The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-07-05
from Mondays 1ntelIgencer

Continued 1VOm monday AALSA@e ~NS~'
What is it, l asked eagerly.
Il can't imagine how thcy could have
failed TO guess It. "Ncep. THAI they never
would have suspected 70 look lot an!
thing resembling cArphthalmlc E"ltcr IN
a person Of her stamina. he answered.
pronounclng the word slowly. nu
have heard Of the thyroid gland IN the
neck
Yes" I aueried. for it was mere
nam" TO me.
THE thyroid ia one nf the So-ca!led
dGctlcss glands. like the adrenais above
the kidneys. the pineal gland and pitul-
;try body. In normal activity they us
charge into the blood substances which
arc carried to other organs and are now
known TO be absolutely essential.
The substances which they secre;a
are called 'hcrmunes'--thoSe chemical
messengers. as II were. by which many
Of the processes OF the body are rcEu-
lated. In excess they produce such dis
Eases as eNcphihalnic Goiter. and col
ter Is concerned with the endorsement or
the glands and surrounding tissues be-
yond anything like natural size.
listened in amazem"nt. hardly know
ing what TO think. Did his discovery
portend something diabo!ical. or was 1t
purely g defect in nature which DR..
crafts. of the Eugenlcs Bureau. had
overlooked?
That night in the Old Anterior man
sion. Will. We waited for Burroughs 10
arrive. Kennedy. whose fertile mind had
contrlved 10 kill AT least two birds with
one stone. busted. himself by cutting in
on the regular telephone line and placing,
an extension OF his own in closet in
the library. To Il ne attached an ordl-
nary telephone receiver fastened TO an
ARRANGEMENT which was strange 70 me.
AS nearly as | can describe it. between
tbs diaphram OF the regular receiver and
4 bcown!sh cylinder. like that OF phon-
"craph. and with 2 needle attached. was
fitted an air chamber OF small size. open
20 the QUITE. air b.: small hole - pre-
vent CON PRESTON.
TSe work waS completed eNpeditinUslF.
hit we mad plenty % iih1e 70 wai;. Tor
Burroughs A;he-;o7 evidently I'D NOT
consider that On .ventng had fairly be-
Sua ur;:i o'clock.
II: arrived a. last. however. rather
.ali. tt:Eh. ~ figure. narrow Sh"uidered.
DESIGNED tor tne latest models OF I'M
yo1;sd fabrics.
su!.oushs asked politely after Eu-
Sen:a.' but Z was ,:-:d:r; that the real
de:4->acA was paid 20 Edith A;h"rt"n
AID caa: they 60; along very we'll 10.
Se:ha-. Burroughs excused himself
cay. and we followed soon after.
- think / shalt 20 around 10 this Flu.
Ser:c Sureeu OF d.. Crafts remarked
Kennedy the next day. after night 5
consideration OF the case.
The Bureau occupied floor In
dwelling house uptown which had been
-eraode!ed into an office building.
Dr. Crafts in charge OF the work honl
We FOUND in d little office in front par
;,tloaed' or by ground glass. was an Old
man with an alert. vigorous mind on
whom the effects ce plain living anu
high thinking showed plainly. He was
looking over some new blanks with a
.:uuns woman who seemed t" ~ WORK.
ing with him. directing the force OF
clerks as we'll as the field workers.
VINO We're gathering the vast mass az
Information which was being studied,
AS we introduced ourselves, he intro
duced d.. Maude Schofield.
Il haze heard OF your euGenlc mar
rage contests, began Kennedy. more
-cSpec: ally OF what you have done FOR
Nj. Quincy Athertnn."
We desire people sometimes regard
ing the Gesirabillty or the undesirable
itv o; ma rriage.' said Or. Crafts. rms
is sort OF clearing house for scicn-
ttejc race investigation and improve
AT any rate" persisted Kennedy.
after Investigation; | understand, you
advised IN favor OF his marriage with
Miss Gilman
Yes. Eusenia Gilman seemed to
measure we'll up to the requirements IN
Sucha match"
Then there were no rscessive traits
IN har family" asked Kennedy. OF the
same sort that YOU find in the Atner-
None that we could discover" an
swered DR.. Crafts positively:
Still" considered Kennedy, there
might have been something latent in her