The Washington times., 1919-10-19

The Firort 81 the Right That CO 6dHdoW
Who Mat naoh Noted 10 One 81 the
WoHld'o eitoasttt Men Missy Htarsl
uluatratet the SeilhHdt .fihe.ls Ffteed
y PFoEeetor Dr5gef't s1Fell1enl,. BAT
Short Lsensd. Loha E6aisd Mes Are
Strnigett ana Lontett IVeds Ills taf
and Head Meatafs tC tafet Against
IA seu1tet Coz Ht m
The Lohg.lessed Tgbl ls Hefflssalla 5g
the Left-Han1 Eir1tf. joe eeemi8. tLe
Woudcflr. Aulclicah sEfinl.t thl4e EeFt
NaatGfe 81f Squares. Afainlt
CT lie B6dg
rFHE man with short AID Ale
body and chest la m nle
Etrohsef than the tan man h al
TIE important elements Of strength dt
Guiding prospects % long iife
This highly Interesting fael las been
proved in q lone series 81 tesla ty Pro.
lessor George Dfssef professor oI path
olosy 81 the Uhi7efsilg 6f 5A1ft
Professor Dfefsrs mos. imfbrlant as
coverg stated ih scientific
that Titai eab56.tt 6 .mbI5 ldhe.i6h
Of body sufiaes Bg .tai 5lbc.ly Be-
means every form 6f strength. including
iongeYitys Evsfything must Be o6nsldsfsd
in its proper relations and abody surface
must be considered id relation to f5iuhe.
Now short men. especially td0ss ith sh5rt
legs, have q greater bolg surface .n pro-
portion to volume than tail men, end. there
fore, they have gIeal5f vital oan6cit2 thah
the tan ones Il 81 simple 8f.lhmeticai
fact, By tie Wty, that 81 b6ds volume ih-
cTeases body sufl1c6 relatively decreases
The child has tie greatest bodS suriao5 Of
eli types.
But the problem is somsUhat more CON.
plicated than the Iaeta 0l body suflaoe
would suggest The tail man. in many
cases. has q poorly developed chest ts d
result of DE growth in height. Hence The
average vitality oi tall men is reduced even
more thah TIE mere dsheienUy 5l body sur
face would suggest
vitality lies id ths trunk Of the body,
from the base Of the spine to the neck.
Strong men have q large body and theft
legs may b undsvBl0psd Even poorly
developed arms are not incompatible with
great vitality
Several facts point to the conclusion
that the sh6rt4egged men live longest one
of the nest important is that Ia e large
number 5i men chosen 60 random e5 per
cent of The men above City belonged 10
the shoft.lessed type
The shdftiaeRsd man has large vital or
Fans, especially the heart and lungs, and
these ofe8na 6sbfCise thelf functions with
greater tsTtisfitF and certainty than when
they are distributed Through The body Of q
longIees6d man. The former has also the
advantage of & large body surface through
sand5W. VIC be- been celebrated e one
ET,.- aHnaInrraaf sanaf Hffr fHnrIs| Fre L
remarkable ndmbef of years is an excellent
example 6f the gh0rtlegsed type. on the
other hand, NEST oil the successful dancers
and runngr6 belong % the l0nB-legEed type
The Ehoft1eFred man 60 3 more bfinli-
tive type Eeuetieailg than the iohf46Feed
one, ana most EufOpean peasants belong
to the former class Euch 8 man O. closer
In ancestry 70 the ape. The lohs.leEged
man IS most graceful and is apt Co b an
adventurous character but has much less
vitality.
Profotsof DFeyef n taking measure.
mentE, makes hi8 subject Blt down 90 that
he lowest point of BE backbone t5nchsa 4
scale g his back. The measurement OF
the body q then taken fr0m the sitting
point % The TOP ol The head.
These experiments do not mean that
every small man 81 necesafliv stronger
than aaF large tail man. Some tan men
lre, in iagt much stronger end healthier
than some small men. But the aEbefk
ments % nlean that TIE small man Un the
average. possesses more vitality ih pro.
portion % weight than the tai man, and
many email men show 81 absolute superl.
oritg ever t1l men. Especially iB this
superiority MARKED in the Ghof man with
arge bolg end short iees
The m1H with short iegs Possesses
rffn# I. ~.
IFeatef Ft5lsltEte O. aissase Better f'frt
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