Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-27

They are brother and sister.
THE reason why was not understood untn
scientist of Paris, DR.. Danilewsky, sue
ceeded in separating from egg yolks substance
which was finally demonstrated to be the
growth element.
Puppies fed with regular doses of this sub
stance not only grew faster than pups OF the
same filters reared in the ordinary way, but
were stronger and more lively They developed
thicker and silkier hair and seemed TO be
more intelligent.
DR. Danilewsky suggested that human infants
or young children fed with plenty of egg yolks
might perhaps show greatly increased rate
of growth and that with persistence in this
diet, they might get so favorably start as
to give them prospect OF greater stature as
adults.
Quite conceivably, such diet, unless strictly
limited, might not agree with them, but regular
doses of the "grow-stuf" itself-the GROWTH
accelerating element separated from egg yoks--
might accomplish the same purpose.
DR.. Koch, Of the University of Chicago, has
made use of the 'grow-Stuf' in a series OF
experiments on guinea pigs, which for each
trial were of the same litter and were raised
on the same diet of carrots, corn and cabbage.
Weighed every two days, 1t was found that the
guinea pigs dosed with the substance grew 60
per cent faster than the others. Similar trials
with young chickens gave like results
DR.. Danilewsky found that tadpoles dosed
with the "grow-stuff" grew much faster and
bigger, while frogs eggs placed in water con.
tanning only 1-15O0th part of it gained In 81
days 400 per cent more weight than other eggs
of the same bath in ordinary water. In other
words, they grew three times as fast.
Government chemists at Washington, trying
to find out why the "grow-stuff" had such re-
markable effects, came to the conclusion that
it acted as a Stimulant upon the blood, which
was thereby caused to deposit more rapidly the
materials that build the bones and other tissues.
All the materials that go to make growth are
originally in solution in the blood. If, while
growth is still going on, their deposition can
be FASTENED, the animal will grow faster.
The United States Public Health Service,
having made a profound study of the subject,
says that the chances are eight to seven that
the first child of the average mother will be q
boy. Later on, the chances are even for both
sexes. But very young parents and very elderly
parents are decidedly more likely to have boy
babies than girl babies. If there be q four.
tenth child 1t is almost certain to be boy.
Twins occur in one of every 80 births In
America; triplets in one of every 1910 births;
bankruptcies in one of every 371 lbs births.
The tendency to produce twins is hereditary,
usually in the family of the mother. In twOa
thirds of all cases they are of the same sex.
Very often they are no more alike than consecu-
tive children, but where So-called "identicar
twins are concerned, they usually resemble each
other so closely that it is not easy to ten
them apart.
Nor is this at all surprising, inasmuch %
they are really one person IN duplicate.
livery human being begins existence as O
single fertilized cell. In occasional Inc
stances it happens that the cell splits into two,
each Of them a nucleus of growth. Al O
result, there Is birth of twins who, in effect,
share single identity Mental moral and
physical attributes are common to both. 1Ins
variably they are Of the same sex.
Upon this strange phenomenon was based
Alexandra Dumas wonderful and romantic
story Of 1.-THE Corsican Brothers," whose sym.
pathy with each other is 30 acute that the
killing Of one Of them rs instantly made known,
though at o great distance, to the other wh0
goes in pursuit of the killer and Stays him.
Though not q certainty, 1t is surmised that
So-called "coalesced" twins are probably of the
Identical type The Siamese twins were O
famous example. Such twins their bodies IN.
completely separated, are born much more
often than Is commonly supposed, but usually
they die in babyhood
Besides promoting greater growth in chill
dren, proper diet greatly increases their re.
sistance to disease and consequently strengthens
the race.
One Of the most important advances which
science predicts for the human is increased
inherent grain capacity to think from 10 70
100 times faster than he does today.
(CODyright 1882