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The New York herald., 1922-01-15
Natural Selection Of Mates
Keeps Race True to Normal

All the savants are agreed that selection,
as nature intends IT, everything else being
favorable. tends TO improve the race.
strengthening what in the gametes had been
weak and developing what in the germ had
lain dormant
which those organisms best fitted to survive
under normal conditions are destroyed, while
inferior types are left 10 reproduce the
species.
That tho Caucasian race gets better is
proved, II Is said, by certain scientists by
the very fact that the weak now are given
chances OF survival that a century or two
ago we're closed TO them. Thinkers there are
who take a pessimistic view of what Is TO
come. While admitting that certain factors
now at work in society do so to the advan-
age of present day society. they find il is
at the expense of future racial welfare
These conditions are those which are said
to induce celibacy in women and men of
superior ability. or If not going so far, at any
rate delay marriage to an age when offspring
are hardly to be expected.
DIR. Saleeby of London does not share this
view. Going back TO the principle of selec-
ton he says that the woman who has won
oy her high talent success in professional
life will, IL left to her own judgment, choose
a husband whose mental gifts may be
merely mediocre. In such the dominating
woman is most apt to find happiness. and
her children she recognizes will be likely TO
start fair with the world by inheritlng her
traits. This seems problematical II Is dis
cussed pro and con In both genetics and
eugenics.
In the lay mind there often exists some
confusion as to the meaning Of these terms.
Briefly defined they are as follows: Genetics
is the science Of birth development and
heredity among living organisms; eugenics
is the science which treats Of conditions un-
der which a human being may be tocil born
The New York herald., 1922-01-15

imbecile and otherwise grossly deficient
persons as are now dependent for main
tenance on the State, and of such convicts
as commit heinous crimes, or show by the
frequent repetition of crimes less grave, by
their bodily and mental character and by
their ancestry that they, are hopelessly in
corrfgible'
Thrift and Justice May Be
Taught to Weak and Strong
This mans cure for weaklings was radical.
1t was not the choice of the founder of
eugenics. who believed the human race to
be capable CT vast improvement in brawn,
in character and in intellect No. Sir Fsancis
Galton trusted in variation and heredity for
the organic evolution of the human race.
Mental and moral characters, he declared
are inherited, just as strongly as physical
character. For some happy people TO do
the right thing is second nature. and them
the difficulties of life do not menace. Such
qualities of nature and not of nurture,
and their children will inherit them
But according to him also there are always
clements waiting for reconstruction in the
weakling. and without trusting to n throw
back there may be cultivated in such a one
The New York herald., 1922-01-15
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tby a study of results can the value of an
individual case of crossing be known.
- In the main few weaklngs result from the
blending of races here, although the savant.
cay that advantage is on the side of the
blended races which belong to the same gen.
eral stock. AS was remarked earlier, th
marriages Of foreign born in this country
are largely with other persons born 10 o.
descended RON the same stock in Europe
Thus all those qualities which disappear in
a generation in the United States must be
attributed to education and not to-race
A symposium of tho views of phys clans OF
the various schools in New York city woulf
deduce that considering its mighty popula-
ton sthe percentage of weaklings is not great
and the chances OF education and proper
nurture offered to those that unfortunatel.
are here are vast that the number is
being not merely kept within limits but
actually reduced.
A final statement, indorsed by several
after one had phrased it, seems important
1t was:
More vital than the elimination of the
weak strains in humanity is the encourage
ment and preservation of the strong ones.
This counts most in human progress,
The New York herald., 1922-01-15
Survival Of the Weak Noted
When Strong Persons Fail
By nertng the Possibilities and Not the Actuaes Their
This Once Desped Glass Dproves the Rule That Might Right
How Their Status Has Been Betered by Racial Care and Nat
ural Selection. Followed by Right Training

Improvement along ethical lines Is light in
comparison.
Training is the way the weakling is yanked
up to normal, but every doctor nearly has
his own way of applying it and his own
method. The neurologists have theirs and
the psychoanalysts theirs. They meet in
the maxim that heredity is possibility
which training makes effective.
Dr. Jordan finds the essence of race
progress in hereditary traits which are
caused by selection.
Ancestral traits persistently reappear.
The physical basis of the phenomena of
inheritance Is in the structure of the GERM
cell and it's contained germ plasm.
Hereditary traits are not immutable. War
and conquest and other selective influences
may modify them"
Picturing the effects of the recent war
where In certain nations an entire genera.
tion of young men was wiped out, Dr. Jor-
dan says
1T Is the man who is left who determines
the future trend; his Unborn qualities the
next generation must inherit.
with men in the mass history repeats
itself. The man of courage wisdom and
initiative interposes to prevent this and a
new epoch is begun.
Ampifytng this statement is this one by
Ellen Burns Sherman:
counts as merely one. The ratio of Cesars
Cromwells Shakespeares and Lincolns to
the rest of the population has always been
most economically predetermined"
And she adds as a primal law of biology:
Like the seed is the harvest No cross
current of life can overrule or modify this
law"
Survival comes say other physicians OF
mental diseases. from the due and long in
culcation of intelligence, foresight and
mutual helpfulness. These traits they be-
lieve, may be cultivated, and If their fruits
are not apparent in the generation to which
they are applied they are likely to appear in
a later one.
The question has been put to psycholo-
gists IL better race might not be more
rapidly and surely attained by eliminating
as quickly as possible the weaklings. In q
book published by W. Duncan McKim in
1899 entitled "Heredty and Human Prog
ress" this distinguished man advocated "a
gentle removal from this life of all idiotic
The New York herald., 1922-01-15
Indians Had No Engineers,
So Street Should Be CHANGED

Instead of this, ii appears that Ownahome
avenue follows an old Indian trail, or perhaps
he said II was the route of Coxey's Army. At
any rate, there were no city engineers
among the Indians, who did not require any
definite lines along the paths of their rambles
until after the Palefaces came over and sold
'em firewater, Ownahome avenue must
and should be changed
And the cost" the engineer remarked
will be only IS per running foot"
Riveredge Park once had a river II ran
right down through Huiwood avenue, and,
In season, there was boating. even though
there might not he bathing or fishing. We
say "in season" because the river existed
only after heavy rains and spring thaws.
Then, however. it rose above Its banks-the
same being the curbstones along each side OF
the street-and. with a mighty rush and
roar, filed the cellars OF the abutting houses
and cut off the means OF reaching or leav-
ing the railroad station, which was just
south Quite frequently the river attained
such majestic magnitude that II ex-
tinguished the furnace fires along it's edge
and seeped up through the lower floors OF
the houses Then IL was that one break
tasted In his rubber boots, after dropping
anchors from the parlor windows to prevent
the house from floating away. and the jour-
ney to the railroad station was made by boat,
with which an obliging and mercenary small
boy was almost sure to call for you.
AS the water usually receded within forty
eight hours to point where 1t was possible
TO again kindle the furnace fire, the periodic
overfowing Of Hullwood River was consid-
cred sporting event by lot Of us who had
The New York herald., 1922-01-15
Bad News Broken to Us
Following Familiar Joy Speech

After the Judge had concluded ard had
been gratified by the outburst OF enthusiastic
applause so well described the following day
in our local newspaper. IL being an admins
tration organ, one OF our borough engineers
was introduced. He was evidently under tho
impression that we had been sufficiently
cheered so that he might break some bad
news. His mission was to break to u.s. as
painlessly possible. the information that
an assessment was about to be levied locally
for an extensive street Improvement. Again.
he assured us, our borough officials were
about to do us good
Because he is a typographical engineer, ne
could explain nothing to us unless he had
map upon which TO point 1t out. Because
we of Rlveredge Park are not Typographical
engineers. most OF us didn't have the most
remote idea what he was talking about
until he told us what our assessment would
be- Then we heard him the first time.
With the aid of his map he demonstrated to
us that one of our principal thoroughfares
was all wrong. True. we had always found
The New York herald., 1922-01-15
President of Village Reviews
All the Things to Be Grateful For

After that our president gave us a rous-
ing talk on the objects Of live civic or
ganization. The reporter on our local paper
once told me that II was his life's ambition
to report such a speech verbatim but that
IL he did he'd lose his job and the paper
would be sued for libel. The gist of II was
a recapltulation of the accomplishments of
the preceding twelve months.
after months Of hard work." the presi-
dent told us, in substance, Eve induced the
Post Office authorities to prop up the letter
box that fell down In front of the fire house;
we got new horse for the fire company in
rilce of Big Jim, that we all knew and loved
The New York herald., 1922-01-15
BY WILLIS STEEL.

w THEN the Mendelan theory was ad-
\A/ vanced by its discoverer in 1865
the world was not prepared to
The New York herald., 1922-01-15

The antitheses are dysgenics promoter of
III birth and dysthenics, of bad rearing.
The theory under which modern doctors
of the mind work is somewhat like this:
Children inherit the possibilities and not the
actualities of their parents. These possi-
bilities may be developed into actualities by
the right kind of nurture and may be spoiled
by bad nurture.
Weakiings Trained Right
May Be Saved for Society
Here lies the hope for the weaklings Of
society. Taken in hand by science and
trained correctly they may become what
their parents might have been. Work of
this kind is general in clinics, hospital and
observation wards and Is undertaken hope
fully by welfare workers and probation off,
GERS of chidrens' courts 1t is claimed that
a vast amount of valuable human material
is now saved for society by these agencies
which was formerly considered hopeless
Carried to the.ShigEest point and with mar
riages more and more arranged by proper
selection the weaklings might gradually dis
appear and thus the whole tone of the world
might be uplifted.
1t was the celebrated Sir Francis Galton
who first devised the word eugenics and in
cluded in it the further word. euthenics,
which means being well brought up. His
school. admitting tfat nature depends on
nurture for normal development, are firm
in asserting that while nurture can modify
II cannot create.
bad surroundings may spoil child of
good stock. but good surroundings can never
change bad breed into a good one"
This dictum of Dr. Jordan is not accept
able to many physicians whose work has
been the attempted Improvement of back
ward children.
while the race improvement say they
lis slow and often thwarted by crimes and
blunders there is a constant Improvement
noticeable by elevatng tie so-called weak.
lings into stronger and self-respecting men
number of elements are included in racial
advance but there would be no progress
without nurture"
These weakngs may be lacking in either
physical or mental strength but little atten-
ton need be paid to the former because
the relief to them lies obviously close at
hand while to improve those who are men
tally deficient is a long and arduous task.
The New York herald., 1922-01-15
Civic Week to Be a Drive
To Bring In New Members


Perhaps 1 am obtpse, but didn't How
ever, our treasurer did
Eyes. fndeed!' he shouted, "and when
ti the time comes hpow just the man for
He didn't name him He didn't need to-
We all knew that our esteemed treasurer
had a 22-year-old son who had just lost a
position.
Civic Week, therefore, was to be period
devoted to bringing i'm new members Al
last, the cat was out of the bag, We had
been waiting all evening to hear what
Civic Week was and now, at 1880 p. NJ.
we finally knew We were all to get out
and do house to house canvassing. No
guilty resident to,be permitted TO es-
cape, If he had 81. A, block system had
been carefully worked out and each block
was to have a captain and several workers.
We recalled the drives" OF war fund days.
and some of us groaned. However we were
consoled by the thought that separating a
man from 81 should not prove as difficult
as inducing him to part with $500 or 81 900.
even though he received in return Libert,
bond that was warranted not to depreciate In
value. but which did. nevertheless.
This meeting. it was explained. had been
called TO rouse us To fever heat Of enthus-
asm. However. as the gathering was being
held in the schoohouse and the janitor had
banked his fires and gone home like sens-
BILE man. three hours before. there was more
enthusiasm than heat In the auditorium A
week hence there was to be another meeting,
at which were all to report and the new
members would be added to our roster. af-
ter each, had called upon the financial sec
retary.
Then the names of the block captains
were read. And for me. that was the last
straw / was one of 'em. I couldn't very
we'll rpfuee and wet I hated IN accent for
now I will have TO go and catole a dollar
from the Smiths. who live two doors up the
street. And detest the Smiths. My wife
and have not been on speaking terms with
them for six months.
It was Smith who saw prospective buyer
looking at our house last summar and told
him about Hulwood River and THE foodsl
The New York herald., 1922-01-15
Civic Week In the Suburbs Not Unmxed With Fun

estate business. Discussing a long list OF
required civic betterments might make an
unfavorable impression upon any person
present who was considering the purchase
of home.
1t was imperative, however said our pre-
siding officer. that every resident of our
fair community should support the hard
working officers of the civic association.
Too long had the maintenance of Riveredgc
Park as the supreme residential community
of the city Eve could almost hear him say.
in an aside, See me before buying") been
left to the officers and few committee
chairmen. Every one should put his shoul-
der to the wheel and pull together
But why continue? Every seasoned com
muter has heard the president of his home
civic organization talk on many occasions
The point he made was that 900 voter
had cast their Ballots from our district
the last election, and only 29S of them had
enrolled as members of the civic associa
tion. Every one, of those ! 900 was needed.
AT 81 a year. With that amount OF money
in hand it would be possible to hire a com
munity secretary, at least on part time.
OF course we all could readily realize what
that would mean TO the community.
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1922-12-01
vENING HERALD. KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON
START ~ LIZ;

chief Justice TAFT. roylsIting
Cincinnati, his boybood homo, said
at dinner party:
1T is strange, but tho ClncIn'
natl lads who have got on best were
All pretty obloctlonlblc--too sci
fsh ana pushing, you know.
"Ono Of these boys Hes u rail
road president today applied for q
job In Wholesale dryEoodB house.
we Advertised. said the boss,
Tor strong and pushing boy. Are
you strong and pughng2"
We'll" rnId the boy. "Tho way I
come TO gIt In hcrc first this morn,
ing was tbpt licked everyone II
the 20 other boys wot wab ahead
of me"
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1922-12-01
400 CARS ARE ASKED
En,cfgcncy Order Sought Ia Nclic,"
Present Acute Shortage

SACRAMENTO, Dec. h. An
emergency order. for 400 empty box
earn daily. for n ported Of thirty days
TO relieve the shortage Of this class
equipment In California, waH asked
OF the lnlorntnto commerce commiB.
sion Friday by the California rali.
road commlpBion ana by rcprotontn-
tivos Of shipping Inlcroatu IN the
state.
The Southern Pacific company to.
day supplemented The request 10 the
commission by asking the ear ror.
vice dIvlaIon of the American rail.
way association for immediate re-.
lease. This step was taken na the
outcome of n conference held In San
FrnnclEco between the railroad con.
miasion. representatives ot shippers,
tho traffic association, chambers Of
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1922-12-01
LIBRARY uouRs CHANGES

In 6rdor TO benefit md nccomo
date city teachers n has bcon de-
cIdcd that tho klamath county
Carnegie library viii be- opened
on Saturday from 10 TO i2 o'clock
In the morning and viii close at
3 O'Clock IN tho afternoon. with
this now arrangement the library
viii not BE- open In thc evenings on
Saturday.
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1922-12-01

commerce and tho rallrond called 10
consider the car situation which, by
the retention of Pacific coast rain.
road equipment ON Eastern llnca,
has caused an acute sItuntlon TO de-.
yClop,
Tho Southern Pacific company f.
making every effort 10 gct cars Lo
tn own lines. according 10 the locnl
representatives OF the company, who
ray that once on tho Southern PacI.
flc rails. they are rushed with al
haste 10 loading points.
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1922-12-01
oh, Shut Up!

Poor hrnoB slipped on h"r yer.
Hnia lngt night"
"Wrll. Welt did II m hor?"
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-02-09
LEGION WOMEN TO
MEET HERE TODAY
First District Convention OF
Auxiliary to Be Held
In CITY.

The 18th district convention OF
the American Legion auxiliary viii
be held I'm the pink room of the
Oliver hotel today. A 1880 o'clock
luncheon will be served in charge
of Mrs. Howard T. Noble, Of Cul-
yer. Ind. Mrs Howard +. Noble
Is the district committeewoman OF
this district. and will be assisted by
Mrs. L r. GignilHat, also OF Culver,
Indiana.
The South Bend auxiliary Of post
No. so acted as hostesses 10 this
contention. The visiting delegates
will be met at the trains by repre-
sentatives of the South Bend aux
Hilary, also auxiliary members will
be at the chamber Of Commerce
building at the Legion headquarters
20 greet an the incoming delegates.
An enthusiastic reply has been re-
ceived from the cities In the dis
trict and a representative atten-
dance Is expected.
Mrs. Della Clark. vice president
OF the state department Of the Am
ercan Legion auxiliary. will be in
south Bend 20 attend this conven-
ton.
Following the business session Of
the auxiliary in the evening the Le-
gion has invited all the visiting del
eEates who wish TO witness the ath-
letic program.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-02-09
Indigestion or
Sour, Classy
Stomach
"Pape's Diapepsin" gives
Relief in Five Minutes

"Pape's Dispepsin" relieves stom-
ach distress IN five minutes. You
don't want slow remedy when
your stomach is bad--or an uncer-
tain one--or = harmful one-your
stomach Is too valuable, you mustn't
injure e with drastic drugs. Pape's
Diapepsin is noted for its speed in
giving relief, its harmlessness. its
certain unfailing action IN regulat-
ing sick. sour gassy stomachs. Keep
this perfect stomach doctor IN your
home--keep II handy-get a large
sixty-cent case from any drug store.
and then II you should eat something
which doesn't agree with you, II
what you eat lays like lead. fer
ments and sours and forms gas.
causes headache, dizziness and nau-
sea; eructations Of acid and undi-
gested food-remember as soon as
Pape's Diapepsin comes in contect
with the stomach all indigestion
vanishes. II IS the mcst efficient
antacid known-the certainty and
ease with which II overcomes stom-
ach and digestive disorders is a rev.
elation TO those who try IL.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-02-09
InnmInnnIllnnnmlnlnnmnII,nImIInmlI
approved by the budget committee.
Prcnarinp E,sflTnafea

y GEtAdTiuE E<-iuualcos
/ We are convinced that in the pre-
Y paration Of these estimates the eco
nomic demands Of the country have
+ received the fullest and most care
ful consideration by the Secretary OF
War. and any material cut VIII seri-
/ ously affect an adequate national de-
! Tense OF our country and Will tend 20
/ bring It below what is recognized
as a proper margin OF safety.
The American Legion unqualified
I ~ endorses the recommendations
upon the commission personnel OF
I the United States army made by
/ General Pershing before your COM
mittee. II believes that the elimina-
ton OF a considerable number OF
these effective officers OF the regular
/ establishment. vial tend 10 increase
| the efficiency Of the entire army OF
! the United States. We believe that
the commission personnel should not
I be cut below the number recon-
mended by General Pershing which
/ is the number approved by the bud
/ get committee, as these officers are
/ required not merely for the units of
the Regular army but for the de-
velopment Of the National Guard.
the Organized Reserves and the
system Of citizens training.
This committee is also directed by
its national convention TO recon-
mend legislation that will provide
/ that the time for making recon-
mendations for and the awarding OF
the Congressional medal Of honor,
the distinguished service cross. and
/ the distinguished service medal for
/ service In war, be extended FIVE years
after the declaration OF peace in the
United States, and also that the law
which allowed men who had previ-
ously been recommended for the
| Congressional Medal OF Honor. but
who failed 10 receive the Distin-
guished Service Cross, be changed
so that the law shall apply to all
| persons now in or had been honor
ably separated from the military
/ service of the United States.
As representatives of an organiza-
/ ton containing a million ex-service
men organized into eleven thousand
posts throughout the United States
we feel entitled TO expect with some
confidence that the country will look
for some time 20 the ex-service men
I,of the nation for a solemn and pa
! triotlo judgment upon subjects TO
national preparedness.
The committee on military affairs
I is concerned with the broad ques-
ton Of policy as It effects our ma
tional defense without reference to
any special interests. Our recon-
mendations are based upon a COM
prehensive viewpoint of the working
Of the entire army organization act
in a harmonious. efficient and eco
nomical development of each Of the
component parts of the army Of the
United States.
ID. John Markey. OF Maryland, is
chairman OF the committee. other
members are Edward IL Logan.
Massachusetts; A. G.. Thacher, New
York. Brig. Gen. Hansen +. Ely.
United States army; Geo. e. Leach,
mayor OF Minneapolis; Col. John
NJ. A. Palmer. general staff, u. 5.
army: Arthur +. Crosby, New York;
Military Training Camps associa-
ton and Eddie Rickenbacker, Ohio.