Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 February 1913 — Future Race Without Hair Or Teeth and Two Toes Gone. [ARTICLE]

Future Race Without Hair Or Teeth and Two Toes Gone.

Hairless, toothless and eight-toed human beings willsoon have the civilized world to themselves, according to Professor Frederick Starr, the University of Chicago anthropologist. The scientist warned his students of the coming change and advised them to submit gracefully to Mother Nature’s latest intentions.

Modern Civilization in general and hats, cooked food and shoes in particular, are held responsible for the fate of the race. Professor Starr asserted that because the people do not live under primitive conditions the children of the future win be more and ‘more unlikely to develop hair, teeth and little toes. Professor Starr has observed signs of the new race in Chicago a nd various other parts of the world. He declared that he could prove his theory by pointing out personal defects in the guests at any social function. He affirmed that n lany of his own students had less fiair on their heads than they should have. “There is no question but that the human race in civilizat ion is tending to become hairless, toothless and eight-toed,” he declared. "Look about you. The time will come when the man, woman or child with ten toes, hair and teeth will be a curiosity. “The natural man needs heriixas a defense and protection against the struggles of primitive life, against blows, heat and storms. We with our hats and civilization do not need it. People with a scant supply of hair tend to die out among primitive peoples, but in civilization they tend to increase. ‘There is one ray of comfort- for those who fear the change. T here may be a reaction which will lead to a more natural life. For insta nee, there might be societies for the prevention of the elimination of the little toe.”