The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-03-15

~ port. the great American au.
thorty on eueenics, it is quite
possible to breed types Of people VIVA
vii be fitted By birth for soma
special limo OF work. Indeed, this Ina,
already been done in the case oy
many families, although rather as
result of accident and circumstances
than from any deliberate eugcnic in,
tention.
Our hest actors, for instance. are
the result of marriages between
members OF the same profession
which have been going on for hun
dred years or more. 1t is evident
that actors who spend much time
travelling must marry persons of the
same calling in order to enjoy
any continuity OF domestic compan.
ionship. In tho earliest days OF the
American stage this tendency was
very marked. The Booths, the Drews,
the keans and other very we'll.
known stage families are examines
Nt''o l'iiNtANN.
Miss Ethel Barrymore, one of tho
most popular OF American actresses
is q striking illustration OF the nos.
aibility OF creating type OF human
being OF special aptitudes. Her
mother was a Drew, an actress he
longing 10 a family that had been on
the stage Of four generations. Her
father was the well-known actor.
Maurice Barrymore Both Miss Bar
fymore's brothers arc successful ac.
tors. 1t is said that the members of
this family never showed the stage
Alright or nervousness that invariably
attacks people from ordinary life
when they first appear on the stage.
This creation OF a special actor
type was only one OF many interest
ing facts brought out by DIR. Dayen
ports recent address before The
Anthropological Society OF Washing
Ton on Man from the Standpoint OF
Modern Genetics.,, Dr.. Davenport is
me director of .!hG. Carnegie Labora-
tory at Cold Spring. Harbor. Long
Island, which has been established
10 study problems in human eyom.
tion.
The family or strain marked by
come special character or aptitude
as termed By DR.. Davenport "a bio.
type. The case OF the actors shows
that biotypcs OF special value 10
humanity can be created. and thorn
are many other instances TO prove
ans. Or, Davenport demonstrates in
most interesting manner how the
remarkable yacht-building ability of
n "ell-known American family ha~
been handed down from generation IN
generation, until to-day girl or
fourteen in the family shows boat.
building ability OF marked order
,hnese people, in fact. are now born
BOAT builders.
Along with this boat-building abiI.
ny mas gone a nervous instabilitv
and tendency TO certain phvsjcaI de.
1ects. The appearance OF these do
fleets, though unfortuua,c ! odIi.
tiona! proof that The ability that ac.
companies them is hereditary
The world is fun OF b!otypos and
the United states owes a great deaf
10 them. The leading Colonial fam.
allies OF Virginia showed marked
ATTITUDE for statesmanship. wbici,
they perpetuatcd by favorable intor.
marriages. The class TINS formed
was Of great value in forming tbn
new government Of tina Uni,cd
States "''''
An interesting transmission Of q
family characteristic IS shown IN
Mrs. David Dows formerly Mis-
Gwcndolyn Burden, a noted bea,ty
Of New York society. She has a very
striking aQuilins, patriclan nose
that has been handed down for iii
generations from her anceg,raes
l1yelyn Byrd, a noted belle OF Colo.
nial Virginia. ~
hiram Percy Maxim. the inventor
or the Maxim silcncer" mat makes
a rifeshot inmdible, is son ~
Hiram 5. Maxim. who invented the
Maxim rapid-fring gun. Hudson
Maxim, who invented Il smOkeless
powder and other devices along The