The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1918-07-26
AMERICAN SUPERMEN
COMING AFTER WAR
New Race Predicted by DR.. Harvey
Wiley; Teutons Deteriorating: Psy-
Geological Phenomena Of a Nation
Developing More Rapidly Under
Stress if Properly Nourished is
Pointed Out by Health Expert.

Washington, July 2Q-A new race
of supermen in the United States and
decadent, undernourished, deteriorat-
ing race of interiors in the lands Of
the central powers.
That is what DIR. Harvey Wiley,
head of the bureau Of food, sanitation
and health, and associate editor of
Good Housekeeping, sees as the chief
biological and psychological result of
the war.
DR.. Wiley, formerly with the United
States government, is regarded as
one Of the country's leading authorities
on dietetics and health. Here are his
conclusions as given in an exclusive
interview today:
ssThe greater the stress under which
a race is produced, providing it is
properly nourished during the process,
the stronger the race. Peace and lux
ury impair racial efficiency. War and
hardship, hard living, constant strug-
gle develop it.
SsWhen the war shall be over, with
America and her allies victorious. we
will see greater America than we
have dreamed of. 1t cannot help but
be.
"A race that will go into death
struggle with no plan of material
gain, fighting daily at the battle front
for an ideal, and at home depriving it
self of the material Injuries, 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 harden
edtAnd stronger to endure.
Acquired traits and tendencies of
the parents are not transmissible to
offspring. That is law of nature.
Disabled soldiers who have lost an
arm or leg, when they recovered
their health transmit no weakness to
their children, nor will sufferers from
shell shock who may later become par
ents give life to weakened children.
"Men returning, physically well and
strong from the war, where they have
been fed nourishing foods and have
lived an invigorating outdoor life, will
be better fathers to better children.
"And at home here we are making
better mothers. When the war indus
tries board ruled that corset making
was not a necessary industry and re-
fused the corset makers priority on
steel, it took step for better woman
hood, and better motherhood, and when
it set its face against French heeled
skoes il made another advance.
"Our change in dietsas ar esult Of
the war has improved the race, We
were eating too much in volume, too
many in variety and too rich in quail
ty. We are eating less, fewer and SIM
pier now. We win be stronger race
as result. And the present diet has
a great nutritive value.
&'America needed to take up notch
or two in her belt. Maybe she'll have .
to take up three or four, or even five, '
before she wins the war, if we have to /
save enough here to feed our allies, but
it won't hurt her. {
s,The stomach is funny machine. {
start in with their children |
and let them stuff themselves. Gorg-
ing expands the stomach. After it ,
has been enlarged it takes larger d
quantity of food to give the feeling of I
suffciency that the average human i
wants after a meal s
s'If the children had not been allow Q
% stretch their stomachs early, they t
would have gone through life eating 4
much less and getting the needed nour- 4
shment from it.
ave are eating less now and the