The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-07-22
| WAR WILL DEVELOP
| RACE OF SUPER-MEu
DIR. Wiley Also Says There Is An
Under-Nourished Generation of
Interiors In Central Powers.
HAS MADE A DEEP STUDY
Asserts That When the Struggle Is
Over With America and Her Allies
Victorious We VIII See IA Greater
Race Than We Have Dreamed OF.

Washington. July GA new race
or supermen is in the United states
and a decadent, under -nourished, de-
teriorating race of interiors in the
lands of the Central Powers. That Is
what DR.. Harvey Wiley, head of the
bureau of food, sanitation and health
and associate editor of Good House
keeping, sees as the chief biological
and psychological result of the war.
Here are his conclusions as given in
an exclusive interview to-day:
The greater the stress under
which race is produced. providing it
is properly nourished during the pro-
cess, the stronger the race. Peace
and luxury impair racial efficiency.
War and hardship. hard living and
constant struggle develop It.
When the war shall be over with
America and her allies victorious ave
will see q greater American than we
have dreamed Of 1t cannot help but
be.
"A race that will go into a death
struggle with no plan of material
gain, lighting daily at the battlefront
for an ideal and. at home, deprivlng
itself of the material luxuries must
show spiritual growth. Its millions OF
soldiers facing the hardships OF trench
life. and enduring the toll and effort
Of the trench life will come back
hardened and stronger to endure.
"Asquired traits and tendencies OF
the parents are not transmissiole 10
offsrrings. That is a law Of nature
! Diaa bled soldiers who have lost an
! arm or a leg. when they have recov-
cred their health transmit no weak p
ness TO their children, nor viii SUI
! ferers from shell shock who may
/ rive ifa TO
weakened children.
Men returning physically well ana
/ strong from the war. where they have
bean fed nourishing foods and have
lived an invigorating outdoor life, VIII
| he better fathers TO better children
! And al home here we are making
better mothers. when the war IN
dustries board ruled that corset
making was not a necessary Industry
! and refused the corset n7akers prior'-
! ties on steel. 1t took a step for better
won1anhood and better Motherhood
and when It set its face against
/ French heeIed shoes II made another
advance
| our change in diet as result OF
the war has improved the race at
home We were eating 100 much m
volume. too many IN variety and too
rich in quality. We are eating less,
fewer and simpler now, We will I've
a stronger race as a result. And the
present diet has a greater nuriiive
value
America headed to take up a notch
or two in her belt. Maybe she Will
have taken three, or four. or even hVe
before she wins this war. If we have
to save enough here TO feed our alHes'
but It won't hurt her
The stomach is a funny machine
/ Mothers start IN with their children
and let them stuff themselves. Gorg1ns
expands the stomach. After IL has
been enlarged IT takes a larger quas'
fifty OF food TO give the feeling OF SUI
fciency that the average human
wants after meal.
III the children had not been al
lowed TO stretch their stomachs early
they would have gone through NE
eaairg much less and getting TOE
needed nourishment from II.
We are eating less now and the
children of to-day when they get 70
manhood will require less, Then we
are eating simpler and more nutFt-
tive foods.
THE substitution Of victory bread
for wheat bread will mean much 10
the nation. II is better dIeteticaily
land hygienically. It has more Of the
nfe essentials needed by the body, the
essential mineral salts and vitimlm0s
Maybe the taste is not quite SO good
but as we learn the proper mixing OF
the substitutes with the wheat fiouI
We can make it just as palataple as
the wheat bread ever was,
/ 1T would be a crime for Afnerics
10 slip back into her riot OF high NV
ing and high eating after the war Is
over After we have won health
through the voluntary sacrifice let Is
treasure it as the great jewel won III
the war
opposed to DR. wiley's wonderful
canvass Of the future American Is thf
picture OF under nourished Germany
Under nourished and starving Ger
mans will produce weakly children,
SAYS DR. Wiley. and as the childreT
grow without sufficient milk and food
stuffs they become weakly adults, II
turn producing another generation @
weakly ofYsprings. The future OF th'
race OF the central empires Is no
bright. They have a heritage OF weak
ness and inferiority to overcome.