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and in only Is per cent of the short
legged, large-bodied men. With the
increase of the length of the legs Crel-
atively to the size of the trunk. in.
telligence increa sed.
But this was not all. The test for
instability of the emotions was checked
up. and II showed that emotional in
stability (meaning the person is more
emotional" as we sayl increased di-
rectly as the body size increased and
the length of the legs decreased. Thus
the second "hunch" was confirmed.
Leaving the limbs and the trunk
now, we move on up to the head.
which, judging by the statements of
DR.. Philip Rice, morphologist. reveals
the personality by its shape even more
than the rest of the body does
DR.. Rice, who is a fellow in the
American College of Surgeons. de,
clares that this is not the old phre-
nology which mapped infinitely each
tiny bump on the skull and drew de.
auctions by the general outlines, and
does not attempt such detailed regis
tering. This branch of morphology,
he says, yielded astonishing results at
the hands of the late Prof. De Clio.
vanni Of the University of Padua
Any over or under development of
any one part of the brain is indicated
outwardly by the size of that part of
the skull that happens to cover it,
according to this theory. Thus, If that
part of the brain which gives free
play to the passions is overdeveloped
and large, the part of the skull which
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Emotional and Intellectual Capacity
Estimated by Study of Human Bodies

the growth of the body and the growth
Of the mind. Since they do, shouldn't
there be some definite correspondence
between body growth and mental
power?
Naccarati and Garrett decided to
find out, by testing some Columbia
students. They put these men through
tests which revealed the intelligence
and the emotional stability or instabil-
ity that each one possessed. To make
a triple check, they then had each man
rate himself on his physique, aggres-
siveness, emotional stability and intel
ligence, and then had the instructor
who knew them best make a similar
rating.
BY this time they had fairly COM
plete data for every man examined.
Now came the vital question: Was
there any kind of bodily measurement
that would indicate the presence or
absence Of these traits?
Both Naccarai and Garrett had
noticed that many intelligent men of
their acquaintance had long legs,
while few had short ones The squat.
heavy-chested type, on the other hand.
seemed usually to have an emotional
bent, and was better at labor requir-
Ing manual skill than at that calling
for intellectual power. They wondered
II this was a mere coincidence.
The results of the tests confirmed
this relationship to a startling degree.
High intelligence was found in rs per
cent of the long-legged. small-bodied
men, In 40 per cent Of the normal men,
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BY McCREADY HUSTON.

a travelling salesman, and he had
saved it merely because he always
saved everything anybody gave him
But he had answered. her:
Il used to think I'd like to write
plays or something"
Splendid! But you have given it
up?" He had remained silent
What was your play called? Won't
you tell me?" she had asked.
He had had no play; SO. Of course,
he had not called 1t anything. But
considering the depths of those Jade
eyes-he thought they We're jade-he
had replied:
Il thought of calling it something
like The Hidden Hand
How thrilling. 1t must be some
thing like The Bat Just think! If
you would write just one play like
The Bat you could leave this work
She had ended with little gasp; and
when she left. she had paused ever so
briefly and had added:
You will go on with 1t, won't your
She had hurried away. He didn't
know whether she had heard his For
your or not. Well, he wasn't afraid
of Oracle. If that big stiff wasn't
treating the little girl right
He moved slowly toward the trade
entrance of the hotel.
You're five minutes late" snapped
Lena, stepping out of the shadow. If
we don't hurry. we won't get a seat. e."
He surveyed the girl calmly. Lena
was a waitress in Ye Olde English
Coffee Shoppe of the New Trianon-
and his girl.
H. George walked moodily along be.
side her. making for the corner OF
Pershing avenue and the Belleau
49,.
to Jonesville for a number of years,
street Is now Pershing avenue and
Michigan street Is Belleau boulevard.
At the southeast corner Is an immense
stucco front covered with electric
lights. 1t is the New Paradise
Theater.
The bill at the New Paradise is
changed twice a week, and the change
governs two-sevenths of the evenings
of all the LenaS in Jonesville.
II. George Chadwick had been TAX
ing Lena to the New Paradise Theater
two evenings a week for almost two
years. They were engaged. Not
much was said about it, but the sister
with whom Lena boarded, at the end
Of the Riverdale avenue car-line. I'M
derstood that Lena and George were
to be married, and had said to her hus-
band. who drove a truck for the New
Bon Marche Department Store. that
1t couldn't be too soon to suit her.
Tonight II. George was restless
The theater. in spite Of the cooling
breeze generated by the million dollar
refrigerating plant. was close, and the
program was tedious. Lena, reclin-
ing in her seat, her eyes half closed,
was. however, unconscious of her
suitor's dissatisfaction.
H. George wondered what Mrs
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It was not 80 much what they said
as the way they said 1t that made
him feel a, subtle suggestion.
CHE was the wife of Oracle, presi-
- dent of the Jonesville First Ma
tional Bank and Trust Co., and as
he shipped her back hair she had
said:
1--WE Americans are too Waterfalls
tic. don't you think? We don't think
enough about the finer things If
were a man I would let business go.
I would paint, or write, or compose
great music"
H. George had looked at her ref1ec-
ton In the glass. The little girl
she was hardly more than a girl
might be unhappy with that big.
burly Oracle and his everlasting bank
combinations. H. George had shaved
him that very day, running him in
between shingles. He had been in a
hurry to get through and catch a
New York train, he had said. Always
buried in business, he probably was
starving the little girl for the finer
things Of life.
You must have thought often of
doing something to express yourself, :"
she had remarked.
H. George forgot that the magazine
In his drawer did not mean anything
to him, that 1t had been given him by
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ear and taking away fraction of
an inch with his unerring precision.
You can. too she answered crisp
~. You must. / want you to. Get
your play done while 1 am gone"
II. George thought of the nights of
the New Paradise Theater, the New
Crystal ballroom and the Natatorium
stretching ahead of him. and of the
tablet of white paper lying unmarried
on his table.
Mr.. Oracle knows a lot Of produc-.
ing managers; II anybody could get ii
produced, he could. I'll tell him about
It. And when it's done. you let me
take it. and We'll see what we can
do"
II. George was Immediately in a
panic.
NO: don't tell him. Don't say any
thing about 1t. Let me finish it first. q"
LAS you say" she ended. getting
out of the chair and pausing for a
moment while the next woman, wait
ing on the bench by the wall. regarded
her hatefully
Mrs. Oracle handed II George his
copy OF the Jupiter and, as he
locked it in his drawer. she added
"Finish the play. anyhow. while I
am out of town"
She sauntered away. and Ii. George
iTt" tfe cOSe Oh the apron Sadly
around the middle-aged neck of the
next customer.
X
IL Mrs. Ellington p Oracle had en-
couraged the art of the playwright,
she had also done her work we'll as
a patron OF the art tonsorial. The
word she had dropped to Mrs. Harold
Naylor and Mrs. John p. Lurcher on
the veranda of the Jonesville Country
Club was only beginning TO bear re-
suits. but already the inundation of
candidates for the shingled head
threatened TO destroy II. George Chad
wick. Many of the customers, unable
TO wait for hours. overfowed into
the other chairs. where. if they did
not get a Chadwick shingle, they had
the pleasure of watching II. George
at work. Practically the entire mem
bership of the Wednesday Afternoon
Bridge Club appeared shingled a week
after the club met with Eddie Naylor.
The evenings found II. George in a
weakened condition, with no heart to
begin on the first act of The Iron
Hook" Days rushed by. and THE
Iron Hook" still. remained unstarted.
Fed by recollections of his contacts
with Mrs. Oracle. the imagination of
II. George Chadwick evolved improve
ments on The Bat while he stood
at his chair. but the evening routine
of Jonesville and the deluge Of heads
to be cut left him without a moment
when. In full possession of his fac
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Tasteless Cod Liver Oil.

HAVE YOU any disagreeable recoI.
lecticns OF cod liver oil? If so, YOU
will agree in calling Drs. Harry T..
Dublin and Casimir Funk, biochemists
of New York. real benefactors. They
claim to have removed its bad taste.
says Popular Science Monthly.
1t was only comparatively recently
that scientists discovered why cod liver
oil was good for babies. 1t is the
richest sources known of two vitarins
one that prevents ricketts, in children
and another that wards off a serious
eve disease that often results in blind
ness. After this discovery, efforts
were begun to make an extract of the
oil that would be easy to take.
Not only is the nauseous taste re-
moved in the new extract, II Is said.
but 1t contains, in a given quantity,
several thousand times as many vita
minis as the original OIL.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-24
By CARL SHOUP.

TIME secret is out. Any chance
passerby can diagnose your
personality now, If there is
L truth in what certain scien-
fists have come to believe.
Studying morphology. that branch of
knowledge dealing with the structure
of bodily forms, they have decided
| that such apparently trustworthy
agents as arms. legs. chest and head,
can't keep a secret at all. They blare
out plainly to every one: Look. the
party that owns us is an emotional,
| unstable fellow; or. Hes good
! brain-worker. but cold-hearted
brute; or. something else just as re-
vealing.
When we look at a building we can
| usually get some hint as to what is
inside. We would hardly make the mis-
| take of seeking a leader of the smart
set in warehouse. The exterior of
a Jail, a barn, or an Office building
gives US distinct idea about what the
| interior contains. Now. 1t must be
! admitted that the bodily frame of a
human being resembles building
somewhat, in principle. 1t serves as
an outer covering for the moving force
within. But can we tell from looking
| at the shape of the body. as we can
from looking at the shape Of the office
building, what kind of a personality
occupies the interior? Until recently
such thought would have been
, scoffed at as an impossibility, except
i by believers in physiognomy and
phrenology. Recent discoveries, how
! ever, have apparently shown that the
shapes of our bodies are indeed guides
| to our personalities.
| Consider first your arms, legs. and
trunk. Briefly, what morphology in
dicates Is this:
If your legs are long and your
trunk Is relatively small you are an
Intellectual type, verging in extreme
cases on the pure theorist and the
dreamer.
2-n youur legs are short and your
trunk is relatively large. you are Of
the emotional type, and are more
skilled at manual labor than at brain
| work.
3-If you are in between these two
types in bodily measurement. you s:e
apt to be a blend of all those charac-
teristics.
These indications were brought to
light recently by Prof. Henry e. Gar.
rett of Columbia University, collabor.
ating with DIR. Sante Naccarati. a
| specialist In nervous and mental dis
| eases. They had been carefully study
ing the information about the human
body that has been uncovered in the
last few years through discoveries OF
the functions OF the ductless glands
the thyroid and the pituitary being the
| best-known examples. These little
glands produce Juices that affect both
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might have observed. however that
II. George did not linger as long as
usual on the porch out on Riverdale
avenue, but said goodnight quickly
and caught the next car back to town.
He did not know what had happened,
but he did know something had. He
would have TO concentrate immediate
~ on the work in hand. He must get
something done.
In his room he sat before his tablet
and tried to summon those opening
lines for The Iron Hook" They
would not come. He kept thinking of
that empty bench in the New Trianon
barber shop and the desertion OF the
girls. Another night went by with
the play unstarted.
The morning brought only two shin
giles, and he went out go luncheon at
the New Apollo Cafe hurt and won
dering At this rate he would be only
a barber by the end Of the week:
moreover, his earnings would show a
sharp decline.
Crossing Belleau boulevard on his
way back TO the shop H. George was
startled out Of his detected ponder
ings by a sharp horn behind him. and
he sprang to the curb just IN time 10
avoid being crushed under the wheels
of a swift sports roadster. His i'm
there looking after the car, did not
occur to him. Something more tragic
than that penetrated the core of his
being. The driver of the car was
Mrs. Ellington =. Oracle. and she had
not recognized him: either that, or she
had chosen to ignore him. She was
back in town. and she hadn't let him
know. Wounded and discouraged. he
crept back to the shop and sat in line
with the other BARRIERS. waiting.
*
THE afternoon yielded one girl Gus
tomer-Lena. She came down
from the Coffee Shoppe and slipped
into his chair in the old way, but the
zest Of the occasion for II. George
was lacking. Lena ran her hand over
the back of her head refiectively and
smiled into the mirror.
Don't trim 1t too close" she said.
This may be the last time. I'm goin'
TO let it grow in"
II. George paused, apron in hands.
Let it grow in? What's the big
idea? -
Why. haven't you heard? The
shingle bob's done. Long hair
comm back. I'm sorry. in a way;
it'll lose money for you. But you
know, there's something kinda nice
about long hair. I'm kinda glad the
styles changin'."
H. George swallowed air
Where did YOU get that stuff?
Who said long hairs coming back?"
he asked.
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all. Mr.. Chadwick has. locked in the
drawer of his mirror at the New
Trianon. a copy of the first number
Of the American Jupiter
PETTY did not look at her two
speeches. companions. She knew
what the effects of her words would
be. Leaving them. she walked to the
edge Of the porch and stood leaning
against a pillar. looking out across
the golf course.
Presently a hand rested on hers as
1t touched the railing and from the
other side an arm slid around ner
waist.
I'VE know how it must make you
feel to find such a mind, such a heart.
in such a place. In such an environ
ment." II was Edie speaking.
Yes. and we will keep your conf
dence." added Fanny. pressing her
warm. ample frame against her
hostess and patting her hand.
go. I have told you more than I
intended to-" said Mrs. Oracle in a
fat tone. without looking at them.
But l want you TO go TO him. l
want you TO help me make him some
body. at least among the-the clods
of Jonesyille."
Fanny and Edie exchanged glances,
each pressed a hand Of their friend
and leader. and then withdrew with
out a word. leaving her standing with
that far-away look in her eyes.
When II. George Chadwick finished
the thirteenth shinge of day crowded
with smiles from his feminine clients
and frpwns from his fellow BARRIERS,
the clock S:ood Is minutes past
closing h.. II. If he changed quickly
to his ne~ conservative English-style
suit he W.1id just have time to keep
his nightff appointment at the en-
ployes' entrance of the New Trianon
Tonight. however, he moved slow
". His mind careSsed a memory Of
" lovely creature from another world
who. as she stepped from his chair.
had paused and. fixing him with her
Jade eyes, had murmured:
You will go on with your play,
won't you?"
And he, handing her a cashiers
swered:
For YOU
He didn't know how he found the
courage. He couldn't recall when he
had spoken of a play. But the daz-
zling being. only the third time in his
chair. had said softly:
I've been suspecting things about
you. You write, don't you? I've been
thinking about 1t ever since you
showed me your copy Of the first num-
Der of The Jupiter.
II. George did not write. He had
no intention of writing But his
shing!e bob visitors had suddenly be-
gun to allude to writing. as II he did.
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covers that section is unusually prom
lnent' and thus we know that the
owner OF the skull is liable to violent
outbursts of rage. love and ieaIousIy.
We all have three brains in one
Ihere Is the elementary brain, which
Is nothing more than the joining of tho
various nerve fibers right at the top
OF the spinal column This is the
automatic, or acting center, and if
we could find some one with nothing
except a bump over the neck and be
hind the ears, we would nudge that he
had practically no emotions or intel
lect, since he would have nothing but
this elementary brain Then there is
the second, the emotional center
filling that portion of the head above
the ears. Finally, there is the intel
lectual center, located in the forward
part of the head, above the eyes,
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why, all the swells is lettin theirs
grow. Mrs. Ellington p. Oracle
started It; she come back from New
York last week, an she told 1t at the
Country Club that long hard be the
thing from now on. It's got all over
town. You know Mrs. Oracle: shes
swell. She's lettin' hers grow"
Rather mechanically. II. George
pinned the apron around her neck and
reached for his shears. Fortunately
Lena did not expect conversation IN
the chair He leaned close to his work
and kept his eyes from meeting hers
in the mirror. And as he worked. hol
resentment and anguish blurred his
job
What do you think you're dom"
Cuttin neat
He had barely missed shipping the
lobe of Lena s left ear.
Gee. III be glad when this stuff :
grown in. l wish l hadn't had il
bobbed now"
Il. George sighed and looked at the
waiting bench" 1t was empty.
ia say we go out Sunday anu
look at some o them lots l told you
about?" Lena asked presently. With
what | got an what you got, We
could start a bungalow. The man says
He did not answer Immediately. He
lying unwritten on his table.
When did you say this long hair
stuff started?" he muttered when he
could control his voice.
"Oh, a week or 10 days ago. On,
o the girls from the Coffee Shoppe
was out at the Country Club waitin
! table at a tea, and Mrs. Oracle was
tellin' EN-. An she told EN- she had
discovered a musical genius in New
nd to- ~ hytr, FEr,, 49,
for a concert next Winter. Just a
kid-runS an elevator in a hotel,
think she said
II. George paused with his scissors
suspended. He stood looking intently
at the reflection Of Lena's face in the
mirror for long minute; then he fell
to work furiously. In a moment he
was standing aside While she climbed
out Of the chair.
Lets go out there and look at them
lots sunday" he said, brushing some
stray ends of hair from Lena's Shout
ders, vague hint of tenderness IN the
gesture. He handed her a cashiers
check and began putting away his
tools. Then, reminded by wicked
flash Of memory. he opened his draw
er and took out his copy Of the frs
number of THE American Jupiter
He handed it TO Lena
Drop this in the waste naper hale,
when you go back" he said.
Lena inspected the ma gazine ca
gerly.
Throw it away, nothin' :" she ex
claimed. This IS worth money. Mr.
Silverthorre - you know he's sorta
lit'ry-well, he comes int the Coffee
Shoppe for his meals an he was tell
ing me about this. He says copies o
the first issues worth SIS. III get
i'm TO see about sellin' II for US"
II. George swayed slightly.
WHAT'S on at the New Paradise
tonight" he asked.
Copyright 1921
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ulties, he could sit down at the table
in the furnished room on Railroad
avenue and put those improvements
into thrilling dialogue and situations.
He never considered confiding in
Lena. To do that would have re
quired an explanation Of his mental
phiianderings with the Country Club
set and he was not ready to start
Lena off on jealous tangent which
would lead her straight to the Ford
coupe of Clavering Silverthorne, the
head deskman of the New Trianon.
from whom he had won her. H
George knew enough not TO try TO
eat his cake and have il too He
struggled to take care Of the dozens
of shingles. of Lena and the Jones
Vile social pace. and write The Iron
Hook" all at the same time. That
Is. he meant to write The Iron Hook"
in fevered hours when he should drag
himself home after long evenings at
the New Paradise and the New Crys-
tai.
From II until on an Au-
gust night he sat before his paper
with the locomotives of Wabash
freights putting outside his window
and cinders Ticking the screen. He
bit his pen and perspired in his un-
dershirt, finally falling YEARLY into
bed. having made no mark on the
paper.
He had some thoughts; at least. he
thought they were thoughts; and he
fixed the next night for putting them
into words Mrs Oracle had been
gone a month. She might come home
any day now, and ask him what he
had done.
THE next night, however, with its
excellent literary and dramatic
intentions. was driven from his mind
the following morning by a curious
situation. For the first time in months,
astonishing and unwelcome leisure
awaited him in the barber shop. In
stead Of dozen feminine heads TO
work on before luncheon, he had only
three and the other BARRIERS had none.
With two pairs of masculine joWls TO
shave and one masculine hair cut. his
tips and cash record for the day prom
Used little. The long afternoon was
slightly better, but not much. No line
of beauties sat and waited for him.
The difference was so marked that the
other BARRIERS offered ponderous jests
about his sudden loss OF customers.
BY evening II. George was glad to
welcome the moving of a two-day
beard. Something had happened in
Jonesville.
over the sundaes in the Sugar Bowl
that night he alluded TO the phenom-
enon to Lena, but the Importance of
the incident did not sink in. She
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Ship Stabilizer.

CEASICKNEsS is expected to vanish
- before mammoth gyro stabilizer,
to be installed in a 20,000-ton Amer
can liner. The gyroscope Is large,
heavy metal disk. which, when revofv-
ing at a high rate of speed, offers
great resistance to lateral motion.
Thus the steamer can steady itself by
holding on to the gyroscope, which re
fuses to swing.
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Seals Pie.

An enterprising housekeeper has
a found a new use for paper tape.
1t is wrapped around the edge of pies
to keep the juice in. 1t is moistened
slightly before it Is wound around; and
since the paper shrinks as 1t dries. il
pulls the edges of the pie tightly to-
gether. It n easily removed after
baking.