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Show I BliETTE TYPE TO PHIL ERE 101 H Professor Putnam of Harvard Do IB clares American People Arc BBi Sure to Grow Darker. H GREAT MIXTURE OP RACES Hff Another Cause Is the Fact That 9B Americans Nowadays Seok Es-ercise Es-ercise in the Open Air.. NEW YORK. April 23. "The universal Hg prevalence of the brunette type in this country Is but a question of time, at jBu , least If present conditions endure." says HH Dr. George L. Moylan. president of Uic American Physical Education assocla-tlon assocla-tlon and medical director of Columbia BB Professor Frederick W. Putnam, head of the Peabody museum at Harvard, is IflH responsible for half of this prophecy. Hj Professor Putnam, in a lecture, said; IH "1 believe that the people of this H country will gradually grow darker- and' n though the result will not be tho coppery fl color of the Indian, It will be much dark-or dark-or than the average today. "Ono reason for this is the immense B proportion of Southern Europeans and TM I Hebrews settled in our cities. Wm "Intermarriage follows and darker race I I results The tide of immigration from M i southern Europo Includes the southern B 3 Italians and Sicilians, nearly all dark. the Syrians and the Greeks. Then there B are the Hebrews and the Poles, each a DN dark skinned race." mm Dr. Moylan said ho thought Professor U , Putnam was right In his conclusion and B 1 continued: B "There Is another curious little fact B which I have observed, that has to do B "with the coloring of the skin. More and Ik more even our city dwellers are seeking In the outdor life, partlcudarly during the B9j summer season. A coat of tan is now Uj the fashion. I know it. to be true that ' HI; tho skin thoroughly browned by sun Hfc never regains its former fairness, If C generation after generation of young DJ, men anil women tan themselves deeply ' A nvprv .lninii If ioime nc IT In It. IB self must produce a. certain general cop- B pery complexion." K Not only does Dr. Moylan believe the v ' coming American will be darker com- n plexloned, but says they will be larger of ft stature, j "At Columbia," he said, "where for i eight years I havo made a physical ox- 5 amlnation of every undergraduate. I have t noted a distinct increase In tho physical ; efficiency of tho man now entering col- i "The American girl of today, who plays golf and tennis and wears senslblo I clothes Is apt to be taller and stronger than her mother at her age. K "Not only Is her health better at her I age but her muscles are better developed. I If she keeps on she will evolve into a I finer physical type. But our men must I lenrn to take care of their strength I after thoy get it. When thoy enter busl- I ness life they must not drop the habit H of physical exercise. The average man i will get on very well with a wcok-end, I from Friday until Monday morning spent I in some healthful bodily exerclEe. If I every man will make some sport his stimulant instead of taking alcohol or I drugs the physical well being of the I race would be enormously Increased." |