1951-08-11 — Page 11

WHY SONS

are becoming

TALLER

than their

FATHERS

OUR size and shape are pretty closely determined by heredity.

Taking the extremes in normal human breeds the very tallest humans, the Jake Chad Negroes of Africa, average 6 ft. 1 in. in height (for males) whereas the very smallest, the pigmy Negrillos, average 4 ft. Gins.o

WHY

you are

WHAT

you are.

hort stature, and that they may work in fairly simple ways,

The prevalling threry ly that

The tallest of European the "Illness" genes tend to be nationalities, the Nor recessive, the "shoitness" gines wegians, Swedes, and Mon- siominant tenegrins, average over 5 ft. Bins, (for males), and the "short" Italians slightly under 5 ft. 6 ins.

The average in Britain is just under 5 ft. 8 ins, for

a man, and 5 ft. 4 ins, for

a woman.

if

we

deliberately

What this means, specifically.

THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, AUGUST 11, 1951.

In innumerable families there ure sans taller by 4ins, or mare than their fathers or any male relatives of previous generations. This upshceling has made six- footers commonplace.

What has caused this change? The most obvious главен must be the great Improvements in diet, living chodilions, and medical care.

These general conclusions justined:-

Any two normaliy tail parents can usually count on having all

all children.

Short parents may be

reverni genetic types:-

ct

THIS BADY carries the seeds of destiny that will make him all that he ever will be..

appear in the family of the other (1) Where both are of consis- parent.

tently short andestry, and

Whatever the "stature" gen:s (2) Where both parents are of

may

ancestry

with

新

mixed casc

be in an individual, they gature" genes, in which can be greatly speeded

up cr they may

have children o!

a fifty-ty.

an even chance of sherifing" .

chance that the child's nose will child has eventually resemble that of the parent with the mere extreme

pe

YOUR EARS

E

slowed down by environment. various heights, grading up to at a uni, Different characteris- WHAT would happen In the US. in a little inore quite tali:

tried than ree or four decades aver- age heights of males have gone to breed humans for up almost 2ins., with an even Nize? Prussian Frederick greater gain being registered in Wilhelm I set out to produce the youngest groups. a race of tall soldiers by marrying

If, however, a parent's eyes

Chin: If que parent has a ré- is that a tall person is probably carrying predominantly "shor: are of the Chinese, or Men-

ec. ng chin, a child is not likely genes, stature genes, in which case alla type there is great ilk:- 9: carrying shortness"

This applies especially where a to have it unless a similar-type whereas a short person may very their children will probably be into the child will have thin. marked nose ferma has appeared ch has appeared in the family well be carrying hidden "all-shor:

Lashes: Where just one parent in several seperations of 趕 of the other parent. 3" genes,

has very long luches the child parent's family.

mcre than chance of "Inheriting" them.

Nore shape is not "inherited"

ties of the nɔte may be "Inheri- ted" reparately from either or (3) Where parents are short bath parents. Environmental fac-

not because of their genes, tais also have great influence.

นาง Generally: Where both parents but because their growth suppressed by various environs have about the same type of mental factors. in which case all nose a child in maturity will their children will tend to be have a similar type. taller than they.

his towering

grenadiers to tall

women.

His death stopped the ex- periment.

Catherine de Medici took the opposite tack by set- ting out to breed a race of midgets. She promoted quite a number of midget- matches, but these provedl sterile, as such matches usually do.

'SHORTIES*

MUCH more

significant are the informal "experi- ments."**

One Canadian family which went in for matings started

tall off by a man 6ft. Gins. marrying, in succession, three wives each fft, or over.

There were 13 male des cendants, all between Gft. and 6ft 4ins. in height, and ten females, all between 5ft.. Bina, and 6ft,, with one ex- ception.

In the opposite direction, several Canadian fami- lies of "shorties" have pro- duced successions of sonu ranging between 5ft. 2ins. and Gft. 4ins.

These facts, ecupled with other evidence, have led to the con- clusion that, conditions being equal, there

"key are definlic genes [the accds which carry on heredity for tall stature and

SOMEBODY'S ADDED

ANOTHER RAIL

SINCE LAST TIME

How two plain parents may

have a beautiful child

FATHER

Bald; murky-green long lashes lost through" - ness misshapen mouth dize to bad teeth ; dad tiose due to accident.

MOTHER

Black, straight hair; dull brown eyes; drooping eyelids; bad skẩu (loen), disorder) : protruding underlip.

But they may, carry and pum an hidden genes, and __the_result_i8_—

SHAPE OF EYES

WITH cars il is much the same

as with nosÊS,

Large: if one parent has large cars (very long, or very wide) have similar cars, the child will be quite likely to

Cup-shaped: If in che parent, about u fly-fifty chance for the child.

But: If just one parent has a pronounced type of nest-very

If just one parent has thick bicad, or very long, or very high lips, the child will probably have and narrow-bridged, or "hooked, them, or at least thicker than o pug"-shaped, cr bulbous average lips. *pped,

the cts-while

other

WHERE one parent is tall and.

the other (particularly the parent has moderate nosc, Hapsburg (protruding) lip and father) is short, there'is a greater there is a grealer than even Jaw! If one parent has

probability that. any glven cffspring will be short

than fall.

rather

But with the trend toward in- creased stature in recent years. there is more and more likelihood ef short parints having children ccnsiderably taller than them-

.selves..

If both parents are slender, the child will be more likely to

be like them than if both parents ure Reshy:

Bu build is a highly variable characteristic, dependent on

Д

EVE

PERRICK

A SONG IN SOME ENCHANTED_RENDEZVOUS_

COME

enchanted

many conditions and genes that Thursday, bonu

A BEAUTIFUL GIRL Receiving hidden genes for blonde, curly hair: blue eyes : long lashes Cupid's mouth lovely complexion. How handsome parents may have a homely child

FATHER Curly!, black hair; large black eyes, long lashes; recil- shaped mouth and chin.

MOTHER

Wavy, blonde hair: blue eyes; long lashes, regular teeth; pretty mouth.

But they may carry and pass on to their child hidden genes, and the result is

A PLAIN. JANE Receiving hidden genes for dull brown, straight hair : murky-green small eyes with short lashes; protruding foro and teeth.

It can hardly be predicted.

In

any

London. evening

~ November, 1 at 7.30, If you want to know which

curtain one the Drury Lane will go up on Scene 1. Act 1 of the next-on-the-transfer-list, American musical "South Paclile,"

Lilacs"

this,

Into the conventional picture-pose of the zany-type funnyman- eyes popplag, finger-tips to scalp,! mad grin and knees bent.

Star and surroundings, question and answer were so reminiscent of the scene of eight weeks ago. Sl, Red Skellon did add something new to

Press for

Hollywood reception

the

on at

parent-chlid com- parisons or forecasts, I should be kept in mind that stature may up to increase in

young men their 27th year and in women after 25th year,

But before the carping chorus up to their which there may be A gradual "Why couldn't they ure Brilish celebrity star cast, He brought

his

Gene of about cast starts, let's put it on the aleng

biographer. decrease at the rate

They tried dear Tewier, author of the book abou! ane-tbirich of an inch annually. record.

heavens, they tried.

Jchn Barrymore, onsther The shape of your eyes like Producer Jerome Whyte left Jimmy Durante, at present

work stature and

the on your

shope here recently after hearing 1,700

Skelton story; his enerally, is also fixed by here- radions in six weeks, and with musical, director, David Rose,

of "We'll Gather campeser of "Holiday dity. The general principles arts-the

for ringing in his ears. Strings, one-time husband et Width: I just ene parent has The result of M: Whyte's Judy Garland; his manager, Ba wide eyes, the child is quite like-patient labeurs has been that the Roos; straight-man Red O'Cannes. ly to have them, too; & both second-leads, the hit par's, and "Just in case he's needed": and parents, the chance Is much the understudies have been past friend of the family, Father Ereater.

from the natives and the Britain Carney. based Americans.

The heroine will, as promised, be Miss Mary Martin.

And they're still louie a search. At let him get started, he'll tell you I looking for the hero locks less long and skinny than he does in films. And that if you

one time Operation "Pecife" had long proud-pago stories about 19 use an airlift. Spies in Stock daughter Valentina Marie. holm reparted that a locul opera sinzer might do for the trading rcle of the middle-aged planter. Whyte few to

Siant: If ne parent has slant eyes (but not of Chinese type) the child will not be likely to have them unless slant cyes also,

It has been

On his return to

called Oscar

About Skelton, himself. I can

only report that in the firsh lis

ON APPROVAL

AMONG the crop- "interesting, people" -- those

of

In legendary characters who are

Now York-would ho plosne belleved by the layman to inhabit- had found. Over Oscar flew, and have been these came over and eco what Jerry the world in which journalists

Marye Bous, pretty 21-

In from Stockholm came the verald daughter of the Earl of hopeful bajone. He sang for Mr.

Stradbroke, who divides

her

81d Oscar, "Magnifi- talents for pin-moneypurposes) voice, but he's not Calle enough." Back to the Stockholm Opera House went," the

between posing for that socially conscious face-cream and working in a bulten factory near * the Elephant and Costie.

Why a button factory? Save

sad

Bernard Sonnerstedt with

4

Another rumoura basi

heart-throb in his law roles Lady Marye, rather, sheepishly.

had been heard in Paris. O to Well had some-Inftuénér Fronce flew. those

mon

* Milsa * Hazel ·

- to put in intrepid there, and.ft was nicult is the] explorers of undiscovered swete, Prefester of Personality of a Hammerstein's

Whyte. Vedic He's the type all right college deep in the heart of Texas. but he can't speak a word of She has Southern draw), a bright-emile, which sho" qurga English.*

who often, and blue eyes,

with Meanwhile the

which the winks at you

you intermittently érdated the part and set the

conversation. pattern is now in Landen-in the during the

• How did cho get the celluloid. The film for which Ezio

fork musik: Pinza left South Pacifle has

singing Sand and not had a West End abped into things

and all those priment MY ples who alipped the suburbs to have a peek at the fer course is a requiring ond 684yarold Wender-man of the for firat-your students. Among Newark theatre, sum; up: his ille subjects in Which she instructi qualitfed asm staring one the teen-agers are "palzetORY

THE ROUTINE AUS

and

JOUT

This is alsɔ true if only one has a very narrow cr pet chin. But if one parent

a dimpled or "clcf" chin, inc is quite a strong chance a chid will have the same.

in cheek: Dimpies

If pa en is dimpled, the child is vy like to be dimpled also,

one

Teeth: Icther, parent has unusually shaped teeth, there is considerable chance they will appear in a child..

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