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MORNING. The Easiest Part of Our American Ductless of Roxburghe's Interesting Experiment Over. Here Are Her Unique v'v .' f. .'."T r;: . : J Future , OREGON SUNDAY - JOURNAL, PORTLAND. ' ' Tr7- A F IT 1 fin n Wr-n --V ) I1- ' "'P - Mx': " ,,t; Vv " ' 4 Difficulties ZJk la th long tnd renurk&bl tfforti of the American . Duke's anoestrr besides, those . traceable to ti in . t , ' V' 'STkHfcKl 1 " I f V Vt- v'V X the world natnrallf takei a irmpathetlc Interest i the long and remarkable efforts of the American ' Duchess ot Bozbnrghe to produce a male heir to her husband's dukedom .,"-.,- The Duchess planned la the first place to hare a son,, IXanjr ' alarming . element enter tnto tae Duke's ancestrr besides, those traceable to tho direct Une... Throngb, his mother he Is a de scendant of the famous Duke) of Marlborough, who ' founded his fortune by blackmailing a and In the second to bring him up on modern, strictly ting's mistress, by profiting by his sister's dl , eugenic principles, so that he) might become as nearly perfect as possible, physically and mentally, and, A credit to the ancient title which he will inherit from his father nd the great fortune of 125,000,000 which he will In ,:: herlt from his WBOMitJZj The Duchess, who was Miss May Ooelet, daughter of the late Ogden Ooelet, of New York, was married to the puke in 1903. She has, therefore, spent ten years wait - Ing for the fulfilment of the first part of her plan. - It la said that she consulted the celebrated Professor Scbenk, - of Vienna, in order to secure the birth of a son. In ac cordance, with his well-known theories, she abstained' honor, and by betraying all his employers. Therefore, It seems that a Bozbnrghe baby, .eren If reared, with - the utmost physical and moral precautions, may unexpectedly derelop the bloodthirsty temper of a medlaeTal border baron, the morals of a Restoratlbn' courtesan, the gross sppet ' tltes ot a lYlstalf, the capacity for duplicity anH In trigue of an Elizabethan statesman, and the bibulous tendencies- of -as - eighteenth century- "three - bottls saulra," K: ' ; The Duchess may gits her son all the physics! iuis roundlngs necessary for perfect development. Be wll) UTS slargely in the open air. He will run about with from sugar and other articles ot diet, the presence ot which In the mother's system he believes to aid In the 1rd teet wearing clothlnr very loose at. the) production ot female children. nc uA waist He will sleep In a hammock The most distinguished modern biologists, however, 'ett h is ' tery - young, because thatv including Professor Jacques Loeb, declare that it Is lm- ut closely corresponds to pro-natal possible to control the production ot sex. The paternal ? conditions. elements, they say, always contain germs of both male .: and female characters, and it is entirely a matter ot accident which of the two accomplish: the final fertili sation. , , ' In any case, the Duchess, in securing the birth of a son, must be regarded as baring achieved only the -easier ' part of her great task. To bring up the son of a Duke of Boxburghe and a Goelet to be eugenlcally perfect wll) be as difficult an undertaking in lt Hue as It is posiibl to conceive. ' . Eugenics, or the sclera-of producing a flne " race, has recently been brought to ( something approacning . ,an exact , science, .chiefly through the study of heredity, . . w r r ww ww i w wm jrvt vw child, the two parents must first of . - all he In perfect physical ( and men tal ' health. -The B6xburghe) ,baby , nearly fulfils this '. condition, - since ; the Duke is a good physical speci men, and the Duchessthough, slight , and delicate, Is apparently, in . good , health. J.i mi , -,';,', lit ts.in deailng with earlier he reditary characteristics ; that the Duchies will .meet With the greatest and wellnlgh hopeless difficulties. -The science of heredity teaches the' law ot the alternation of, genera ' tlons, whereby the offspring: ,re, , sembles a more remote ancestor la v the direct line, the alteration be t : lng in regular of Irregular rhythm. ", According to this law it Is necessary,' in order to ha -eugenlcally perfect, that s baby should . have perfect ancestors .for . many generations ' past, . since thi evil Qualities of a long past generation may st any1 time crop out in full, force In a sew generation. The prospect of what may happen to a Boxburghe baby under this law Is simply appalling. The Boxburghe The house in which he lives will be sterilised and pei fectly ventilated. He yf' - s' S.i J iai A ; . . .... .. - , , v. " V-- ' : - Willi' -,f matslidowitlilhesghoU . l tho bad Roxburghes wlckod ; oM ancestors who claim their toll in the) babe through his hereditary ImtinctaT ; ian ijae nouier procecc suni. eren in on fsucuib ;! uu . Mow Potatoes" Poisoii You nrfHB close InvestlgaUon being made lnto, -: I the poUoiu to be found in various food V ' of common consumption has aol left the humble, poUto entirely scatheless. "Th, polsoaous alkaloid and glucocold known sis sblanlneV is declared by the London lancet to be a normal constituent of the healthy po- tato, although In s small degree. When po tatoes are beginning to sprout, however, this . alkaloid increases rapidly, and in-the skin ot- the toothsome tuber especially. It may be found in Quantities that are pcely to prove dangerous.' '",' v The poison of the potato, like the poison ot the peanut is one to which comparaUvely -few people are susceptible, but to those, very small qualities set up a great deal of dis turbance. It not Infrequently happens that illnesses of unknown origin come from the -eating of foods which are healthful to the majority ot people, but which have a direct toxlo effect on others. ..- - ,i On the other hand, this particular alkaloid - is valuable as a sedative In cases of nervous v pains and It Is also helpful in keeping down fever. To any one suffering from neuralgia a plentiful use of potatoes Is helpful In sooth lng the nerves and quieting the pain, mors so, frequently, than the same drug admin istered In a concentrated form, because it Is ' more evenly absorbed by the body twhea taken as a part ot the regular food supply. - Aside from this oneinjurlous factor, the potato passes the test ot examination well. No such accusation has been lodged agalnat it as has been directed upon the turnip and ,, the Justly suspected cereals, especially, corn and rye, and It has been declared to be even . -i more nutritious than was commonly - sun posed. U, however, a pudding Is to be, Judged by the eating of it, surely the potato needs to do nothing in self-defence but point to the race which dines on it most freely vaad rest its case.- - The ' Duchess of? Roxburgh (Maw Goelet, of New York), Kg Mother of the First Noble Eugenie Baby. . will , live almost entirely on cereals and vegetables while he Is a child, because they are the best food for growing .tissues. ' " r " X His mother, took many precautions before his birth. Be was bora, la a specially constructed hyglenlo apart ment In Chesterfield House, London. : The great event ancestry begins la the Middle Ages with red-han,ded tree-; did; hot take place at Floors Castle, the Boxburghe ances hooters of (he Bcotsh border, who dehghted in surpris- " , tral seat, because the surroundings might have tended lng their neighbors-by night and slaughtering them in v' to revive ancestral tendencies. : His mother slept la the their ' beds. 'All the most brutal elements of the Middle ' open air as much as possible before his birth. - , .v Ages are represented .In these border families, such as,-'""' The 'physical part of his training may be carried out the Kers of Cessford,. who were the original ancestors perfectly, and yet it may be rendered entirely worthiest of the Duke of Boxburghe. ; i .: , . - ' v ' ? ; -. ' by the outcropping of old evil ancestral characteristics. As the r'famOy rises In Importance, moire highly de His first participation In a game of football may revive veloped sensually Is added to the earlier elements, of the brutal temper of the border baron. VT sTht of a forth all the sensual characteristics of the Bestoratlon profligates. A glass ot wine may awake the old tippling habits of many generations. ' , r .-.'" ; The young heir enjoys the title ot Marquis ot Bow mont from birth. He must, of course, be taken before long to his ancestral home. Floors Castle. The sight of this magnificent house, with its family portraits and armor; the deference with which he will be treated; the adula brutality.. The first Earl ot Boxburghe took an Import ant part In the drama of intrigue and assassination that' marked the tragic reign ot hfary Queen Of Scots, and made his fortune by betraying her. . " lw" ; " From that time the Roiburghes were in thehlghest rank of the British sristocraoy. We find the' Earl ot Itoxburghe of the time of Charles IL1 a favorite compan ; ion;t.. that;,Ungvl;.,H; maUed, inettrawdlnaril Uoentlou court Jlfe of th Restoration, wheh'e' drama' one irho Is a VMM. . W. . .w - sad millionaires V wUl doubtless be one of the greatmst bbstacles'S"te)6;the ; Duchesss ambltloa j to raise a . eugenl cally perfect son. - a The young nobleman's education will be directed ; so as to hold m check the q 'evil sncestrial tendencies ; which are most likely to' c- ;v recur.' Some ot his anees5Vii.'5.'r'ii ' tors hare had good qualities, and his train - era will endeavor to bring these out. ' Many interesting facts In heredity have recently been -...A J , . .... , . ' deduced from the observation of animals. It has been tft H!!.!! JJrf?c?iJJler? found 4hat certain Important quaUUes wo trsiiittuttsd ." . to offspring by one sex alone. Thus it has been found M J?Slif ".iii that high egg yield in nens ana gooa muiung yield in reached a pitch of shamelessness that must make our , tlon of the tenantry, and the general luxury of his sur r resent nsrute siave" piays seem moaest by compansont lie spent his days and nights In carousing with the tuerry king and his favou.es, Kail Owynn, Sarbar timers, Bochestsr and the rest of them, v. . ;,. r roundlngs, must prove strong factors in reawakening the old, sinful, self-indulgent tendencies Inherited . from twenty generations.. ",", , '"v tlho almost inevitable pull toward luxurious living in - cows are qualities transmitted by the mala parent only. It is argued ; that analogous rules must apply with i ' regard to human beings. It the Duchess ot Boxburghe " knew which important qualities are transmitted through one sex alone, she would have a better prospect ot de reloplng those qualities In her son; but, unfortunately, science has not yet established the necessary rules with sufficient clearness la the human race. " . v. , , v The facts and arguments given here prove that a task supremely interesting, but of almost unparalleled diffi culty, ues oeiore ue xracness ei itoxourghe in trying to Copyright; It IS, by. the Star. Company. .jSreat Brltala Bights Btserved, would etlll have descended to the child of an American girl. Her husband's next brother, Lord Alastalr Innes Ker married Miss Anne,Breese, daughter ot W. I Breese of New York. Che has two handsome eons who despite the absence of the latest eugenic precautions seem well qualified to become exceptionally fine dukes. in spite ot the prospective loss of a dukedom for her self and her children. Lady Alassalr Innes Ker ex pressed a kindly hope that her sister-in-law might suc ceeded In producing a son, because ahe has so much more money to leave to the little duke. The Duchess Inherited the largest section of New York real estate possessed by anyone outside the Astor family. ... - ' : " ' -- y -' ' RV"g ' s. ,' .,-- f ' --Eugenie ,i,y" '-'y;yy . " "i Chillren' VV ; Germanys ;L ' " Oothet ' , Plnlw V, 11 Fresh 7 V " T i:v;...,v...ii ::. ...... : .,. . . ,, ...... .:i;uf y I'.'r. ..rc7!"..!' 1 . : X P -v .- . -Wint ni, si I A l4tU EttfataJ.U Pl.yln, U ' Adam's CuUfj '