Evening star., 1922-03-05

diplomats Of Europe and beat the
combined great feudatories, while
making his vast collections of paint
ings, marbles. books and jewels. and
personally handling and cataloging
them. He never took exercise, scarce
ly ever quit the palace. and when he
was forced to do SO he rode in
closed litter whose drawn curtains
prevented him from seeing anything
or getting extra ozone.
Compare him with Edison, that
other cerebral. Edison can do with
five hours sleep, but often takes
twelve. He despises food or eats
reasonably, according to mood And
weeks at time, inside the compli-
Gated laboratory where most of his
life passes.
ZACH type has its instincts and its
- needs. The cerebrals are not
necessarily intelligent. A digestive
may be quite as "brainy." No more
are musculars necessarily strong. 1t
is the type that counts.
Each type would stumble naturally
on a way. perhaps to regulate its
life according to its predominance,
did not the so-called interests of an
artificial civilization, family tradi-
tions and desires, false starts from
hastily acquired ideals. or the cramp-
ing limitations of opportunity or
ho linn, MT of 10
more favorable environment
Men who hated their jobs went on
with them, not to seem changing and
fanciful. In the French army per-
fectly good men were weeded out
as physically not apt" For ex-
ample, there are the classical cases
of great French aviators who had
been rejected by the revision councils
from Latham, Vedr ines and Nieu-
port to the illustrious Guynemer
himself. Yet when the war came
they were soon at the head of their
arm. Having shown their flying
ability, they were promptly "reinte-
grated" into the service
On the other hand, the French
army Qike all that are recruited by
forced conscription) accepts thous-
ands of young soldiers who simply
wilt in barracks and remain of no
use. Yet they have the necessary
measurements. etc Then, why?
Simply because no account was made
of their morphologic constitution.
AS early as the year before the war
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Principal Military Doctor Thooris, to
make experiments with boys who
Ought to have been rejected" The
results were magnificent, and because
DR.. Thooris had his official residence
at the Invalides, where he was thrown
into contact with the military gov
ernor of Paris, morphology had the
| luck, at least, to become known by
the late and then all-powerful Gen.
Maunoury.
The respiratories can flourish only
in the open air. To all such garrison
, in country district, and particularly
the mountains, was ordered as a suf-
ficients "reviving" measure for wilt
ed" lads of that type. And it is now
a fact known to all that during the
war the various Alpine corps. previ-
| ously SO difficult of recruit, made
their heroic reputation of 'Ies diables
bleus" with 70, per cent town-bred
young soldiers.
Today in vocational recommends
| tions they back up such who. having
! made a name in the open air OF
trenches and no mans land. hate to
return to the conflning jobs where
they were whiting" in pre-war days.
know of one such who is happily
and successfully raising chickens in
the suburbs OF Paris, aud another who
is managing a big tourist-car busi-
| ness on the Riviera.
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IRON digestive0 warns Prof.
= Thooris. expect no worthy effort
IL you do not furnish them abundant