Show CHANGE IN RACIAL FACES Alleged Metamorphosis in Various National Physiognomies Looking abroad wo are shown the Frenchman gradually growing lighter of hair and complexion owing to tho greater great-er fecundity of the Norman and tho constant con-stant infiiiilon of Swiss and Alsatian blood The hubll of drinking beer In preference to wine Is I also said to bo Influencing In-fluencing tho physique and facial tint of tho Gallic race There can bo no question ques-tion of a slight Increase of stature and amore a-more erect carriage among tho males this resulting from the samo cause which has transfoimcd the whole nice of Germans Ger-mans from roundshouldorcd shambling men with a profusion of adipose tissue Into grim sinewy automatons namely the seventy of universal military discipline disci-pline But with tho Germans they have to thank the army for a decrease instead of an Increase of stature tho height oC men as shown by l official reports having gradually diminished since 1851 The Russian face Is undergoing pronounced pro-nounced change owing to new blood and different food habits and conditions of life But perhaps tlio most extraordinary extraordi-nary metamorphosis o all Is taking placo under our eyes among two nations ay widely separate in origin and history as It Is possible for any civilized countries to be America and Japan The American physiognomy 15 ns completely marked as that of any race under the Gun that has as Anthony Trollopo remarked bred In and In for centuries Yet as tho hmo traveler pointed out the American owns n moio mixed blood than any other race known His chief ntock IB l English and with thJB are mingled tho bloods of Ireland Ire-land Holland France Germany Scandinavia Scandi-navia Italy and Slavonic Austria Cham boras Journal |