Deseret Evening News | 1900-01-02 | Page 4 | Longevity Increasing

LO I SISO V The rh Question whether humanity Is III growing littler bitter or Is degenerating Is one about which there Is difference of oC opinion Ion Professor ProCessor W J McGee ot oC the tiu bu renu reau ot of ethnology thinks the human race Is And nd this his is his reasoning Ono One of oC the best indications ot of the strength of oC n a race roce all things considered Is the longevity of Us Its people eople I Recently titers theli have been exhumed from the rUe ru ruins Ins of PompeII A number or at tables In these thelle the ancient Italian In Insurance agents hAd worked out care carefully carefully fully the expectation of life for or the peo Ille ide with whom they diLl did business When the Italian actuaries tables were com coal wIth the actuaries tables ot of the companies now doing busl busi lieu neN In the united States It wn was covered that the ot of me ot of the n citizen exceeds by eleven Yf years the expectation of the ancIent Italian HaliAn imPortant factor which must be considered with the question tit of the Improvement ot of mankind III i that of oC stature It Is 1 a fact that the average American of today Is n a taller man than this the average founder ot of this country countr By way ay of oC comparison it mn may be remarked that the American Is III all Inch taller laller than the hU th In turn Is an Inch tailor titan than the average