Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-19
on SCIENCE
Of MAN ARE SHOWN
Original and Comprehensive Display
Made by Smithsonian Is
at Exposition. 4.

Some Of tho results of exploration
end field work Of the Smithsonian In
stftution among various races Of man.
kind are shown in connection with the
anthropological exhibits Of the Pana-
ma-California exposition, at San Diego.
These exhibits are original. and much
more comprehensive than any previous
~ undertaken In this line. either here
or abroad. Their preparation. under
the direction of Dr. Ales Hrdlicka, Gu
rator OF physical anthropology of the
United States National Museum. reQuir-
ed more than three years
The exhibits MI I'VE large connecting
roms, In the building of the science OF
man at the exposition. Four Of these
rooms are devoted to the natural his
tory OF man. while the NTH In fitted up
as modern anthropological labora-
tory. library and lecture room OF the
-FOUR rooms OF exhibits proper the first
is given to mans phyloseny. or evolu-
ton. the second to his ontogeny, or.
life cycle at the present time. the third
to his variation. sexual, Individual and
racial. and the fourth to his pathology,
or diseases and death.
True to Nature Busts.
Particularly interesting are the ex-
hibits IN room 3. devoted to mans de-
Veiopment at the present time. There
are three series OF true-to-nature bust.-
showing definite age stages. from birth
onward and in both sexes. The three
principal races Of this country are
SHOWN, namely. the "thorouRhbred"
white American diving for at least
three generations on this continent on
each parental side). the Indian and the
IuIi- odood American negro. These
series. which required two and one
half years of strenuous work in prep
aratton. form a unique exhibit. for
nothing similar has ever been attempt
ed before.
Each set consists of thirty busts. NJ
teen males and fifteen females, and
proceeds from infants at or within a
few days after birth to the Oldest per
sons that could be found. The Oldest
negro woman was ia years old. After
the new born the stages are nine
months, three years. six ten, fifteen.
twenty. twenty-eight. thirty-five, forty.
nve, nfty-five. sixty-five and seventy
five years.
certaining the age. particularly among
the negro and Indian races. No choice
was made of the subjects beyond that
due to the requirements of pedigree.
age and good health. The whites and
negroes were obtained, with a few ex-
ceptions. in Washington and vicinity.
but their places of birth range over a
large part of the eastern. southern and
Hiuoie states. FOR the Indian, the Sioux
was chosen, large. characteristic and,
IN very large measure, still pure
blood tribe and one in which the de-
termination of the ages of the subjects
was feasible. Special trips were made
TO these people and no pains were
spared to get just what was wanted
Development of Body Shown.
Other exhibits in room show the de-
velopment Of the human brain, the.
skull and other parts Of the body by
various stages. A series of charts on
the walls deals with the phenomena of .
old age. and ten Photographic enlarge
ments show living individuals of vari.
Gus races who are 100 years old.
In room series of charts and maps
relates to the death rate in several
countries: to the principal causes of
death in the different parts of the
world. and to the distribution of the
more common diseases over the earth
Actual pathology is illustrated extern
sively by prehistoric American materi-
al Many hundreds Of original speci-.
mems. derived principally from the pre-
Columbian cemeteries Of Peru, show an
extensive range of injuries and dis
eases. such as have left their marks on