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Predicts Race of Supermen
Columbia University Professor Explains How
Chemistry May Hurry Process of Evolution
to Bring Highest Development.
The corning of the superman and
the super race may not have to wait
lor the uncertain processes of evo¬
lution taking hundreds of thousands
of years, but may he brought about
within a few generations through or¬
ganic chemistry.
A prophecy to this effect, that
there would he a "synthetic super¬
man" in the rot distant future, was
pi*<le before tne American Chemical
f idety by I’rof. Marston T. Bogert
of Columbia university.
Organic chemistry, Professor Bo-
gert said, was gradually learning the
relationship between certain ehem
ieais ami their influence on man's
behavior and personality. It was
also learning more and more about
the chemical constitution of living
matter and to synthesize products in
which it improves vastly upon na¬
ture.
The time must come, therefore,
professor Bogert said, when the
chemist would be able to make sub¬
stances that would greatly Increase
tiie thinking powers of the brain, as
well as the strength, health and
beauty of the body, without having
to wait for tiie hit or miss methods
of evolution, which from tiie human
point of view, might lead in the
wrong direction.
When that time came, lie said, syn¬
thetic chemicals would not he used
merely for the healing of ills and
tiie correction of nature’s errors, hut
for tiie positive direction of the
forces of life by tiie intelligence of
man.
With tiie intelligence nature en¬
dowed him with lie would devise
ways to develop greater intelligence,
by finding artificial means for utiliz¬
ing potentialities in iiis brain power
now lying dormant because nature
had not provided tiie means for mak¬
ing it work at full capacity.
While many areas of tiie brain had
been charted end their purpose made
known, there were still vast areas
fully half of the human brain, still
as unexplored, dark and mysterious
as the vast wilderness in the Afri-
oan or South American jungles, said
Professor Bogert.
We were now able, he added, to
synthesize drugs tiiat had a pro¬
found effect not only on the func¬
tioning of the body, for good or for
evil, but also on the human personal¬
ity as well. Gradually we were learn¬
ing the chemical relationships be¬
tween these substances and bodily
activity and were making headway
ia learning why they produced their
results. There was every reason to
hope, Professor Bogert said, that
chemists would eventually be able to
produce substances that would bring
out the latent powers of the known
and of tiie now unknown areas in
the brain.
Instead of drugs producing stupor,
or bringing to the surface qualities
of cruelty and violence, we would
have drugs that would enhance alert¬
ness and intelligence, stimulate spir¬
itual qualities, enable the body to
utilize all its latent powers without
any after effects and make it pos¬
sible for man to attain a greater and
keener esthetic enjoyment of his own
life, with great good will toward the
rest of his fellows, "synthetic super¬
men” like himself.
Significant steps promising definite
results in this direction have been
made in tiie last two years In chem¬
ical research laboratories in England.
Germany, Switzerland and in tiie
United States. The research had re¬
vealed, Professor Bogert reported,
that seven substances in nature, all
producing different effects some es¬
sential for life while others were
very destructive, were all derivatives
of one and tiie same substance, a
chemical known as phenanthrine, tiie
Currency Changes
The plates for printing United
States money had to be made over
a few years ago when the size of
tiie paper money was changed. Now
lhat tiie currency of the United
States is no longer redeemable in
gold—tiie redemption pledge was
printed on most types of paper money
—the plates must again he altered.
It will probably be another year
before bills with a new Inscription
are circulated. This Inscription will
read something like this; “Tills note
is legal tender for ail debts public
and private, and Is redeemable In
lawful money at tiie treasury of the
United States.”
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molecule of which is composed of
atoms of carbon and 10 atoms
hydrogen.
With this phenanthrine ns a
ing block nature had fashioned,
gert reported, the “sterol”
minute quantities of whicli were es
sentiai for sustaining animal
and one of which, ergasterol,
the basis of Vitamin I), tiie
preventing vitamin; the sex
mones, both male and female,
formed tiie basis of the theory
rejuvenation and might hold
secret of eternal youth; the
tant bile acids in tiie human
the powerful substances of the
talis class, so useful in
heart action; the morphine group
opium alkaloids and tiie recently
covered coal tar substance
produces cancer. — Philadelphia
quirer.
Denmark Bans Hair Dyes
Denmark’s law against the sale
hair dyes containing harmful
dients is believed to ban tiie use
any coloring for tresses.
to a Danisli Hairdressers’ union
cial. no means lias been found
supply natural shades without
use of ingredients which are
as harmful substances. He adds
many working women, whose
turns gray early in life, are
to use dyes to retain their
Suggestion
Kathryn—Oh, dear! It's so hard
for me to find a fit in shoes.
Kitty—Ever try snowshoes?
Use That Closet Space
to the Best Advantage
Boxing the closet is a term
can well he applied to the modern
method of keeping closets neat
trim. To meet the requirements
such a scheme all sorts and
of boxes, durable yet of light weight
are found in the shops. There are
boxes for shoes and stockings, boxes
for blouses, boxes for gloves and
kerchiefs, boxes for lingerie, and
boxes for almost every
thing which can be folded or
away and kept good. The boxes
tioned are for clothes closets, but the
handy containers are found excellent
furnishings for other closets too. It
seems a bit odd to talk of furnish¬
ing closets, but that is precisely what
is done when the spaces are fitted
with boxes.
Closet boxes differ from ordinary
kinds, for, since tiiey come in sec¬
tional cases, they are uncovered, and
can he pulled in and out. As a mat¬
ter of fact they are drawers rather
than boxes, although they are cus¬
tomarily called boxes. The
come in endless sizes and shapes to
suit siiapes and sizes of closet
as well as to best accommodate
contents.
In furnishing a closet with
box-drawer cases it should be
bered that they should fill nooks,
stand on shelves, and be low and out
of the way of the space needed
hanging up garments. It is
that one or more clothes poles ex¬
tend tiie length of tiie closet, or pos¬
sibly its width, if tiie closet is
Either of these arrangements uses
best advantage the space area of
closet, leaving the walls free for
cases of boxes.
For those who live in rented
or apartments it is Important to
these boxes easily portable.
can be purchased in sections,
times so planned that they can
cupy a long, low space, when
on one side, or a high, narrow
when standing on end. In each
stance the drawers tit into place
rectly merely by putting them in
suit the positioning of the ease.
The boxes and cases may a!) be
extra heavy cardboard. Or they
have the cases of wood and
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DADE COUNTY TIMES: JULY 19, 19M
I SCIENCE TO GIVE
EFFECT OF LIFE
TO ANCIENT DEAD
Tiie pharaoh whose mummified
body has reposed in tiie desert tomb
for 50 centuries may he restored to
essentially the same appearance lie
had the hour lie died. The lost art
of the Egyptian mummynmker can
be reversed and the effects of mil-
leniums wiped away by the magic of
modern science, according to a report
made to tiie Journal of Physical An¬
thropology at Washington by Dr. J.
Gillman, South African anatomist.
One need stop only just short of the
process of bringing the man to life
again.
Tiie discovery resulted from expe
riments with the naturally mummi¬
fied bodies of Bantu tribesmen, be¬
lieved to lie about two centuries old,
which were restored to practically
lifelike appearance by being kept for
14 days in n solution of sodium hy¬
droxide and alcohol, the action of
which could be carefully controlled.
‘‘The possibilities of the applica¬
tion of this method are infinite,” Gil!
man reports. By careful manipula¬
tion tiie facial and general bodily
features of the ancient pharoalis and
their courts could he returned as if
magically to their original state.
“After this treatment the color re¬
turns to the skin, together with the
characters of skeleton and hair. The
natural ridges that occur in tiie skin
can also lie restored, and, had the
hand been present, it would iiave
been possible to revive tiie epidermal
ridges and fossa and fingerprints
could have been taken with the
greatest of ease.”
Poor Daddy
“Daddy,” cried the boy.
“One more question, then,” sighed
(he tired father.
“How far is it,” Inquired the tot,
"between to and fro?”—Kansas City
Star.
of the durable processed paper. The
finish may be fancy paper or paint,
or both may he used on one ease
when made of both wood and paper.
Colors come In such wide variety
that any preferred color scheme can
he followed in the closet to suit the
room from which it opens.
The orderliness that pervades
closets trimly furnished with these
boxes is refreshing. This is particu¬
larly noticeable in a place of the
store closet sort, in which ribbons
and laces, notions and the usual ar¬
ray of necessary oddments must be
kept. By labeling tiie box-drawers
all items can he found without search¬
ing, and valuable time is saved.
©, Bell Syndicate.—WNU Service.
Man’* Debt to Bird*
Birds are the only important check
upon insect increase. Other ani¬
mals, sprays, poisons, predatory in¬
sects, traps, parasites and disease
are, at best, insignificant compared
with birds in the total destruction of
noxious insects. An insect eats only
a few other insects per day; sprays,
poisons, traps, etc., are sporadic In
action and limited to small territories.
Bats, toads, snakes, lizards, e'tc., do
much to eliminate tiie insect pests,
lint their numbers are not great and
their fields of movement are very re¬
stricted. A single bird sometimes
eats 5,000 insects at one meal. Their
ability to travel long distances in
search for insects, where most plenti¬
ful, and to rally quickly to the spot
where they are most needed, thus ar¬
resting the disorder at the start,
makes them of the greatest service.
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“Magic Wishes” Child
Not Infrequently It Is Advisable to Coax Youngster's
Appetite; Many Simple Devices That W ill Bring
About the Desired Result.
By LOtE E. BRA MDOM, N’atlonr-1 Kinder¬
garten Association. New York.
Persons who have no little children
or whose children always eagerly eat
what is set before them should not
read this article. It will tie foolish¬
ness to them. Of course, “Hunger is
tiie host sauce” and perfect health
Insures hunger. If appetite is lack¬
ing, parents should learn t lie ’reason,
not merely use devices to coax tiie
child to eat However, there are
times when coaxing the appetite is
legitimate.
“Come, Donnie, the Man in In the the
Moon’ wants to play hide and seek
with you,” Mother called to tiie young
lad who had refused to come to the
table because lie was “tired of break¬
fast food.”
Mother went on about her work,
but Donnie’s curiosity had been
aroused. He peeked around the back
of his chair, then climbed up Into it
hurriedly that lie might the better
see the funny man in his porringer.
After a pleased laugh he seized his
spoon and went after him, first on
one side, then on tiie other, until tiie
man had completely faded from view,
together witii the “milky way” and
the “stars,” and Donnie called hap¬
pily, “Mother, I lild the man all
away.”
This mother had used her imagina¬
tion, and from the breakfast food she
had made a magic dish by forming
tiie cereal into a round, moon-like
mound, using raisins for the eyes,
nose and mouth, surrounding tiie face
with the “milky way” and cutting tiie
toast in tiie shape of stars. Simple,
wasn’t it? It took only a few min¬
utes longer but oh, what a difference
it made to the child. It was all that
was needed to start this convalescent
day off just right.
The circus fat man is another fa¬
vorite with the children. Make tiie
body of half a peeled orange, and add
strips of buttered toast for arms and
legs. A three-cornered piece of toast
becomes a hat, when set above a
round of banana which serves for a
head. Itaisins make funny eyes, es¬
pecially if they are pulled out long
to look oriental. A slice of red
cherry makes the smiling mouth.
What looks like a hard-boiled egg
may surprise and interest the little
tots by turning out to be custard
molded in that shape, and “snow¬
balls” may he either rice, mashed po¬
tatoes, or hominy, and if stuffed witii
minced chicken will contain even
more magic.
A candied cherry perched on tiie
top of a “hill” of custard, a marsh¬
mallow boat floating on a “sea of
cocoa, or bits of parsley to represent
“moss” tossed about on tiie waves of
soup, all carry the child into a world
of play and take his mind off the
“every-dayness” of his regular diet.
Carrots are a vegetable of which
most children quickly tire, but try
cutting the carrots In the shape of
“gold fish” and see how eagerly tiie
child will fish for them.
A dish of spinach may he turned
into an emerald isle of green pas¬
tures if animal crackers are used to
represent tiie different animals graz¬
ing on the green.
A soft-boiled egg is just an egg un¬
til with a pencil a smiling face is
drawn on tiie shell. After tills all it
needs is a little paper dunce cap to
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make tiie ordinary egg a real person¬
ality.
Sometimes, just a change In the
manner of serving will produce tiie
needed effect. One mother puts the
sugar in a shaker and lets tier child
sprinkle it over his cereal himself.
Another child has a little, fat goose
cream pitcher from which he likes
to pour tiie cream.
If the child becomes tired of ills
milk or cocoa perhaps he will like
drinking it through a straw. A little
surprise, such as a nut, some raisins,
or snm]) blts of candie(J frlllt thnt
the chUd , jkes nmy may be l)t . dropped to
the bottom of tiie glass to be found
when the beverage is all gone.
"Variety is the spice of life” for
children as well as grown people.
Whatever plan tiie mother adopts,
however, it should he one that will
call tiie child's attention away from
himself. Many children form bad
habits just because they have discov¬
ered they can attract attention to
themselves in this wav. The wise
mother never “fusses” fcer the
child's eating. Neither does she ap¬
pear to pay attention to the child’s
fussing. She anticipates it, and so
prevents it.
Adding to Gold Supply
Gold in the mountainous dumps of
the great Band mining district
Africa may lie saved by the invention
of a Johannesburg man. The metal
ts of such low grade tiiat ordinary
methods of extracting it are unprofit¬
able. Secret experiments, which are
said to have been successful, have
been stopped pending the taking out
of patents. Most of the gold of tiie
world is now obtained, as in the
Hand, by deep mining from quartz
rock. The rock is crushed and treat¬
ed by amalgamation, or cyaniding. to
recover the gold contained in it.
About six pennys’ worth of gold are,
on tiie average, recovered from every
ton of rock, and the crushed rock is
deposited in large dumps.
Fruit-Producing State*
More than 175,000,000 bushels of
apples, 60,000,000 bushels of peaches
and 20,000,000 bushels of pears are
produced in the United States in an
average year. Washington, Virginia
and New York lead in apple grow¬
ing; California, Georgia and Illinois
in peach production; and California,
Washington and Oregiat are tiie
greatest pear raising sti^F.
Now! Prices Reduced
ON
Genuine Bayer Aspirin
Tins of 12 Tablets
NOW Bottles of 24
Tablets
Price of the 100-Tablet
Bottles Also Reduced I
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“No. They got a moving picture
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No “Race Suicide”
Out of every 100 women In India
01 are mothers.
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AC METHOD
only 5 C a plug
When your spark plugs are oxide-
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—stealing your engine's power. A
thorough cleaning will restore that
power, and save gas, too. Registered
dealers, garages, and service stations
are equipped with the AC Spark
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—every 4,000 miles! Replace badly
worn plugs with new ACs.
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