Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 100, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 March 1915 — Why Frenchmen Are Small. [ARTICLE]

Why Frenchmen Are Small.

If a qpnqueror wants tall men to fight for him he gets them and they die for him. But, whether he wins Or loses, he cannot expect the next generation to be so tall, and they are not. Napoleon only three generations ago wanted and used the biggest and strongest men, and they fought and died for him. Later, Michelet, the great French historian, declared that by his wars Napoleon had taken almost five inches from the stature of the French people. Observers in France today are noting how small are the French soldiers compared with the German and the British.—Youth’s Companion.