The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-11-24

THE INFLUENCE OF HEREDTTY
Although doctors have claimed for
some time that diseases are not
hereditary, we must not assume that
there Is no influence from heredity.
In Nature, like produces like. rig
trees can not be propagated from
grapevines. 70 humans are born
human offspring. General char
acteristics both physical and mental
are transmitted to children, and
there is no doubt that the latter may
inherit special traits OF strength and
weakness that either or both par
ents possess.
This tendency to pass on char
acteristics sometimes underg0es pc.
culiar forms and changes.
1t is just AZ important for 2 per-
SON contemplating marriage to
choose for q partner one who has z
good sound mind and body and
history of qualified ancestors, as for
a farmer to select good seed for his
next years planting. He would be
foolish II he selected seeds haphax-
ardiy from runt plants as well as
good, saying that 1t made no differ
ence. A good farmer always selects
seeds from the strongest stock, snow
ing that there is an inheritance of
heredity throughout all living things.
Only the finest and strongest par
ents produce the best children. There
is an old saying that = great man
must have had great mother.
1t is interesting that most Of those
who achieve the greatest success in
life come from the ranks of ordinary
people who have lived for genera
tons on q simple diet and hard work.
There Is natural tendency to trans
NIT the best characteristics to the
offspring so that the general ten
dency OF race is toward q higher
type.
We sometimes notice the peculiar
fact that man who lives abstem-
iously becomes old prematurely, and
that man who drinks and smokes
heavily and uses little or no care
In the selection Of his food, lives to
. ripe old age. Although this is the
exception rather than the rule, it is
frequently brought up as an argu-
ment to show that it makes very
little difference how we live. 1t
will be found, however, that heredity
plays an important part in these
cases. In every case where man
is careful with his diet and yet lives
but short time it will be found
that his parents or grandparents
extending back for several genera
tions were very shortlived and, in
the case of q person who is CARELESS
with his living habits and yet lives
for . long time, his parents or
grandparents were remarkably long
lived-probably longer lived than he
will become.
Parents owe it to themselves to
be as healthy rs possible, but they
have, perhaps, greater debt to their
children IL they undertake the re-
sponsibility of parenthood. Chill
dren brought into the world without
their consent are entitled to the first
gift from their parents of strong
bodies and minds, unhampered with
tho faint of disease or weakness.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Large Pores
Question: w. S. asks: "What is
the cause of large pores in the skin
on the nose and cheeks? What
ointment or lotion would you advise
using or would you let Nature take
its course and depend upon them dis
appearing in time ?"
Answer: The large pores in your
skin can be partially closed il you
will use an application of ice to your
skin each day. Move the ice about