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(A) On the Left, a White Man's Skull; on the Right, a Negro's,
The Facial Angle (B-A-D) of the Former It Nearly
a Right Angle, While in the Latter It
I Much More Acute.
Distressing Predicament of Mrs.
Blood and Who Finds
ARTHUR C. LITTLE, a drug
gist, of No. 1619 Joseph Cam
pau avenue, Detroit, Mich.,
baa begun suit for divorce from his
wife, Mrs. Alma Boone Little, on the ,
ground that she has negro blood in
her veins, which she concealed at the
time ot the marriage.
This divorce case gives new Inter
est to some ot the most curious ques
tions in anthropology and makes It
plain how impossible it is for any
so-called white man to prove that his
wife is not a negress, or that his own
.veins do not contain negro blood.
Your personal appearance may
show all the characteristics of the
white race, and yet you may have
negro blood. On the other hand,
your complexion may be dark, your
hair kinky, and your feet flat, and
yet you may be ot the purest white
descent. Science has failed to dis
cover any infallible method of deter
mining to what race a man or woman
belongs.
The distinctions between the true
negro and the true Caucasian types
extend to every structure and every
form ot the body, but very few white
persons are perfect types'. There
mast be thousands of whites in Eu
rope and America, who have remote
negro ancestors. No marked dis
crimination has been shown in Eu
rope against marriages with negroes,
and ss Africa Is a very short dis--tance
from Europe, these marriages
must have been going on for
ages.
Moreover, science has proved that
In prehistoric times a race with
'negro characteristics lived In the
South ot France and other parts. It '
la probable that many descendants of
these people are now living, and
that though they may be ot negro
descent, they may not be ot African
descent because their race originated
In Europe.
If you think over the list ot your .
friends, yon will probably find that'
many have something of the char
acteristic negro protruding Jaw and
flat nose, and that a few of them,
perhaps, have the negro's kinky hair.
Ton may even find other negro char
acteristics by careful examination in
persons who at first sight appear
erfectly white.
So It will be seen that the case
offers possibilities ot a scientific
controversy more far-reaching than
the discussion of Insanity In the
Thaw case.
Mrs. Little, who Is a pronounced
Try Your Flowers and
lERFUMES have always exercised a upon the mental and physiological con-
f ERFUME3 have always exercised a
mystical yet potent influence upon
man The ancients knew this, and
studied its effects They also utilized ita
various magical properties in their re
Ugtous rites and ceremonies. The so
called "sacred sleep" was Induced by the
aid ot perfumed smokes in which state
the pythoness used to deliver her clair
voyant and oracular discourses snd
prophecies.
In view of the extraordinary properties
possessed by odors, it seems strange that
our modern science has paid so little
attention to them. Yet this is a fact.
Let us see if we cannot throw some inter
esting sidelights on this Important snd
Interesting question.
' Everybody may be said to give off a
certain odor or perfume which is distin
guishable to one of keenly trained sense.
Thus, white and black races differ in
Is respect; and the male and female
bodies also differ essentially. Animals
:an trace the footsteps of a human being
y scent alone. Plants, herbs and flow
irs have varying snd, at times, delicious
icents.
These scents have a decided influence
A.'wtu.r" i i i .mi I,,. , .
or Wrong in
blonde, and apparently of strictly
Caucasian features, says that she
will call Professor Franz Boas, the
noted New York anthropologist, to
prove that she has not negro blood.
Mr. Little, on the other hand, de
clares that he will call scientific ex
perts and other witnesses to prove
that his wife is of colored parentage.
Professor Boas is professor of an
thropology at Columbia University
and curator In anthropology at the
Metropolitan Museum of Natural
History. He has studied strange and
civilized races all over the world.
Already he has made a preliminary
examination of the Little case, and
makes this statement about it:
"As every scientist knows, each
race has certain characteristics, and
in the event ot a marriage of per
sons of different races, the charac
teristics of either race may predomi
nate in their children. Character
istics of one race which may not be
at all apparent in one generation
may be strongly so in another.
"If Mrs. Little, whose case is now
attracting so much attention, has any
ot the characteristics of the negro
race, it ought to be easy to find them
by a close examination. Yet she may
have negro blood in her veins and
show few or none of the character
istics of that race. I have seen
octoroons who apparently had none
of the characteristics ot the negro.
"Science finds the hair the most
reliable means ot telling to what race
a person belongs. It is possible by a
microscopic examination of a cross
section of the hair to determine with
Impressions of a White Per
son's Feet Showing the High
Arched Instep Which Is Char
acteristic of the White Race
upon the mental and physiological con
stltutlon ot man. Some appeal to his
imagination; some affect the sensuous
side of his nature; others stimulate his
mind; others deaden all mental and physi
cal effort. Some of these scents have the
peculiar property of inducing illusions
and hallucinations ot the senses, snd for
this purpose they were used In the sacred
temples of the Egyptians and Hindus.
Divination or fortune-telling was per
formed under their Influence; ecstasy and
prevision were attained; prophecy was
frequently Induced under their influence.
Scents and perfumes, are adapted to
different individuals and personalities.
The petite blonde woman should use a
different scent than the brunette; the lan
guid, sensuous beauty should indulge in
perfumes forbidden to the demure wom
an, or to one having a lively tempera
ment. Iilue and brown-eyed women
should use different scents. Even the
various rooms of a house should be per
fumed differently. The hall, the dining
room, the parlor, the bedroom, all should
have their distinctive and individual
odors. They should not be too strong, but
should be typical of the room they
specify.
How the Nostrils Differ.
(A) Ncatrlla Wklrfc Art Typical of
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Ato Typical of tka Mongolia Rani
(C) Noatrlls Typical of Rao
Alma Little. Whose Husband Charges Her With
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a reasonable degree of certainty what
kind ot blood it is that flows in one's
veins. The cross section cr a hair
from a Chinese Is round, that ot a
white person is oval,
negro is a flat ellipse,
the outline of a bean.
"If a cross section
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Her Husband Seeks a Divorce on the Ground That Her Mother Was
a Full Blooded Negro. She Insists She Is of Pure White Descent, but Has
Been Unable to Bring Forward Any Scientific Proof That She Is White
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Perfumes are tint nntv nii
Perfumes are not only suited to the
person who wears them, or to the room
they are in, but they should also blend
one with another harmoniously. Just as
we can have chords and discords in
music, so we can have harmony and dis
harmony of perfumes. Some scents do
not blend together
well at all. while
others do so perfectly.
As there Is a very
close connection be
tween color and sound,
it has been found pos
sible to devise a musi
cal scale which rep
resents a definite har
monious scheme of
perfumes.
Thus, in the accom
panying tables, we
have two scales one
bass and one treble.
Accompanying each
note is the name of
a flower. Now, if you
strike the notes on
the piano so as to
create ' a harmonious
chord and then ob
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Microscopic Section of White
Man's Skin, Showing Straight
Course of His Hair and the
Angle at Which It Emerges
Complexion and
and that of a
somewhat like
of Mrs. Little's
hair, when examined
microscope, revealed the form of a
flat ellipse, I would feel reasonably
certain that she has negro blood In
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your fingers and the notes struck, you
will nna, by referring to the table, that
a certain definite number of flowers have
been indicated. These flowers will blend
together well their perfumes will be
found to be harmonious, and if they are
combined together they will be found to
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Cross Sections of Hair
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under the Ins. On the other hand, this
cannot be considered absolute proof.
A cross section ot her hair might be
a perfect oval and yet she might have
a large percentage of negro blood In
her veins.
."We know that the eyes of a negro
have certain characteristics; like
wise his nose, his lips snd his Jaw.
His teeth are set in s different way
from that of other races. The pig
mentation In the skin is another im
portant thing to be taken Into con
sideration in proving the presence
or absence of negro blood. But ex
perience snd test,s have shown that
a person ot mixed blood may have
several ot the characteristics ot one
race snd other characteristics of an
other race.
"It Is impossible to attempt to set
tle the question by relying on one
feature or one characteristic alone,
because, as everybody knows, you
often find among certain races one
or more features which are commonly
described as characteristics of en
tirely different races; and yet you
would be unable to say that the per
son in question had in his veins the
blood ot the nation of which this
special feature Is a characteristic.
"The characteristics ot the negro
race, like thoe of every other race,
may run through many generations.
There are many ot them which are
quits pronounced besides those I
have mentioned.
"It is easy to decide whether Mrs.
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quet so far as their perfumes are con
cerned. The odors will be found to blend
one with another perfectly
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Little has any of the characteristics
ot the negro race, but nevertheless
the lack of them would not be proof
that she has no negro blood in her
veins. When science faces a prob
lem like that presented by this case
it has to confess how comparatively
little it really Knows about heredity.
"It has been asserted that a chemi
cal examination ot the blood wlir
show whether a person has negro
ancestry, even though It be many
generations before; but I do not be
lieve that this Is a reliable test. I
do not think that It has worked out
accurately.
"As a matter ot fact, ws know less
about the hereditary characteristic!
of the negro than we do of the other
races. It seems to me that much
good could be done for the negro by
making a thorough study ot the race
with a view to obtaining mors scien
tific data along this line. It would
In the' end prove mors helpful than
:he giving of great sums for tbt
education ot the negro. -
"It has been said, for Instance, that
in mixed marriages only the unfavor
able characteristics ot the negro re
main; but this has not yet been
proved scientifically, snd personally
I do not believe it to be a fact."
All that Professor Boas and other
scientists have to say on the subject
makes it plain how impossible it la
in the present state of our knowledge
of heredity for any one to prove his
purity ot descent. ,
A man may possess all the char
acterlstlcs ot the purest blooded
white, and still may have In his veins
a strong strain of the negro or the
Chinese. This strain, which during
the present generation gives no out
ward sign ot its existence, is likely
to crop out smong his children in the
ahape of pronounced negro or Chinese
characteristics.
8clence so frankly confesses Its
Inability to determine the purity of
a person's blood that Mrs. Little will
be forced to abandon her plan ot
meeting her husband's charges with
analysis of her blood snd other scien
tific tests.
If this golden-haired blonde really
has negro blood in her veins, not a
husband In the world can feel as
sured that his wife is not a negress.
Until science knows a great deal
more about the secrets of heredity
than It now does, he can never be
certain whether she is white, blaok,
brown or yellow.
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these notes, you may be sure of havlnr a
wonderful combination of perfumes.
The effects of odors and perfumes have
been very liftle studied In the past; but
ws cannot doubt that the science ot the
future will devote to this subject the study
it deserves.
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