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hornes OF Virginia. One OF them mar
ried Charles Dana Gibson; another is the
wife OF young Waldorf Astor. now an
officer in the British army. There were
five of them, and they could not help be.
ing beautiful. for their father was very
handsome man. and their mother the
daughter of race which in the male line
had had a reputation for exceptionally good
looks for at least half a dozen genera
lions.
Here was a conspicuous case of
complex inheritance Of beauty On the other
hand, or course there are plenty OF in
stances OF double dose OF homeliness-
which would satisfactorily account for the
run of plain women. generation after gen.
GRAFTON, in many family.
Summed up. the idea Is this: II man
has single dose of beauty, he may expect
to bequeath it to half his daughters. If he
have double dose. he may be confident
that all Of them will be beautiful.
Now the moral Of all this is sufficiently
obvious. in its application to matrimony.
II woman would insure pulchritude for
her girls yet to be born. she ought to pick
out husband (if possible) whose grand.
fathers on both sides or the family were
good looking.
Anybody's immediate and personal obser-
vation will furnish plenty OF support for
itne statements or faCt herein set forth.
Take for illustration, any family that you
know wherein there are a number or chill
dren. Are the girls good-looking, and the
boys not? In that case take note of the
father. He Is handsome man. is he not?
And the mother-is she not rather decided
ly plain?
Nothing Is more common than to see an
ugly man with beautiful sister. But can
You think off-hand OF any markedly homely
man whose daughters are notably hand.
some?
Such thing does happen occasionally,
through accidents Of Inheritance but it is
unusual And where it occurs. you will
find that the mans father, or perhaps his
mothers father. was handsome. In him
beauty is a latent" or hidden, characters.
tic. But 1t is therein the male strain
and inevitably reappears in at least some
OF the daughters from generation TO gen.
Grafton.
Who has not heard Of the Cummings
the most celebrated beauties OF modern
times? Their father. John Cunning. was a
penniess 1rishman but extraordinarily
handsome. His good looks won the love
and hand Of a daughter OF the sixth Wis.
count Mayo.
Two girls born OF this marriage. Marie
and Elizabeth, were taken by their mother
to London in 1850. They quickly became
the rage. So remarkable was their beauty
that crowds followed them on the streets.
Seven hundred people stood all one nigh
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from generation to generation; women
serve merely AS carriers" 1t is the
male human being, in other words.
that Is responsible for the perpetuation Of
this attribute, deemed by all females of
the species to be the most desirable. He
thus engenders the means Of his own un-
doing for women's beauty is the power
he Is least able to resist.
1t is, then, to be inferred that the per-
petuation OF beauty in women Is one of
the most important, though unconscious.
aims Of masculine inheritance. It's sue
cess Is, in a degree. controlled by condi-
lions far more complex than might at
first glance be supposed.
The individual man las often happens)
may have no beauty to give to his daught-
ters It is not his fault, but misfortune
Of his ancestry. One notes that plain
women run in families. On the other
hand. if he be handsome, he may bequeath
his good looks to some Of his daughters,
and not to others.
Again, in such a case, it is a matter Of
heredity. He may inherit comeliness
from his mother derived from her
father), and yet his own father may have
been homely man. In him the homeli.
ness OF his father does not appear: 1t
Is a hidden" trait But in some OF his
daughters it reappears
This explains the fact that in some
Families there are pretty sisters and plain
sisters. 1t often, indeed commonly, hap
pens that way.
But suppose that the father has "dou-
Die dose OF beauty, derived from hand
some male ancestors and a mother whose
1ather was notably good-Iooking In that
case every one OF his daughters will be
pretty: 1t is sure thing.
IN this country, the most famous family
OIL oeautl1ui women Is that Of the Lang.
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Serpent @: the Nile. Of whom It has been
said that ii her nose had been half an inch
shorter the face OF the world would have
been changed.
But Gas it would appear) she owed her
beauty to her father. So marvellous was
her physical perfection that when faith.
full serving man carried her secretly on his
back in a sack through the palace at Alex
andria and dumped her out before Caesar
that susceptible gentleman was unable to
resist her charms.
1t is certainly odd. We speak OF women
as the fair SEX" but It is the male parent
who bestows upon his daughters the gift
OF beauty. Not only the heredity expert,
but the everyday observation OF us ordt
nary folks offers convincing testimony o.
the point.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-16
By Rene Bache.

CC1ENCE has been investigating beauty
and has discovered some surprising
and interesting facts about that most
desirable human quality
Perhaps the most remarkable conclusions
reached are that beauty usually descends
through the male line rather than the
female and that mother does not ordi-
narily transmit her beauty to her daugh.
ters." These conclusions are the result OF a
line OF research pursued by the heredity
experts Of the Carnegie Institution and
other scientists.
One prominent beauty expert summar-
rized the facts observed by him as follows:
% That It is a matter Of common OBJ
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-16

Well. the original Ptolemy was one OF
the generals Of Alexander the Great and.
according to good evidence, brother Of
the conqueror. When the conQueror died
tho empire he had created began to fall to
pieces. Ptolemy was sent to Egypt as
governor, and not long afterward he de.
clared himself king.
This Ptolemy was very skilful mill
tary leader and was also reputed the hand
somest man of his day. The dynasty he
founded lasted nearly 500 years and was
remarkable for good looks-barring the
seventh king, who was called the "Bloated"
because OF Disagreement by intemperance.
The ninth king Ptolemy Athletes. is said to
have been astonishingly handsome, though
effemnate.
Ptolemy Auletes was the father of the
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-16
Observation-Disclosures
Science Now Makes the Surprising
Assertion That Pretty Girls
Have Their Fathers to Thank,
Because Beauty Is Perpetuatec

mother-and from her grandfather before
her.
Tho proposition, however. is much more
complex than the above statement would
suggest. There is such thing as what
might be called. in a family. double
dose" of beauty--a sort Of dose that any
girl might be glad to take. What does
that signify?
Well, for example. suppose the case OF a
woman who has inherited beauty from her
father. She marries a man whose mother
enjoyed a like inheritance. There you
have double dose of beauty. All OF the
offspring Of the marriage, both daughters
and sons, will be handsome.
Beauty (say the heredity e1perts) has
two ways OF descent In human beings It
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may run straight
d o " n the male
line. from father to
son and grandson,
and beyond: or 1t
may Jump across"
The Jump a.
cross" (Which Is the
more usual thing)
Is illustrated by
the case OF the
handsome father
who b e q u e q t h s
good looks to his
daughter. She can
not transmit them
though how glad
she would be to
do SO = 10 her
daughters. But
she passes them
back to her sons,
whose daughters
reproduce the beau
~ OF their paternal
grandmother.
In such a case
the trait Of beauty
jumps across from
the male to the fe-
male. and t b e n
jumps back again
to reappear by a
return jump in the
next generation OF
girls. But. none
the less, 1t is the
male sex that pre-
serves and trans
mits the attributes
OF feminine pulchri.
tude.
There could sure.
~ BIO no more cur
ious paradox. But
nature Is full Of
such seeming alb
surdities. The point
here emphasized Is
that a girl cannot
inherit beauty from
her mother unless
the latter has &C.
quired the quality
by inheritance from
her own father.
NJ e n transmit
feminine beauty.
handing Il down
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servation, open to
everybodys notice,
that the daughters
OF beautiful women
do not average
higher In respect OF
looks than the gen.
crafty in girls.
(2) That It Is
equally a after Of
common obserya-
I ! on t h at t b g
daughters OF not
IDLY handsome men
are likely to In.
herit their fathers
beauty.
Right at the start
It is interesting to
find that this In
heritance of human
beauty follows the
SAINT rule as egg
production among
hens. in several
questions of human
heredity much val
liable Information
has been obtained
by studying the
humble farmyard
population.
1t has been def
initely ascerta!ned
through multitudes
OF experiments with
fowls that tie good
layer does not be-
queath her power
to her daughters,
This. indeed, has
been the prin' iral
obstacle to the de-
velopment of high
record breeds. It
Is to her sons
that she transmits
the power Of high
egg production. Be.
ing ROSTERS, they
cannot lay eggs.
but they hand the
power d 10 IN to
tn cir daughters.
Therefore 1t has
been found that the
best way to build
up a flock Of good
layers Is to get
a rooster whose
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-16
Lillian Russell and
Her Daughter.

"A conspicuous case of a well.known
American beauty who did not trans
NIT her features of face or coIorins to
her daughter. Lillian Russell is a pro-
nounced blond; her daughter is
brunette and resembles Fred Solo-
mon, her father.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1918-06-20
President, Wilson's
War Savings Proclamation

nations of army and d Of our Hmm
de8 million people mast be economically and ndustay adjusted
conditions if this nation play full part in the conflict
problem primarily financial problem but rather
problem of Increased production of essentials and the savings
absr necessary for the support and equip
army ThOughe expenditure of for
the labor vt the products the FARMS mines
factories and ovehrdeKs transportation all of which must be
the and at their best for purposes
The great results only by par
pon ofeVery member of the nation and old National
talft therefore urge that people
where pledge themselves suggested by Secretary of the Treasury
practice of thrift the Goveent their utmost in
increasing production in all fields the winning Of the
food and fuel and useful materials Of kind
devote their labor only to the most tasks and to buy
only things winch essential individual health and eff
people evidence of their loyalty all that
they Liberty Bonds and Savings Stamps The
Treasury Department many of them
within the reach of that e door of opportunity the mat
wide open all of To practice thrift peace time is
virtue brings great individual With
desperate of civilized world today for and
labor with which to end the the practice of individual thrift
patriotic duty and necessity.
appeal to all VINO Liberty Bonds War Savings
Stamps continue practice economy and thrift and appeal
Government securities do likewise pur
the of their The who buys
securities the purchasing power money
Government until after this and that
gree does buy in competition with the Government
earnestly appeal every man. child pledge them
the twenty of June constantly
regularly possible the securities of the Government
to do possible through membership Savings
Societies The Of June ends this special period
the great volunteer Of production savings
at home May there be menisted on that day.
lSigned) WOODROW WILSON,
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1918-06-20

for The Times, in which he gives a
vivid picture of the sensations he ex-
perienced upon regaining his eye
sight:
"When l entered the operating
room at Garfield Memorial Hospital
I had little hope that osteopathy
conld do anything for me. This idea
was removed shortly, however, when
within few minutes after DR. Moore
had began manipulating the back OF
my neck at the apex OF the spinal
column ! experienced sharp, ex-
cruciating pain. Then, as if by mag
ic, little flashes Of light began to
come before my heretofore dimmed
eyes, and before realized just what
was taking place / found that could
see.
fMy first sensations were those OF
intense gratitude for the view of this
grand old world, which for the last
seventeen months had been place
of total darkness to me. Every OBJ,
ject on which my newly returned
sight fell seemed beautiful beyonc
compare. Even the bare white wall:
of the hospital appeared to my startl
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1918-06-20

ed gaze the most beautiful things on
which have ever looked.
"While in the course of my trav-
els in all parts of the world, speak
ing and writing for patriotic purpo-
seS, / have felt the most intense
gratitude for the good people who
have showered me with kindness. l
nSust say that when / tnund that a
curtain of darkness was lifted from
my eyes. / experienced thrill which
will be most wildly rerollected Tor
The remainder of my life.
when / became certain that the
return of my sight was not a cruel
dream, and that henceforth l should
be able to look upon the faces of my
friends and view the world as ! did
when, q light-hearted boy, / sprang
no the rolors in defense of the En-
1aire, menaced by the Hun, l could
not help stopping for a brief mo.
ment and offering a silent prayer Of
Ethankfnlness. No man who has moi
Inexperienced the :shockcentailed in the
loss of his sight can appreciate in the
remotest degree the feelings which
EHsurge through me, now that ! an
again in a land of the light, and
\ know that j can go as other men ano
SIZE the glsries of breaking day ano
watch the sunset sink at eventtme
behind the hills or lar horizons in
E.ttfe level country.
81 want to suy to the people OF The
limited States, through the columns
Of The Times, that Just as soon rs ]
hare completed my lecture contracts
on behalf of the various patriotic
activities IN which nam engaged,
win again join the gcolors and go
hack 'over there, where hope/to be
given the opportunity of putting a
| number of Huns in the place where
they will be pushing tup daisies as
we say in the service when a man is
buried.
"The battle IN which I was bind
ed was fought ON the Gallipoh pen
insrila December 8, 1916. We were
charging up a sheep ifeclivity when
there was an awful, 'World-rocklng
explosion, and ], among others, stag,
gered back and fen Ito tine grounn.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1918-06-20
BLINDED SOLDIER TELLS HOW
1T FELT TO REGAIN SIGHT
(By signaIler Tom Skeyhill.)

(By Signailer Tom Skeyhlll.)
Signaller Tom Skeyhill, the SOL
dier-poet of the Anzacs, who came to
Washington last Thursday to take in
part of the Red Cross drive and who
had been blind since December, 1915,
as the result of shell shock suffered
at Gallipoli as his company was
making a brilliant charge against
the Turks, today sees as well as any
one.
{. Thursday evening he complained
of pains, which suggested to his
friends that an osteopathic treat
ment might give relief. Arrange
ments were made and Drs. Carl Ket-
tier and Riley D. Moore met Signal
Ter Skeyhill at Garfield Memorial
Hospital. After a few minutes
treatment by DR.. Moore, Skeyhill
leaped from the table, shouting, II
can see you, doctor! l can see you"
Signaller Skeyhill, though still
wearing glasses, can now see well.
He today wrote the following story
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1918-06-20
THE PROBLEM OF
LABOR SLACKERlSM

An employer whose progressive
views regarding industrialism caused
the President to name him special in
vestigator of labor conditions, is
Roger w. Rabson. Now Mr.. Rabson,
after peculiar opportunities for in
vestigation, asks:
"How are we to overcome the ten
denotes of Labor toward drifting andl
Withholding the interest that alone.
can assure full efficiency?
We must reverse the tendency to-
ward drift and deterioration :.
Labor alone can do it. When the
workman who excels in industry COM,
/ mands the unmixed admiration of his
fellows; when the Stacker and hoater
are regarded with contempt and de-
hesitation, we may expect the morale.
of labor steadily to improve
Mr.. Rabson has no illusions; about
labor. Gas things stand now" he.
says, ""the worker who excels in in
dustry can not be regarded by his
fellows otherwise than as the en-
ployer's partisan. He sets the pace
that others may be compelled to fol-
low. He runs through I'M five DAVIS
work that could be made to last for
six, and thus increases the immediate
risk Of unemployment"
Employers as rule do not think
deeply Of the remedy, but think
chiefly of the annoyance of slack
labor. Mr.. Rabson has made the
matter one Of study for some years
and thinks of the remedy.
"The situation" he repeats, "is
one that can be remedied only by in
dustrial democracy. Labor will have
to be represented in the management
before the worker can be made to
feel that the prosperity of the enter
prise is of direct and vital moment to
himself The necessity of pay
ing continuous wages must equal the
necessity of paying continuous re-
turns on capital. When it is wholly
impossible for the private concerns
to continue operations, as in times of
commercial crisis, it must be made
the business Of the state to furnish
"The right to a job" he sums up,
"the right to living wage, the right
to the representation of labor in the
Of every productive en-
terprise and the administration of
government itself, will have to be-
come parts of the fundamental insti-
buttons, If we are to progress stead
lily and peacefully towards a more
realistic democracy. Moreover, the;
sooner we employers realize this, the
better off we will he
Can labor slackerism be cured in
my less drastic way? Not by hitting,
he Stacker on the head, nor by quar-
'eling. "If we can rid ourselves of
he preconception," Mr.. Rabson
links, Chat labor is merely COM.
modify, to be taken from the market
when needed and thrown back when
lot needed, we may as well prepare
ourselves for further trouble. ITO
'eka Capital.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1918-06-20

was unconscious for some time, but
at last came the sense of returning
consciousness, which was followed by
the dread realization that though still
alive, was blind.
Regular physicians ascribed my
condition to shell shock and were not
at all encouraged as to the possible
-ty of my ever regaining sight. l,
however, kept on and hundreds OF
physicians, some famous specialists
in England, France and in the United
States, have examined my eyes, all
coming to the safe conclusion, that
only medical miracle could save
me from going through life in the
black mists.
'"Now that Moore has, by simple
manipulation, restored my sight, l
shall proclaim his name wherever |
40 and tell my audiences, wherever
speak, of the simple manner in
(which this man brought my sight
back to me.
"My one ambition is to complete
| my lecture arrangements and get
back into action, where every able
bodied. man should be. There is a
battle-line in France that needs
strengthening and it lis there | want
to be, fighting shoulder to shoulder
with the gallant American lads, the
brave French, the indomitable Brit
ish, the fine Italians and the men OF
Canada and Australia whose dash
and daring have won the admiration
of the world and the bitter hatred OF
the Huns, who haven't got the physl'
cal or moral courage to face us, mar
to man, in the open field.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1918-06-20
WHY Allies of United States Look to North America Bread

lila to Liverpool Argentina. e36S miles has $4,000.
600 bushels for export. and now 10 hoped that ship.
ping win be available carry bushels OF
liz TO Europe The wheat nelds Of .Rumana
the Of the Black Sea, and Of Ukrania to the
north Of IT, also indicated showing the tremen.
dous food advantage Germany has reaped through
forcing peaos with Russia and Rumania.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1918-06-20

It is no hardship-no danger Ply
all agree that wholesome
diet need not include wheat. The
South fought the Civil War threeyears
on corn. Early New England did
without wheat five years at a,'tme
with mo i'll effects.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1918-06-20

Dotted areas indicate the worlds wheat fields,
and the steamer routes show why with the present
shortage in tonnage u not possible to trans
port wheat from India and Australia to Europe.
India has an exportable surplua OF 900
bushels and Australia 140o00,00o bushels. But the
U-boats having made the Mediterranean impossible.
q 10.680 mes from India and 1880 from Austria
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1918-06-20

After all, what we have to do is eat
less bread. Often we eat 1t to convey
other food; we even use bread to push
mouthfuls upon the fork.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1918-06-20

Griddle cakes, mullins, all sort Of
quick breads, can be filling and appe-
thing without any wheat.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1918-06-20

There is one test. Wherever bread
Is used for convenience. that is the
place to leave It out.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1918-06-20

Why in the world don't you try a
Democrat Want AID?
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1918-06-20

Bread and milk make meal; so will
mush and milk
Evening star., 1918-11-20

thing advisable. Essssss1, Wills
abroad, hs win be 50 much occupied
with the business that has taken him
there, he win have ne time for any
thing elss-
Particular mention may be nssde e2
The revenue measure. BepsEt has had
it that the President would be consult
cd as to the details Of that when mat-
ters became little more snarled up.
His friends in Congress have been in
the habit Of consulting him at such
times; and he has had much to say in
that way about legislation. But should
he remain abroad through January and
February, or even through January, the
revenue measure could not receive
much, if any, attention from him.
Fer these reasons, the coming 'ad-
dress will be awaited, and read when
delivered, with great interest. The
Congress that will receive it will be OF
one political complexion, while the
Congress likely to handle several inn
|portant features Of reconstruction viii
be of another complexion. And the
latter body win be ready for business,
if its services are required, any time
after March f.
Evening star., 1918-11-20
Remove the "shells~

For many weeks there have stood
on the sidewalks Of this city certain
shell-shaped booths originally designed
as stations for the sale Of war savings
stamps and afterwards used for the
receipt Of subscriptions to the Red
Cross funds and for other purposes Of
q patriotic nature. They have long
since ceased to be useful and have be-
come a nuisance. They are unsightly
in their lack Of paint and they are
now mere receptacles Of refuse. On
several occasions they have caught fire
from cigarettes or matches carelessly
or possibly purposely tossed into them
by passersby. When they burn they
smell atrociously. It seems that every
body in authority is agreed that they
should be removed at once to some
place Of obscurity, for later use if oc-
easion arises, but nobody appears to
have the right or power to remove
them. It would take only few hours
to effect their removal, and the process
would not cost much. Are they to re-
main throughout the winter, a menace
to the public safety and healths Oh
will somebody who has the authority
to do so act now and take them away
Their presence on the streets is a re.
proach to the city.