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baby, for her head will just reach the top
of it.
The bust measurement of Annette Kel-
lerman, who is considered a pretty nearly
perfect physical specimen, is thirty-three
inches. At the time this story is being
written Has bust measurement is thirty
two inches. Very likely by the time this
is read LA will have caught up with An
ncttc and possibly passed her. Has waist
line is thrty-three inches, exceeding Miss
Kcllermans by seven inches The ex-
swimmers well-developed upper arm tapes
twelve inches, only one inch more than
that of this nine -months-old baby, and her
thigh, also developed by her natatorial
career, exceeds that of Baby Ila by only
three inches.
Such are the impressive dimensions Of
Baby McClung. Her parents aver that
she has been in perfect health ever since
birth, never having even tasted drop OF
medicine. But while she may exhibit no
symptoms Of any ordinary malady, never
theless her enormous size is evidence, ac-
cording to medical science, that all is not
right with the child.
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and is substance of many marvellous
functions, among which is that of con-
trolling the tone of the tissues in the
body. If the supply Of pituitrin is COM
pletely shut off there Immediately follows
a peculiar lethargy, unsteadness of gait,
loss of appetite, emaciation and, in few
days, death.
If, in infancy, there is-an insufnciency
of this vital fluid, there Is a marked cessa-
ton in the growth of the child, and we
have a dwarf. Pathologists have shown
that in several true human dwarfs the pit
uitary gland was inadequate.
On the other hand, this gland has the
peculiar power Of acting as a stimulant
TO the growth of bone and supporting It's
sues. II, consequently, there is an excess
of pituitrin in infancy there results a
great elongation Of the bones, which feed
ravenously on the fluid, and we have a
giant.
II the overaction of the gland begins
after adolescence, when the bones have
set and can grow no longer, there follows
a peculiar diffuse enlargement Of the in
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fifty pounds and measured three feet and
six inches. Another at fifteen months
measured three feet and seven inches and
tipped ttU Seam at sixty-four pounds. In
another remarkable. case of prematurity
the boys voice changed at twelve months
and at three years he weighed ffty-one
pounds and was three feet four inches
tall.
DR.. Dubois, of Paris, mentions an in
stance of rapid growth in boy of eleven,
who grew six inches in fifteen days.
In all these cases the parents are re-
ported as having been of normal size, as
the parents of the McClung marvel are.
Medical history has mentioned, of course,
babies that were much fatter than the Nc
Clung child, but they we're just hog fat
monstrosities and deformitfes, and were
not normally bright little strangers like
Ila.
At last reports Baby McClung was still
developing. She has to have her luxurious
hair bohbed frequently, like other flap
pers, and every now and then another
tooth will pop out apparently with no dis
comfort to her. And she wakes taller ana
heavier all the time. She has outgIcN
her basinette, crib and all her clothes
The question naturally arises, when
will she stop growing?" This, Of course,
In a matter of conjecture. She may con-
tinue to develop until she reaches the mag
nitude of circus ladies who have been
known to strain the scales with a weight
of 600 pounds. On the other hand, the
adipose condition may be held up by the
reduction OF the activities of the above
described pituitary gland, voluntarily or
by medical treatment. Otherwise. she'll
be a big girl when she gets her growth.
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the giant and the dwarf, why a man
should occasionally grow to a height of
eight feet or more while another should
have to be content with the diminutive
stature of three. From tiny bit Of tis-
sue, which during years of medical re-
search remained unnoticed and neglected,
comes the potent fluid which could make
in the case of Tia McClung, one baby
equal almost the size of three.
Medical history is very interesting in its
accounts of children Of ultra-mature de-
velopment. Over-leveloped boys, as
rule are of pretty, well-formed giant stat
ure, while girls run to obesity. One of the
best known cases is the Tompkins child,
who at the age of thirteen months tipped
the scales at seventy-fve pounds. So it
can be seen that the McClung baby is CIV
ing the Tompkins youngster run for her
money II the Louisiana lass can put on
weight the next four months as fast as she
has been lately she will beat out her noted
rival.
The citation of other historic cases fur
ther proves what a physical marvel Baby
McClung is. The scientist, Cameron, de-
scribes a child, who, at birth weighed four
teen pounds, and at twelve months
weighed sixty-nine pounds. But this
youngster had big start on the McClung
baby, who, as has been stated, weighed
only six pounds at birth. The Cameron
baby increased It's weight Ave times the
first year, while the McClung baby in less
than that period increased its weight eight
times.
Nor does the latter suffer in comparison
with other infant prodigies. Philip Ho-
warth, born in London some years ago,
measured. when three years old, three
feet four inches and weighed hftv-one
pounds. OF other modern cases on re-
cord, one at the age Of three weighed
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Her abnormal
! acquisition of flesh
is due to the over
action or excess Of
secretion in the pitui-
tary gland. 1t is only
recently that the medi-
cal profession has come
to the realization Of
the tremendous effect
and influence of this
tiny gland. A lump Of
tissue no larger than a
pea, situated at the
base of the brain, it
sends this powerful
fluid throughout the
body. The fluid is a
CLASSY substance which
finds its way into the
spinal fluid that bathes
the nervous system.
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(HE is three feet tall.
She weighs fifty pounds.
She has sixteen teeth.
She says "mama" and papa" and tries
to walk
And she is only nine months old.
This physical marvel is Ila McClung,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. W. E. McClung,
of Bernice, La. Her father is sixty years
old and her mother twenty-five.
Girls and boys, as a rule, keep growing
gradually until they are about eighteen
years old. If this wonder baby should
keep on growing at the rate she has
started until she is eighteen years old she
would be 72 feet tall and would weigh
Just 200 pounds, or more than half a
ton, as shown in the curious comparative
picture on this page.
At birth she gave no promise of physl-
cal precocity. She came into the world
normal in every respect and weighing but
six pounds. Her parents are of the aver
age physical and mental type, and their
only other child, a boy of about four
years, has developed in the way that regu-
lar boys are wont to do.
But when she was a month old Baby lila
simply broke loose and set out to try to
break records. She developed so fast that
YOU could almost see her grow, and life
for her Immediately became Just one tooth
after another. And as for making
record for herself, there are i"w cases in
medical annals where a child has reached
any such proportions as this young but
enormous Louisiana lass.
There have been monstrosities known
to medical history, offspring Of giants and
the like, but outside of these Baby liza
nearly equals any case of physical pre-
cocity of which any mention can be found.
And there must be no misunderstand-
ing about her mental equipment either.
It is a popular idea, more or less justified,
that abnormally fat boys and girls are
dull stupid, unintcresting and sometimes
a bit repellent. Not so with Miss lla Nc
Clung. She is almost as precocious men
tally as she is physically. Mind you, she
Is only nine months old, but when one of
her callers, of whom, naturally she has
many asks her, "Where is lla?" she pats
herself snilingly, showing the sixteen
elistening teeth, and says, Right there"
And the callers are prone to admit that
she Is "there."
Distinctly and intelligently she says
"mama" and papa" and, of course, "bye-
bye" All of which would indicate consid-
erable mental advancement on the part Of
a nine -month-old infant.
Furthermore, she exhibits exceptional
alertness, continually attempting'to do and
say everything she sees and hears those
about her doing and saying. Instead of
showing the sluggishness characteristic of
physically abnormal children, she is very
active, continually crawling about, play
ing with her brother, trying to engage him
in conversation and, Of course, getting
into the Jam and other mischief.
Tia stands thirty-six inches in her
Stocking feet" II you win place a yard
stick on end on the floor you will be inn
pressed with the amazing height of this
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pose had America than to secure
from these settlements the future
permanent peace Of the World? The
diplomat of Europe had no concep-
ton of the depth OK the Presidents
conviction upon this point.
His thinking on -he subject had
gone through three distinct stages,
each corresponding to the changing
attitude of America toward this
world of conflagration.
Early in the war he began % see
that America. whatever the outcome,
would be profoundly affected: that
our isolation as a nation was hence
forth impossible.
I'VE are participants, whether we
would or not. in the life Of the
world. We are partners with
he rest. What affects mankind Is
inevitably our affair as well as the
affair of the nations os Europe or
Asia"
He said this in an address to the
League to Enforce Peace, May 81
1916, more than a year before
America entered the war. If this
great new fact was true, then what
should America 90? What SHOULD
she demand in place Of the security
of her former, but new inevitably
disappearing isolation? She coul(
arm herself; become a great militar!
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ures of the scheme mos: likely to
affect the latter? Moreover. they
need not confine themselves to a
few. 1t seemed to him that it was
mos. advisable to proceed in this
way. Much more would be gotten
out of the small powers if they were
called in as friends and advisers.
Furthermore, in that way he great
powers would avoid the difficulty o:
seeming TO pick out men whom the
small powers should themselves
choose.
IN. Clemenceau observed that the
work was as much for the great pow
ers as it was for he small powers.
He thought it most desirable that the
great and small powers should get
! together, and that their work should
be Intimately connected. Ii was inn
portant to let the public feel that
their work was connected. He sug-
gested that the great powers name
two representatives apiece and the
/ small powers name five. He thought
they would be only too glad to follow
the advice of the representatives of
the great powers. He proposed that
the bureau ask -he small powers to
get together and name five. The re-
sponsibility would then be theirs
He spoke, of course, of belligerents
only, and not OF neutrals. He was
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smaller powers, ana ask all TO con
n with them"
Temporarily Side Tracked.

smaller powers. and ask all to come
in with them"
Temporarily Side Tracked.
Lloyd George and Clemenceau had
thus got the League idea temporarily
sidetracked in a committee and then
they had overlooked the committee,
making i. kind of blowing off place
for the small powers: so that they
could be left free. in their small
council Of the great powers, to settle
and divide up the world as they
pleased. But the Presiden.. although
severely hampered, accepted the
challenge; and then did something
that the others had never in the
least calculated upon. They had ex-
pected Colonel House to be The chief
American representative on the
Lague of Nations Commission
knowing his deep interest in the sub
| ject--but the President himself be-
came member and chairman OF the
League of Nations Commission, thus
giving it unexpected power and
prominence. He and Orlando were
the only heads of great States upon
1t. Lloyd George. having already
appointed SHUTS and Cecil, could not
easily come in, even If he had cared
to do 500 Interest even shifted
from he Council itself to the League
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most anxious the work should begin
commission would be appointed at
once.
'presiden. Wilson observed that II
was impossible TO draft an instru-
nent on n lnrge committee. IL
would he far more practical To np-
point n manageable drafting COM
mittee, letting .his small committee
of few mon prepare and submit n
draft to the others. and obtain their
Impressions and opinions.
mir. Balfour understood It was in
tended tina. the committee should,
from time to time, consult the mem
bers os the great powers.
MIR. Lloyd George thought II well
to remember that Tho small powers
were becoming very FESTIVE, and felt
they had been locked out, so 10
speak. Why not let President
Wilson prepare "a draft for imme-
date consideration by the commits
sion7 ITo did no. think II would be
impossible TO have n commission OF
fifteen representatives. AS to the
fear that the assignment of only five
To represent all the small power,
might cause some embarrassment e
their delegates, he saw no reason
why the matter should not be put VI
to them. letting them discuss ant
fight over The question OF who should
represent them.
M. Clemenceau repeated that n
thought II most necessary that thu
| Great Powers should make the con
| ference feel that thtey wanted tn
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Great Bran's written proposal drafted by Philip Kerr with
penced changes in Wilson's handwriting

was agreed to allow delegates from
five small powers on the commission
"A number which was increased to
nine after the sessions began. AS
he great powers each had two dele
gates, there was thus finally formed
a commission of nineteen, with the
small powers in a minority of one,
as planned for the council o. the
League.
A Colloquy in the Council.
This colloquy in the secret session
of January % of the Council of Ten
| is at once so subtle, so Insignificant,
so touched, indeed, TO the under
standing mind. with irony, that it is
here reproduced:
president Wilson observed that as
a practical matter he would suggest
that an initial draf. for the League
of Nations be made by a commission
appointed by the great powers. This
draft could then be submitted to a
larger commission on which all the
small powers would be represented
In n word, the drafting would be
done by the great powers, and the
result submitted to the criticism OF
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not Lloyd George) considered that In
referring II to n commission they
were getting II, at least temporarily,
out of the way--so they could pro-
coed 20 the business that really In
tercstcd them: the division of the
colonies. the assessment OF damageS
against the Germans, and 40 on.
And they began by making the new
commission MS awkward and un-
wieldly as posslble--as nearly n de-
hating soc!cty--by adding members
to II from as many small nations as
possible. Clemcnceau. Lloyd George
and Sonnino. who had been 80 In
tent upon excluding the small ma
tons from the effective delibera-
lions OF the great powers on tho
terms of the treaty, now insisted that
these small nations be allowed n
voice I'm the formulation OF the
League.
SO. for reasons o. expcdicncy, II
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tho small powers.
"Mr, Lloyd George thought that
inasmuch ns he League Of Nations
IL TO be, In fact. a sort of shield OF
the small powers, they should be
represented on the Drafting Commit
tee, Perhaps Il might be better to
have The great powers nominate
their own Representatives, and also
name the small powers, who should
likewise have representatives on the
commission.
president Wilson stated he would
prefer To see "A more elastic arrange
ment and thought /. most desirable
that the opinion OF the thoughtful
men representing the small powers
should be sought. Would II not be
well 20 have the commission of ten
TO be appointed by the great powers
authorized to call in any one they
choose and discuss with representa-.
tlves of the small powers those feat
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main contention thas the League
was to be the keystone Of the whole
programme" Of the peace.
This is the. central object of our
meeting. Settlements may be tempo
rary, but the action ot the nations in
the interest of peace and justice
must be permanent. We can set up
permanent processes. We may not
be able to set up permanent decl-
sions."
How far any Of his hearers sympa-
thized with this point of view may
be doubted; but they accepted the
resolution providing for a committee
TO draft the covenant. There were
/ still. plenty of chances for them
either to get the essential settle
ments made before the covenant was
ready and accepted-as they were AT
hat moment trying TO do with Ger
man colonies--or else to get a COW
enant TO suit them.
Disbelief in the League.
There can be no doubt that the
other heads of Statesmen one OF
whom really believe in the League
! (Smu.s and Cecil believed in it, but
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w sons why President Wilson
w insisted with unshakable de-
termination upon making he League
of Nations "an integral part o. the
general treaty Of peace"
This. I'm many respects. Is the most
important subject connected with the
Peace Conferences: for II was the
concrete symbol OF the whole strug-
gle between the new order" and the
"old order" Again AID again Will
son called the League The key TO
the whole settlement"
The European Allies and Japan
wanted the territorial, military and
economic settlements made first and.
in general. according to che provi-
sions of the old secret treaties: n
peace based upon tho necessities. in
terests and fears OF the great ma
tions. The League was to come ae
tcrward-if st all!
Presldeit Wilson wanted the
American principles and programme,
which had been accepted by every
one at the armistice, applied now
and to all the terms OF the settle
ment. lie regarded the League q!
Nations as the cornerstone of that
programme. without which the prin-
Ciplcs could not be upheld. nor the
future peace Of the world-Amcr'
teas supreme concern - soundly
guaranteed. He was. therefore. foi
the League now, and knit into every
part Of the settlement. II was not
Wilson's principles that caused tho
trouble ut Paris. but his determina-
ton N apply them,
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League resolution adopted by the Peace Conference mark
ing preliminary victory for Wilson before the big contro
versy This constitutes the seventeenth of the Plenay
session minutes for Jan. Is, 1919
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A Diversion BY Lloyd George.

While this was his long held pur-
pose, there was also an immediate
tactical significance in this amend
ment If he could get immediate
consideration oc the principles OF tho
League in the Council and by The
heads of the States, as he had in
tended, he would So place the Council
on record that the League could not
he sidctraCked. While the resolution
was adopted. although with a reser-
walton by Baron Maxine. the very
next day (January 23) Lloyd George
preCipitated the attempt (Which will
be described in the next chapter) to
divide up the German colonies
among the British dominions, the
French and the Japanese--which in
itself was an attempt to sidetraClS
the League and get the settlements
on the basis of the secret agree
ments rather than ON the basis OF
the new order" ON January -.
during the second plenary session
of the conference. while he conT'ct
over the colonies were raging in the
Council of Ten. these resolutions 90
January 90 were passed by all tho
nations, an action which later proved
of unexpected Importance. The
League project was thus fairly
launched. Wilson. in powerful
speech on that day, drove home his
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a League Of Nations seems to me
10 be a necessity OF the tchole settle
ment. accept IL as kcy to the
trhoic settlement"
President Wilson'S reply to a dele
pufion representing the international
League Of Nations, consisting OF
Lord Pdrmoor. Lord Bnckmdster. the
Bishop OF oxford. and Mr.. q. y.
Gooch. at London. Dec. 2S, 1913.
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Accepting the Committee Idea.

1t was not only the diversity OF
opinion that was developing over the
covenant tina. caused the President
to accept the committee idea but the
Council itself was already bver-
whelmed with the problems OF Rus
STA and Poland and OF world still
in chaos. For the world was not walt
ing either for the Council OF Ten or
for "a League of Nations Commits
sion! 1t was everywhere in danger
Gus flux. On January 10, for ex-
ample, there was a political crisis IN
Italy and the general elections I'm
Germany, both of which We're sources
OF anxiety. Austria was Starving;
Hungary was already drifting to-
ward revolution.
On the following day January 22)
the minutes record:
Mr. Lloyd George read certain
resolutions regarding the League OF
Nations, and they were accepted
with certain amendments proposed
by President Wilson"
These were the British resolutions
which had been in the Presidents
hands Tor week anu inc auicnu-
ments referred TO which the Prcsi-
den. had made-one in typewriting
and one in his own handwriting (see
lfacsimilc) were Of immense signiii-
canoe. The printed text ran.
This League should be created as
part of the peace"
Under this provision the settle
ments might be made according To
the F'renh plan o. having two divi-
the first of which all the settlements
sions of the Peace Conference. in
were to be made according to the old
ideas, and then n second congress
which would discuss n Society OF
Nations"
With he Presidents changes IL
read:
This League should be created ms
ar integral part of the general treaty
Of peace" In short, he wanted th'
League to be an integral part
indeed the cornerstone Of III,
peace.