The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1909-06-25
sCIENCE.MADE MARRIAGES BEST.
40 Say DR.. Byrd Powell and Other
Experts.

"f@-'-
Experts.
The statement recently made in
Chicago by the distinguished Egypto-
logist, James H. Breasted, that the
marriages made in $500 b. c., being
scientifically prearranged, resulted
in true domestic happiness, recalls
the statement made by Ehrenberg,
the German scientist, that the human
race began to decay and disease to
manifest itself only when commune
ties began to permit ilI-sorted couples
to marry. Science, says the German,
has attempted to guide and control
every condition of life save the most
important, namely, that which pro-
vides for the continuity OF the race OF
men.
Men of the intellectual attainments
OF Stahl. Powell. Westermarck, have
long since pointed out the faulty OF
allowing romance to be the pivotal
point upon which the institution OF
marriage should rest That societies
have allowed this to be as for the
past two thousand Ave hundred years.
has been the cause of the advent Of
the affinity" or the idea Of afIinities,
bringing In their train a whole series
OF unhealthy bodies and unwholesome
minds. society. both political and eco
nomic. necessarily suffering there
from.
Under the paternalistic regimes OF
iiouTishing ancient communities. Il is
shown, the master or chief of each
family was chosen for his general
wisdom Every member Of the family
kfrs. tffrA al.aafZrua -
OF FORGETTING property or OF being ex-
communicated He It was who, in
| family council, decided whether a
marriage wished for q given couple
was suitable or not He referred
back to the teachings Of that interest
/ ing old medico Hippocrates, and
considering the mental and physical
attributes Of the pair--let US call them
fialbus and Cornelia~-would discourse
10 himself somewhat after the follow
/ ing manner;
/ "Balbus. I note. Is q young man In
I whom the Banguine temperament pre-
I dominates. can see this by his
I fair hair, bis fair skin, his light blue
I eyes. His flesh IL firm, his pulse il
strong. the forehead recedes and the
/ nose Il ri the courageous type The
I lips are somewhat thin Cornelia. on
I the other hand. Il distinctly Of the
( nervous type. The forehead Is high
she "a capable Of considerable thought
aud reflection. aud Will consequently
I not be- oyeT-optimistic She VIII.
+ therefore. balance the Oyer-opumism
o. the young man. her pulse Is feeble.
I and she will neuirailge the tendency
I to Intensity 10 the offspring. She IN
I the proper mate for Baibus. and. con
/ aequently. agree 70 the two getting
( married"
This was roughly the kay ia which
/ the highly civilized ancient commune
T ties provided for the porpetuation Of
/ proper race II thu chief Of the
/ family found that the physical aud
/ mental characteristics o. couple
( that wished 70 marry were not Of aui.
( ncisnt diversity 20 neutraiize each
others tendency 10 produce unwhole-
some exnggcrRtion Of Individual char
/ aCteristlca In the offspring. then he
{ forbade the match.
More. perhaps. than ans other aclcn.
/ tiat. nT Byrd Powell. an American.
I has organized both thought and re-
search on the subject OF stIrpiculturc.
or rhce.rearinE Powell divided all
I classes ~ beings into bilious and san
guine. which he termed the vital TEN.
peranenta. and encephhile aud iymp-
I hattie which he termed the non vital.
The Hanguins and bilious tempefa-
mcntA 40 all knoW an being roughly
+ the spirited and the calm, or rrfiec.
tive The cncephailc we're the purely
Z Intellectual people. and the iymphat-
+ Il. somewhat nondeacript class, az.
tsched TO good living, without much
T power Of reflection or indeed char.
( actsr Intellect Waa conspicuous by
+ IT, absence IN these persons A com
( blnatipp Of two vital personalities
tended Co produce too much Intensity.
T A combination two uun-viIal temper
anontH tended 90 produce d minimum
Of force 81 character. both physical
and mental, Again q combination
~ bilious with bilious. or AamEuine
/ With aangnins. or cnoephalio with enc
cephnlie. or Emphatic with lynn
/ pathie. could only have one result
each type cancelled the other, and
steriiity was the result The happy
mean. productive Of the highest type
/ OF offspring. waR found In tudiclous
Rdmixture nf the aanguine with the
euceqhAliC. and the bilious with the
! Emphatic the latter better atill II
on a sanguinc foundation, According
TO these deductions. Mr. Edison the
| inventor, II possessed OF a highly and
most properly balanced personality.
Napoleon, according 10 the same cal
cuintionh, possessed the fourfold
permanent Roosevelt would be deH-
cvibed as possessing the bllious-cncep-
halle on q aAnEuine foundation The
| Scotsman. Lord Roeeberry. would
come, however, with Edison and Taft,
nearest TO the ideal In the way OF re-
suits by proper and semitic nfnt-
| Ing New York World.