Iron County Record | 1922-02-03 | Page 7 | The American Woman of the Old Stock Shows a Superior Head in Size

f PBBBBBBBJ ' ' ' 1 ' ' 1 H bTbbbbbbI - The American Woman-of the Ql'S'toclc ' ; M , . , , V "'ShbwsM. Superior Hea'd in Size H n i-ByDR ALES IIRDLICKA, U. S. National Museum (v t, H r"- "'- ' ' ' . . I B r-s r-: : n : .., ..-. ; 1 H The main .characteristics of the old Americans aro, first 'of all, a tall H stature." ' They are, if wo disregard a few small groups, the tallcBt of H 'Whiles, averaging five feet'eight inchcrin thc:inon'and five feet four inched M in the woii'ieii. This superiority is in part'd'distinctly American acquisi- M TJiay are mostly relatively "spare" in early adult life, with rather a M tendency to overweight later on. In this connection there appears "one M serious feature many pf the younger women aro behind their duo stand- M ard.' Their chest, their muscles, nre relatively not as well developed as are M thoe of the ntcn. The men, in the average, arc in every way a line lot. M Hut the American woman shows' a superior head in size. Tho size of H her head is somewhat above what it usually is in relation to the average . M head of the male, and it is also perceptibly above that indicated by her M stature. As the size of head means a corresponding size of brain, wc have M hero a highly favorable condition. M