New-York tribune., 1911-10-15

Ghetto Small tiInors are usually thus re-
moved. and in extracting teeth gas is never
administered. Sometimes extensive cutting
. 2. the removal Of tumor reaching
down into and involving the ezcision of the
decayed end Of a RIBS borne "i'"ou1
ainching. only three physicians interviewed
had failed 10 remIrk the insensiblllty OF
,Loi,. natients 10 pain. Here, perhaps Is
the reason why no people in the world have
,,sed torture so freeiv as the chinese.
"r have seen coolies after two hours OF
r,,-da1-haaring at a dog trot shove them
selvos full OF hot rice with scarcely any
rnae+ication and hurry on FOR another Two
hours. white ma;. would have "rlthed
with indigestion. Tho Chinese seem able TO
slson in auv position. I have seen them
sleeping on piles o. bricks. or stones or
noles. with a block or a brick for a pillow
nd with the hot sun shining full into the
foca They stand cramped position
Longer than We can and can kesi on longer
ar monotorous toll unrelieved by chahEe
or break.
From the testimony fl is safe TO con-
clIde that at least a part OF the observed
toughncss OF the Chinese Is attributable 20
a special race vitality which they nave
acquired IN the course OF longer ana
severer elimination Of the less fit than our
~ortb European ancestors ever experienced
T., tbair civilized state. Such selection has
tc-ded 10 foster not so much bodily strength
ar energy as recupcrative power. resistance
60 infection and tolerance OF unWholesome
conditions Of living For many centuries
tbe people Of South and Central China.
crowded together in their villages or "aIeI
cities. have used water from contaminated
canals or from the DRAWINGS OF the TIC"
folds eaten Of the scavengng pig OF "l
,.ogeta blos stimulated by the contents o'
tho cosspooI. huddled under low roofs on
J-r. doors. I'm filthy lanes. and slept lh
fotid dens and sitting cu1icles- Myrlads
succun,b 10 the poisous generated 10y over
,rovdiur. and hardly a quarter OF those
i,,r, 1--we 70 transmit their Immunity 10
.,oi- children. The surviving ttte4t has
,ee, the type able 10 withstand ioul alI'
.,e,cb fatigue toxin. dampness. bad fool
I'D ,oxiogs germs. have no doubt thai
II an American population oil eluai 'iN
I,,.cd in Annoy or Soochow as the chinese
there live quarter would DE u'au ny NV
ord OF the first summer.
the west tAN LDAbli4i''' 70 '''
-.sa ,bvsique may have sinister military
.,~,iacance. Nobody feara lest In a stand-
-, opht Chinese troops could Whip an equdI
..',,,t,sr ~ we'll conditioned white troops
p,t few battles are fought by men Ire'H
Ton, tent and mess. in the course OF
,roIopeed campaign. involving irregular
rroyisionins. bad drinking water Iy'ns Out
loss NJ sleep. eXhaustins marches eNpoSN. q
.rc,tcmert ana anxiety. IT may be that the
,gb,te soldiers would he "erh down "'' 'S'
r,a, tho Yellow soldiers. In mat case thr
nsrdier men with less of tAe martial Spll'
might In the closing srapple neat the p'''e'
a,.,,,srs with the less endurance.
..rr ,.,.w Of what has been shown tho
,o,,,ctitior-ot white laborors and yello" D.
nn, 90 simple test OF human worth a.
.,,,c may imagine. Under good conditions
an, q bite man can best the 'cloN man n
,,,rrl,c off work Hut under bad 'ond''
,,,,- tbe eUov mlu 'an best inc Nn'b
..,,, to,.uso hn can better endure '"l"'
rood roor clothing foul sir. no'f' h"''
di-, di-eomfort and wi"ron-. H''L '''
lu,do An san. out Ah san can uneerli''