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“ Disturbing Times While the state fair officials are advertising the plight of the farmer by offering admissions to the annual exhibit for one bushel of wheat instead of money, one of the most conservative and consistent of Republicans is urging Governor Leslie to call a special session of the legislature to pass laws to relieve property from taxation and place the burden on luxuries. Just why a state fair, designed to promote bigger and better crops, should be held in a year when crops are so big that they can not be sold should be explained. •-> But the offer, in itself an insult to the farmer and impractical, does emphasize the necessity of # immediate action. John Moorman, prison trustee and not a radical, declares that the legislature should meet at once or the property owner will lose his property and government itself may become bankrupt. There are all too many reasons to believe that there is a sound basis for his alarm. In this and every other city many evictions of tenants are made each week. Workless men can not pay rent. There is no official or unofficial charity equipped to pay rentals of the many who will need shelter this winter. When vast numbers can not pay rent, the owners of rental property will be unable to pay taxes and the eviction of tenants will be followed by tax sales of the property itself. The one body that might give relief is the legislature, and it could do much more than merely shift the burden of taxation. There would have been no reason for shift if an Income tax law had been passed at the last session. But the legislature could cut out much waste in the cost of government, could encourage state improvements that will employ labor, could provide new laivs that will actually care for those who are in need through no fault of their own. When a public institution such as the state fair proposes a return to barter it is time to take inventory and get busy. Barter in tickets for farmers would soon be followed by barter in other lines. That would be disturbing to business and finance. Possibly Moorman, prison trustee, can persuade his chief that a special session of the legislature might help to not only raise taxes for government, but do ■omething to put them to work. There can be worse things than luxury and income taxes. One of these is eviction. The other is a tax sale. A Drunken Legislature? When the secretary to Governor Leslie charges in at public address that the members of the last legislature were so drunk that they refused to pass needed jtax laws, something should happen. The Governor, of course, could fire his subordinate and disown any responsibility for the speech. Or he can accept responsibility and prove it. Leaders of the legislature, without regard to party, deny that the laws were written with alcohol instead of ink. s The question which presents itself to the common citizen is why the Governor was silent during that session if he or his secretary knew of law violations. Why did he not sound his warning at that time? Why did he not rouse the state by a clarion call for decency instead of drunkenness, if he knew such to be the condition of the jsolons? If his secretary knew this to be the condition and did not warn his superior, he should be trusted no farther. Os course the charge by Secretary Chasey is the most reasonable explanation for some of the legislation, notably the huge emergency fund placed in the ■hands of the Governor. It might explain the refusal to pass an income tax Jlaw. It might explain the servility to the utility interests which kept the people in bondage to the Ineulls. Heretofore the people have believed that something worse than drunkenness accounted for the legislative sins. i Aliens Are Not Criminals The Wickershnm commission’s report on crime ana me foreign born is a fair and forthright answer to the insistent complaint that aliens are responsible for our high crime rate. Experts consistently have claimed that the patrioteers were unfair and inaccurate in blaming lax law observance here on immigrants. And now, today, the Wickersham commission concurs with the experts. The Wickersham probably will be remembered longest for its prohibition straddle, its evasion of the Mooney-Billings case and its other uncourageous handling of vital problems of crime and law observance. It is because of this that its latest report shines like a jewel in a dust heap. The report speaks for itself. Listen: V “The conclusions reached—from statistical studies —are that in proportion to their respective numbers the foreign-born commit considerably fewer crimes that the native born; that the foreign-born approach the record of the native-born most closely in the commission of crimes involving personal violence, and that in crime for gain the native-born greatly exceeds the foreign-born. “This commission is Inclined to the belief that the future immigration policy of the United States can be determined safely on general economic and social grounds and that the difficulty of the problem of maintaining social order certainly has not been increased disproportionately by the conduct of the. foreign-born." Nor is this all. The commission’s expert in this study was Dr. Edith Abbott of the University of Chicago. Her own atudies and those of her assistants led her to certain conclusions. “With these conclusions/’ the report aaid, “this commission is in sympathy, and they are commended as a conservative resume of available information and existing public feeling upon this subject." This is what Dr. Abbott concluded: “It is easy to shift the responsibility for what is wrong by charging it upon the nationals of other countries. It is easier, for example, to charge our crime against immigrants than against an inefficient land corrupt system of police and an outworn system of criminal justice. “Charging our high crime rates against the foreignborn is merely evading the real difficulties of life instead of trying to solve them. To continue to follow the method of preferring charges against the immigrant is the method of adopting one policy because It is the ’easy way’—the line of least resistance—and rejecting another method because it is more dlfflmilt. But an attempt to lace squarely the map diffl-

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Chit problems of life is more In line with our American traditions.” The Utilities Split If the split in the National Electric Light Association actually has come about, as some utility men suggest, because a group of companies refuse to be a party to certain of its activities, then there is hope that the entire association, or a majority of its membership, may come to look upon those activities as most people outside the utility would do—as unworthy and indefensible. For several years, under the leadership of Paul S. Clapp, who calls himself a friend of President Hoover and who went to the association from a job as power secretary to Secretary Hoover, the National Electric Light Association has carried on the sort of “educational” campaign in behalf of the utilities which aroused so much indignation when the federal trade commission brought it to the public notice. It was N. E. L. A. which discovered that teachers belong to the “starveling professions,” and that the best way to make “good” teachers of them was to give them utility jobs during vacations, at a good salary. It was N. E. L. A. which, through its local branches, also organized public speaking campaigns sending utility representatives to address women’s clubs, Boy Scout rallies, and other gatherings; which sprang to action during political campaigns to defeat men and measures thought to be harmful to utilities; which censored school books and magazine articles; which employed a former Governor to attend an interstate conference on water problems preliminary to construction of Boulder dam, and report proceedings to the utilities; which organized the joint committee to lobby against federal legislation displeasing to the power companies. If some of the members of the association are able to see the silliness of this attitude, and the real danger to the industry of persisting in it, they may be able to do their less perspicacious fellows a distinct service. The Farmer Who Groans Long years before the federal farm board was thought of, French peasants put into words the bitter philosophy of the farm relief program the board is proposing today. From generation to generation tillers of the French soil have passed down the story of Pierre-Qui-Grogne, Pierre the farmer who groans. Pierre-Qui-Grogne was walking behind his plow grumbling, when a shining figure appeared before him and asked his trouble. He answered that the earth was hard and he could not mark a straight furrow no matter how he tried. The shining figure told him to rest and, taking hold of the plow, did his work quickly and well. But Pierre sat in the shade and grumbled still. “What is the trouble now?” the shining figure asked. Pierre replied that good grain was dear and he could not afford to sow his field. The shining figure lifted its arms and down from heaven rained quick full seeds into the furrows. Pierre was silent for a short time, but soon began his lament again. “Who will guarantee me sun and rain in rightful proportions to ripen my wheat?” he grumbled this time. The shining figure heard him and handed him two gourds, one containing the essence of all rains, the other the essence of all sunshine, and instructed him how they might be used to bring the crop to fruition. This time Pierre seemed to be silenced and the figure disappeared. But at the harvest, Pierre’s voice was lifted again in the groan which has become immortal. “Verily the harvest is abundant and of good quality,” he said, “and that is why I grumble, for when there is plenty the price (as ordained by iron economic laws) is paltry. And if I had half this harvest my gains would be greater.” It was overproduction then and it is overproduction now which lies in wait to impoverish the farmer if other calamities do not. One of Mahatmd Gandhi’s ten rules of life is that it is man’s primary duty to serve his neighbor. Cruel and inhuman treatment—if the home brew in India is the same as it is in this country. There’s at least one advantage in that new Arctic air route to Europe. Bibulous travelers need not worry about cracked ice. A Chicago poet, turned ditch digger to support his “contract child,” is writing a book, “No More Babies.” Well, anyway, that’s a far cry. At that, Europeans might not be far wrong if they assume that pipe of Dawes’ is symbolic of conditions here. Benny Leonard is going to make a comeback! So is your old prosperity. This is a poor time of the year to get heated up over frozen assets.

Just Every Day Sense BY MRS. WALTER FERGUSON

B. S. is a young woman faced with a problem that has confronted many an individual. Engaged to a young professional man for two years, their marriage still is far in the future because her sweetheart’s parents are poor, and he now is working to put a sister through college. And this sister is a very thoughtless young person who demands pretty clothes and good times without end. Asa consequence, this girl sees the man she loves getting more and more hopelessly into debt, and her dreams of the future receding into the distance. There is only one thing to do in a case of this kind. The engaged couple should have a conference with the sister and point out to her the selfishness of her behavior. If she is the right sort of girl, then she will postpone her education or get to work earning it for herself, as many have done. tt tt a DEMURRING against such course only would prove her unworthy of the sacrifice her brother is making for her. The lives of many splendid people can be ruined by the thoughtlessness of one. And it is as much the duty of a brother to build up his sister’s character as it is to provide her with an education. Sacrifices of this sort seldom are what they cost in sorrow. If these young people are sincerely in love, they will marry as soon as possible and inform the dependent girl that she must begin to earn her own bread and butter, or at least cease to expect luxuries. To begin married life with debts is a difficulty, but one that often has been surmounted. Given the courage and the co-operation of a loving man and woman, it is not so tragic as it sounds. A man owes something to his future wife. And after two years of waiting, the most important thing he should feel he owes her is marriage. This should take precedence over all his other obligations, save those involving actual want for others.

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We Should Play the Game Like England, Who Puts All Her Political Cards on the Table. NEW YORK, Aug. 24.—The DOX arrives at Miami after nine months of trial and tribulation. It doesn’t sound very thrilling compared to some of the records recently made. Just the same, those in charge of the venture are to be congratulated. Aviation has been hurt by nothing so much as the craze to hang up marks, regardless of cost or consequence. Their refusal to take unnecessary risk sets a badly needed ! example. Speed with risk is all right for a circus, but speed without too much risk is essential if you want to in- j terest the public. It is high time that confidence . is recognized as the true basis of I air-mindedness and that safety for average people under average conditions become the major objective. If trans-oceanic flying ever becomes an important factor in travel, it will be through ships of such size and capacity as the DO-X. In this respect, she represent a momentous idea. She is the biggest craft of her kind yet constructed, with a wing spread of 157 feet, a length of 134 feet, a weight of 31 tons light and 52 tons loaded. tt tt tt Misfortune Is Economic TT was from Cuba that the DO-X flew to Miami, associating that much distressed island with the first happy event for many days. Just how bad conditions have been in Cuba no one can say because of the rigid censorship, but President Machado is back in Havana. which most people interpret as signalizing the revolution’s collapse. Like so many other countries, Cuba’s misfortune is economic rather than political—unemployment, poverty, starvation. a tt tt It’s Overabundance 'T'HE queerest phase of this dedepression lies in the fact that a great deal of the suffering can be tracejd, not to lack of necessities, but to their overabundance. Too much sugar for the Cuban mills to run, too much wheat and cotton for our own farmers to get a decent price, too much oil for the producers to make a reasonable return, and that isn’t the worst of it. Most previous depressions have centered around a shortage of money, but you don’t hear much about that, especially in the United States, where idle dollars mare than match idle men. tt tt tt What Do We Wait For? TO the same extent that Chinese starve while we are oversupplied with wheat, England’s credit is threatened, while we are oversupplied with gold. Walter S. Gifford, whom President Hoover has selected to organize and carry out the relief program for this winter, says that it will take $300,000,000 to provide for the needy. No doubt, it will, but after that what? Are we just sitting down and waiting for a favorable wind to blow? Hand It to Them ENGLAND, faced with no worse situation, save in a money way, prepares to take drastic measures, such drastic measures, indeed, as may smash her present political lineup. You have to admire the English whenever things come to a showdown. They don’t try to pull the country out of the mud with a one-party pow-wow. They call all the boys in, lay their cards on the table and say to each other, “Here’s our program; if you’ve got a better one, go to it.” tt tt tt He Hides Nothing PREMIER MACDONALD hasn’t hidden anything from Baldwin, or the liberals. He has risked his very career for the sake of being frank. The result is that, whether conservatives, laborites and liberals can agree, or not, they all what is going on. It would be much better for this country if we played the game that way, but our theory is to let one party play its hand, while the other remains blindfolded, with one half the nation powerless to render intelligent assistance. tt tt tt He’s a Great Man PREMIER MACDONALD not only is keeping the opposition well informed, but is taking issue with a large element in his own party. As you know, he is trying to overcome a deficit of about $600,000,000 in the annual budget. Though his program has not been made public, it is said to contemplate providing half the amount by increased taxes and the other half by reduced expenses, especially for social service, which includes the dole. Conservatives and Liberals are said to demand that 75 per cent be provided by reduced expenses, while the trade union element of the Labor party wants all of it provided through increased taxes. Meanwhile, the leaden of all parties and factions know exactly where everybody stands, and the king has come to London so that he will be on hand to deal with any emergency that may arise. In other words, while each leader is playing his own game, he is keeping the interest of the nation uppermost in his mind. This is particularly true of Ramsay MacDonald—a great man.

Daily Thought

Violence shall no more be heard in thy land, wasting nor destruction within thy borders; but thou shall call thy walls salvation and thy gates praise.—lsaiah 60:18. It is some compensation for groat evils that they enforce great lessons. —Bovee.

Maybe There’s a Leak Somewhere

—DAILY HEALTH SERVICE Vitamin A Essential for Children

This is the twenty-third ot a series of thirty-six timely articles by Dr. Morris Fisbbein on “Food Truths and Follies.” dealing: with such much discussed but little known subjects as calories, vitamins, minerals, digestion and balanced diet. BY DR. MORRIS FISHBEIN Editor, Journal of the American Medical Association and of Hygeia. the Health Magazine. IT is essential, of course, that the diet of the growing child contain plenty of vitamin A substances. Evidence has been accumulated which indicates that carotin, which is the yellow coloring matter in carrots and in other foods, has vitamin A properties. Vitamin A is not developed in the animal body, as is vitamin D : the rickets-preventing vitamin. Hence, it is necessary that products be chosen because of their richness in this substance. The liver fats of the salmon and the halibut are richer in vitamin

IT SEEMS TO ME

IT has been announced by Police Commissioner Mulrooney that a survey is to be taken of the girls who work in night clubs. Policewomen are to present each cigaret girl, dancer and singer with a questionnaire. The entertainers will asked where they live and under what conditions. * tt tt Gross Impertinence THIS seems to me a gross piece of impertinence. Night clubs are legal or not. If a license has been granted, the employe in a cabaret should have precisely the same rights as any other citizen engaged in a gainful occupation. There would be a fearful howl if policewomen descended upon the financial district and began to pry about into the personal affairs of the stenographers and file clerks. It may be true that certain night clubs are frequented by patrons no better than should be. If any establishment can be shown to be disorderly and riotous, then its license might reasonably be revoked. But it seems to me a mistake in policy to permit a cabaret to remain open under the stipulation that the finger of suspicion is to be waved constantly above its head. tt tt it Too Much Chaperonage IN a small way the new policy of New York City represents a growing sort of governmental chaperonage. From El Paso comes the news that Seymour Lowman, assistant secretary of the treasury, has ordered all the international bridges between the United States and Mexico to remain Closed between 9 p. m. and 7 a. m. And very frankly this order has been passed upon the complaint of

KAISER RAPS ENGLAND August 24 ON Aug. 24, 1917, Emperor William of Germany addressed a number of his battalions that had fought on the Flanders front, giving evidence of the hatred of Germany for England. In his official statement the kaiser said: “It is in God’s hands when in His wisdom He will give us victory. He has taught our army a hard lesson, and now we are ready to pass the examination. “With the old German confidence in God, we shall show what we can do. The greater and mightier the problem, the more gladly we shall grapple with it and solve it. “We shall fight and conquer until the enemy has had enough of these struggles. “All Germans have realized who is the instigator of this war, and who is the chief enemy—England. Every one knows England is our most spiteful adversary. “She spreads the hatred of Germany over the whole world, filling her allies with hatred and eagerness to fight. “Thus every one at home knows what you know still better, that England is particularly the enemy to be struck down, however difficult it may be.” i-

A than is cod liver oil. The sheep, calf and oxen livers contain ten times as much vitamin A as does good cod liver oil, and 200 to 1,000 times more vitamin A than a good average sample of butter. Vitamin A seems, along with vitamin E, to bear some relationship to the ability of an animal to reproduce. Deficiences of vitamin A are reflected in the chemistry of the blood. Quite recent investigations have shown the definite evidence that vitamin A does play a part as antiinfective agent. For that reason it is being advised for administration to women with puerperal fever and also for patients with scarlet fever. It has been suggested as of use in cases of chronic intestinal infection and even for chronic colds. The authority Cramer is convinced that there is no evidence

certain border holy men that Americans go across the line of nights to gamble at roulette and to drink unsynthetic liquor. Os course roulette is a game in which the player is aboslutely sure to lose if he sticks at it long enough. It may even be that not all the wheels of chance in Mexico or elsewhere are 100 per cent straight. Even without trick attachments, two zeros spell ruination for the passionate player. Nevertheless, if any adult American wants to squander any part of his fortune at rouelette, I fail to see how this is a proper concern of Mr. Lowman’s. It may even be that certain rebels now will ruin themselves on purpose just to spite the curfew boy in Washington. tt tt it Food for My Liver IT is also true that alcoholic liquors of the purest sort may injure the kidneys and do dreadful things

People’s Voice

Editor Times—After the report of the Wickersham commission and the sending of a little boy to prison for eight years just because he was friendless and poor, and after our Governor’s son was mixed up with a bunch of‘boys who violated the law in shooting a gun in the city limits, which is a violation of the law, and killing a man and we see no account where any of that bunch was sent to prison, we just wonder if the law was not just made for the poor, destitute men and boys who happen to be without friends or money. Then people will say we have awful times. I want to say I do not wonder at all kinds of crimes being committed. It is a wonder to me things are not worse. A lawyer goes into our criminal courtroom so drunk he has to be helped out and he pays no fine. I saw a poor man who is out of work drunk today and two . police had him on the way to the lockup. I just wonder if the law, and especially prohibition, was written on the books for just a certain class. I see where our federal court of appeals decided that the law was violated by prohibition agents in the case where our police were convicted for conspiracy. They said there was a conspiracy but said it was our government agents who committed the conspiracy. Now I wonder if they will indict those agents and send them to the penitentiary for conspiracy to violate the prohibition law. If not, then that shows plainly that the law is being interpreted to include only a certain class. I don’t see why, if people are expected to have any respect for the law why the law does not include all persons equal before the law. Then if we don’t agree with the brand that is in authority to execute the law and take care of the taxpayers’ money, we are called un-American. But I believe a good American will administer the law and the funds of the state, city, and county properly and equally to all. Every one that commits a crime against the law should be called to give an account, as all should go free alike. H. HURD. 830 South Addison street.

that vitamin A can cure infections once the barrier of the mucous membranes has been passed, or that it can prevent or cure those infections which enter the blood or which get under the sk'n. He insists that it is a mistake to call vitamin A an anti-infective vitamin, just as it is a mistake to call it a growth promoting vitamin. The one correct fact about vitamin A is that it does have value in raising general body vigor, in increasing body tone, or general resistance, a condition that is difficult to measure scientifically and rather hard for the average person to understand. Its effect is perhaps what used to be called tonic, except that old term “tonic” has fallen into disrepute because of the manner in which it has been abused by proprietary interests.

HEYWOOD BROUN

to the liver. However, that phrase about life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness must imply that each and every man has a distinct property right in his own liVer and that he may do what he pleases with it and not be obliged to obtain a letter from his pastor or the official approval of Seymour Lowman. Mr. Lowman is putting too much of a burden on his nose. He runs the risk of having it snipped off if he continues to poke it across international borders. Why can’t we get some gentleman in the treasury department who understands his own business and who will stick to it? If this policy of snooping continues, I foresee the day when it will be impossible for an American citizen to visit a foreign country without an official chaperon. Anew race of artful dodgers will result. It will be amusing to w’atr*' a captain of industry slipping out by way. of the back stairs to taste of the forbidden pleasures while his guardian sleeps. tt tt To the Ladies! T THINK in all fairness we should A appoint women for these jobs. They have so long been the victims of social restriction that they should be given an opportunity to do a little restricting on their own account. And, too, a woman is less likely to heed the plea, “Why can’t I have just one little drink? Come on, be a sport! I’ll buy you one, too.” “No, thanks,” might well be her rejoinder. “I've ordered sarsaparilla for me and lemon soda for you. And never mind winking at the bartender, or I’ll rick Seymour Lowman onto you.” I suggest a further amendment to the Constitution setting forth the right of every citizen to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness only according to the lights of the AntiSaloon League and the Seymour Lowmans of our country. That, at least, would save us from hypocrisy. (Copyright, 1981. bv The Times)

The Occult It has always fascinated mankind. Peering behind the curtain of things hidden has intrigued the inquiring human mind since caveman days Most of our superstitions and beliefs about things mysterious have arisen as a result of man’s effort to pierce the future, tell fortunes and predict events. Our Washington Bureau has a packet of six of its interesting and informative bulletins on these subjects that make interesting reading. Fill out the coupon below and send for them. The titles are: 1. The Meaning of Dreams. 4. Palmistry. 2. Fortune Telling With Playing 5. Meanings Ascribed to Flowers. Cards. 6. Meanings Ascribed to Precions 3. Astrology—Horoscopes for a Stones. Year. CLIP COUPON HERE Dept. B-4, Washington Bureau The Indianapolis Times, 1322 New York avenue, Washington, D. C. I want the packet of six bulletins on OCCULTISM and inclose herewith 20 cents in coin or loose, uncanceled United States postage stamps, to cover return postage and handling costs: • NAME STREET AND NO , CITY * STATE I am a reader of The Indianapolis Times.

Ideals and opinions expressed in this column are those of one of America’s most interesting writers and are presented without regard to their agreement or disagreement with the editorial attitude of this naoer.—The Editor.

_/AUG. % 1931

SCIENCE BY DAVID DIETZ Biochemists Work on Problem of Ductless Gland, Seeking Key to Disease and New Light on Body Functions. MEDICAL experts and biochemists in laboratories all over the world are working upon the problems of the ductless glands. In that work, perhaps, lies mankind’s greatest hopes for the future. These men are attacking a variety of problems. Some are studying diseases, hoping that they will find in some ductless gland the key to i dread disease, as Banting and McLeod found the key to diabetes in the so-called islets of Langerhams of the pancreas glands. Others are studying the thyroid and other glands, hoping to find basic information about the functioning of the human body. Still others are seeking to find the connection betwe*'” the emotions and the ductless glands. The ductless glands, sometimes known as the endocrine glands or glands of internal secretion, are organs within the human body which manufacture certain chemical compounds known as hormones. These hormones are discharged directly into the blood stream as the blood flows through these glands. These glands play a remarkable role in man’s physical and mental well-being. It is a role which twen-tieth-century research is only beginning to disclose. Man’s mastery over himself and his environment will grow as more is revealed about these glands. a tt tt ■ Essential to Growth IN addition to the ductless glands, the body contains certain glands which have direct outlets or ducts for the discharge of their secretions. Some glands such as the pancreas serve more than one function, acting both as ductless glands and as ordinary glands. It is necessary, therefore, to place such a gland in both categories. The known ductless glands—and it is well to emphasize the fact that medical men are not even certain that all the ductless glands have been discovered—include the thyroid, the parathyroids, the pituitary body, the pancreas, and certain areas of the stomach and upper intestine. Among the other organs of the body which are thought by some investigators to furnish hormones as well as to carry on their more obvious and better known functions, are the thymus, the pineal body, spleen, liver, kidneys and lymph glands. Some investigators also suspect the heart of furnishing certain hormones. All these beliefs, however, are yet in the realm of conjecture and require considerable investigation either to establish them or to rule them out. Professor F. M. Guyer of the University of Michigan, in a recent address before the lowa Academy of Science, discussed the importance of the endocrine glands. “The secretions themselves are second in importance only to the nervous system in keeping the parts of the body in harmonious operation,” he said. “They are also necessary for normal development and growth. They can stimulate or inhibit the activity of some organ or tissue in’ a part of the body far distant from the secretion itself.” tt it WHILE Professor Guyer is of the opinion that there have been too many sensational statements made about the ductless glands, he emphasizes their vast importance in the scheme of life. “Many physical and even mental abnormalities in man are being traced to deficiencies of the endocrine glands, or to upsets of their normal interrelations at different physiological periods in the individual,” he says. “Height, the general form and external appearance of the body, whether slender or broad, the length of the arms and legs, the shape of the face, the quality of the voice, the distribution of hair or of fat on the body, and even the emotions are in greater or less measure conditioned by the relative functionings of these regulative substances during early development and later life. “Furthermore, the amount and quality of the internal secretions in various' family strains are probably as much the expression of hereditary factors as are many other individual characteristics; hence the problem as it affects existing personality and health is not only one of present physiology, but also one of parentage.” Many experts look forward to the day when sufficient knowledge of the ductless glands will result in vast improvement in the human race. Some even have gone so far as to hope that the day may come when it will be possible in many cases to change criminals and anti-social individuals into good members of society by bringing about the proper changes in the functioning of their ductless glands. Such hopes, however, must wait the gathering of greater knowledge than is available at present.