The Topeka state journal., 1914-02-26
From Other Pens
PROBLEMS OR EuoENIsrs.

Ihe contentious OF many physicians and
should be prohibited from marrying. be-.
cause they believe that the offspring cf
such unions 10 bound to be similarly at
Tnc.d Inc.ec; y :; not always borne out by facts.
maj chiidren. who are in no way either
mentally or physically deficient, are born
70 feeble-minded parents. And this has
tists It would seem. however, according
to DR.: Charles Davenport. q eugenic ex-
PEI. that the explanation is quite simple.
he points out that the mentally deficient
are not all deficient in the same way
The term deficient" fs not only applied
to those who are stupid. owing to lack Of
inals Of every degree. Thus il q deficient
man marie: a woman who 10 deficient It
does not follow that their deficiencies are
may consist Of criminal tendencies toward
animals. human beings, and property: but
ne may be shrewd and otherwise quite
to desres ssffes: fns wo%sa ma may p stupid
quite kind-hearted and considerato In re-
Eard to Others: Children born to such
cies Of the father and the stupiditv Of
the mother. but as nature always works
toward the normal in some way not yet
the offspring will be to be shrewd, deriv-
ing the shrewdness from the father ana
kind. deriving the kindness from the
n,s;,as mother: In large family Of eight or ten
the undesirable qualities, but the general
drift 10 toward soundness Of mind. It il
further explained that character and be-
havtor of all organic matter. plants az
well as animals and human beings. IL
determined by what are known as char
acter units Thus in taking this hypothet-
ical case OF the shrewd. cruel father and
the shiftless. kind mother, we have four
distinct character units. which through
Inheritance reappear variously grouped ia
the offspring.-London Tft-Bits
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LIMITATIONS OF SPEECH.
Marcont has lighted a lamp at miles
by wireless telegraphy. He says that
what he Is working on is wireless
tai ablished distinctly audible commune
cation for a range of 100 miles. but that
the machinery for the feat is cumber-
some. Among other marvels we have
the announcement Of the Wright stab
i:'zer. that Is to make it as easy to fly
as to walk, always providing one has
the price. The automobile industry has
already made 1t impossible for the
average man to walk without advertise
Ing All along the way that he walks for
! many use the street cars. The poor
are always with us. And We have got
to think about the poor. If Marconi
develops the wlra;ess to the point OF
making talk cheaper We shall all In
dulge the privilege and deplore the re-
suit, OF all things. talk is the one
thing that ought to be monopolixed. ON
that. we are advocates of high tarif.,
robbcr baron. monopolist. and every
thing else that one would wish to call
US. Our own talk is as an antisertic
wash or allopathic remedy for the talk
. OF others. Whenever the telephone
lines. with wires or without, go out OF
business. whenever politicians ceas. TO
catch the bull by the tail and throw
him around the lot for public butch
ering. whenever executives in state or
nation follow the Asiatic fashion OF
committing suicide by swallowing their
tongues, the state VIII do likewise Ic
the meantime. the p. @. to the contrary
notwithstanding. we purpose to use our
tongue, even II. on rare occasion. II
becomes a Iash!LColumbia State.