Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 66, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 March 1910 — SUNSHINE NOT GOOD FOR, ALL. [ARTICLE]

SUNSHINE NOT GOOD FOR, ALL.

Blonde Race* Fall to Thrive In Cllmate Like American NoMhweat. Charles E. Woodruff, of Manila, P. 1., discusses in the Medical Record the physical degeneration what is found to oochr in north European races when, they settle in the dry, bright atmosphere of the American northwest. Although the first generation does well, the second one is feeble, easily attacked by tuberculosis and other chronic diseases and the families die out in a few generations. The brunette races do well in bright sunshine, because they are accustomed to It, while the blondes are made nervous by it. But it is the northern blonde races that give us the strong brains that we need to perpetuate our nation, and these do not come from the brunette races of the south. It is important for us to preserve these blonde types, and to that end it Is necessary that physicians should advise them to keep from the influences that Injure them. The best Aryan blood is being wasted from our nation at present. Scandinavian colonization is impossible in the tropics. The average brain weight and intelligence increase as we go north in Europe, and this brain weight does count. We should favor the emigration of these northern races and preserve them as far as possible. Western and southern Alaska furnish a climate that is congenial to them. As a health resort for neurasthenics it is also of value, ths cool, damp air being helpful and quieting to the nervous system.