Ogden Daily Standard | 1903-05-09 | Page 11 | Why Japs Are Small Section

JAPS ARE SMALL recently the editor of chloo koran a journal published at determined to nd out why abe japanese as a rule are of iwer than the natives of other coain bleg and after considerable time t abe talc be arrived at abe conclusion that ate reason 1 from time they ate been accustomed to squat on annta ta turkish fashion of OB as and ato fabe japanese Jap anete method of be says interferes with the tree circulation of the blood and naturally prevents pre rents the froin thoroughly developed i iv As a proof that be Is lie drawn nt to the fact that be boys in jp n at the present day are taller by alre or six than their ancestors were at a age and be maintains that the reason Is because the former when attend school are obliged to sit on benches whereas the latter squatted while they learned their lessons that the japanese flight to be taller than they are Is abe editors opinion and he bail appealed to the to prohibit the we of mats pointing oat that until that Is done the soldiers 0 japan will neither be a tall nor as vigorous as the soldiers of other countries there are nearly foar hundred bow ians caal in scotland