possible refuge for the
golden-haired, blue-eyed people within
the United States. This is the north
west corner OF the Pacific coast, includ-
ing Seattle, Tacoma and Portland. The
region offers almost the same dark.
cold conditions as the cradle of the
blonde race itself The winters gre
cool to cold. and there is an average OF
only one sunshiny day week. The
white people there are "sbsurdly
healthy and the children almost burst
with rugged health" They should
thank God that they are protected from
His sunshine" says the surgeon.
Seattle. Tacoma and Portland are
fairly bristling with brilliant blondes,
with compilations which the eastern
people envy" Blondes will thrive also
IN southwestern Alaska. and even In
the Adirondack and Green mountains;
but in the sunny lowlahds, never
Blonde Norwegian imm igrants wac
settled In Illinois are found To be melt
ina away from consumption. In fact,
the American blonde is degenerating
physically wherever out OF his small
zone. Everywhere In the country are
examples Of degeneration OF Americans
In general due TO miszoning. White
women almost invariably break down
IN Arizona and New Mexico. CLOUDY
days are found TO have a Quieting sf-
feet on the neurotic people OF Denver
who should have the compilations oi
Thibetans to withstand their lombard
ment OF short rays.
The Armenians, Slays, Greeks, Huns
6ervians and Bulgarians now hockips
10 this country ale the people who will
flourish here, because not deserta IN
their zone, whereas the blonde iInmi-
grants are too far south even in Bos-
ton. New York is perfectly suited for
the Jews OF Poland and central Europe
The blonde will. however. continue
60 steam over here from Europe and
may learn to avoid the dangers OF
light But to reduce his mortality &C
that his disappearance will be only
gradual hs must devise some artif LA
protection from light To accomplish
this his outer clothing for q summer
day should be white. or AT least gay
or yellow. TO reflect heat rays. His un-
derclothing should be black or yellow
preferably the former. which will shut
out the short violet and ultra-viole
rays not reflected with those carryial
heat The hat should be broad
brimmed and might well be lined witt
tin foil. Opaque to all solar rays. 4 q,
hai- should be long during the sum
mer, when the short rays are brighter