Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-01-27

sbossd ~ ysljsv lsyw asd malssts
could b dslealsd, -, H vyu4e book 6,
whieh h usphmA ~ ~ 49,.
froed q th0oo 0fnaoou, vlou1d hponsns ~,
bread basket a 4hs weS3d.
rnoe1M nor nnyxs.
But Il soua besase Apparent t&na ~
problem Wa not - simple. Tn Britinh -
India hAd a1eo Anoe nnoA toweed 80
g1eTing. tropical disaas4 bm thsy ~
found tha4 even when froe from cuee26c
disease, # W. hard - Saise children -
tropical India Thoss stationed i -
hottest parts d lndis found tin4 unIAw
they sent their ohildren hsak "a EoGlsad
children often dind, and still m0Fe ofinn
grew up to be nervous wrecks. Il has ben
said BY Some authorities and denied b.
others that there d no third eencration a
EnglBhnnen IN India. In Other wofds 4
man may 90 70 tropical country md lad
fairly healthy lie there, but III Children
may show the bad eaects Of II environ
ment, and their children, II tbeso arp any.
may show them sti1l moRs. 6euse suthoft
tics say that WY often white peop1e born
IN the tropics do not hAve any children
This b ascribcd by tome otpcrvers to the.
action of the ultra violet ray, to which tbe.
brilliant sunshine of tha tropics ercatly
exposes man White mea aSe NATIVE to /,
climate in which The sun shines Iess than
halt the time, and even then d often partly
yelled BY mst or cloud. Continual *
pustre To the ultrA~vie&et or actinic ray i
unnatural to him, j,ist - continual ex-
posture 70 the 1-ray y intolerab1e to any
human Icing. 1t Is interesting to note
that many men who have worked with The
n - eay0tt - a.
been thereby rendered sterile
Whether tho effect b due wholly OF
even mninIy TO the actinic ray OF nok, it
has been pretty well established by ex-
pericnce that continuous life in eq,iatoYial
countries n bad for The white man. No |
white man should 70 70 s,ch a COUNTRY
unless he % ass,nrd Of ample yaca4ions IN |
more northcffy lands. He should be |
especially careful about accepting work Ia /
tropical countries which exposes him much |
to the sim.
nrroA7Tr1 corprrToNa
But while parts Of the tropics sye
probably uninhabitab}e to the white man.
and while continuous hfe there may Be-
dangerous for him, there are vaYiosu miti-
gnting conditions 20 be considered The
actfnir ray may destroy the nervous Eyy-
Tern, II the exposure u long cyon h, but In
small doses it 10 evidently stim,hs.
Everyone who has taken . winter vae>-
ion trip 10 the tropics IL aware Al Tia
ocular stimulating effect. A sense Of
delightful physical wcILbeins 10 exper,-
need by almost anyone on irs< going 70
he tropics, and . short visit there Is al
most always beneficial TO the health. Sup
>ose, then, that man owned . cocoanut
plantation somewhere IN the West Indies. |
vhich required ha attention only Eve or
X months N the year, and enabled him TO
% TO New England for the summer and
all Such . life might be far healthier
ban ono all OF which VS. spent in the
'ariAble climate of The Middle Atlantic
tates
Then again tAeSe arc TROPICAL lands
Thich have mountains that reach literally
Ii. OF the TROPICS by reason Of their Rreat
lev1tons- And there are Other teopseaI
an1s, especially islands, which are temper
d by sea breezes 80 that their climates ass
OF really tropical at all.
Hawau q an excellent exnmn5e of TIM ,
tier class The Island b j,nt within The
'opscs, in tho 6rst place, and Il u cooled
y winds IN the second Its Temperature ,
aries between IS and IS degrees. There !
now . fourth eeneration Of white
mer,cans In Havaii, and tins ecDeration Z
not only healthy, but has produced a :