| Show city dwellers must change habits habit of life if race Is to retain its vigor by dr D A sargent of oe harvard Uni venity more than one half of the male population of the united states between the ages of eighteen and forty five years are unable to meet the health requirements of military service of our country folk are continually although the th largest elargest and strongest pouring into our great cities like fuel into a fiery furnace to feed what is termed our civilization they deteriorate so rapidly idly that ba barely rely one of their descendants born bom in the city ever attains to the third generation the reasons are that ci city ty life with its crowded streets smoky atmosphere absence of sunlight and crowded qua quarters arters in stores offices shops schools dwellings and amusement halls leads to inevitable crowd poisoning and rapid deterioration and decay the division of labor adds further to this rapid phy physical impairment hy by requiring some to work inte intensely angely with their brains others with their muscles and still others with scarcely any brains or muscles at all it is possible for a man to gain a livelihood by the glance of the eye fhe he nod od of the head or the movements movement oi of one or two fingers but the man anen abo are successful in cities are living on the in inherited i lierl iad physical who developed their muscles the descendants vigor of country ancestors of city dwellers acelie r of today will not be able to hold their own inice in the fight for existence unless the P present resent and next ge generation aeration ne ration change their habits 0 jn in cities |
