Show 1 TUIJ nI 1 > 1 IMI T On the 13lh nl Dr J II Kellogg of Battlr Creek Michigan read a paper before the IhllanthropIo convention In session there upon the subject An w a dying race He said In part Notwithstanding our marvelnu nc umulllllon ot wlth ond 1lsdom wo or etnlllly going down physically t > iwaiu < race extinction Thll nxeeillon will I eloubllcsa uppear In tho highest a tr reoklono anil perhupi olmuril I In the face of the wall known fact that thi liMKth of the average human lite has been doubled In the 1a t two cn turk Hut vital stnUttlcs are not the Iru ur nC cOMtitutionol IROot thi raee The true mvnmii la I tlu nllmbpr of Individuals per thousand eii mJlI1n who ntlaln ng nltnrlums pride thnolv on having save 0 millions of 111 1 on1 tho rredlt claimed is Justly lIu NA hI we mut nol e In thl nl Incrca 5 In the average length of hue nnn hu-e nn Indication that by contlnu nllon ot Iho m metht human lonrevlty may bellMfflnlttiy or even greatly Increase It Is I high time that cly < n moro erlous ntlenlloo 10 the t great class of bankrupt by heredl > from which sprlnps the reer ham at rlm and trlmlnol cranks lunatlcs families and imbe tlfe The remedy to be found Is I Ihe culll vollon ot private hygiene More attention at-tention must be given to the Iralnlng of the Individual men nnd women must be made to see that the prevalent condlllons ot our modern civilisation are unnatural and tend to the dele rlorallon of the vital jmwers and the develotment of diseases So long UM man legnrda bin body as n 1 harp ot pleasure to bo played upon hJl II string cnll ho mnd to r > pond BO 111I will h 0nUnu 10 tronl < lown the hill nf pliislenl decadence and degeneration degenera-tion In spite of quninnllno laws I nnd Ihe most minute sanitary regulations There li I much practical truth In tho foregoing Tha lendencles of modem civilization are extremely detrimental to heallh and longevlly nnd are rapidly rapid-ly becoming more so It Is therefore n matter of serious doubt hether medical science will be I able to cope with those tendencies with sufficient uc to maintain to on nolhlngo oC Increasing the present average of longevity Private hygiene nnd personal per-sonal hnblta of diet work nnd pleas ure dmnd tho conloIeration at VOI member of modern civilized society so-ciety or the racomu t become shorter lived Hut by conforming lo nature s law lertUy tbo ngo ot man may b mall tho og at II tre |