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will be as fixed as the Jewish in its characteristics, 

 if the suggestions of the professor can ever be carried 

 out. The fixed type is to be produced as follows : 

 Only 'typical' couples are to be allowed to mate. 

 The man is to be not more than thirty years old, 

 the woman not over twenty-eight, and each have a 

 perfect health certificate. The man should be at 

 least five feet seven inches tall ; the woman not under 

 five feet six inches. Neither the man nor the woman 

 should have dark hair. Its tint may range from 

 blonde to auburn. The eyes of the pair should be 

 pure blue without any tint of brown. The complex- 

 ion should be fair to ruddy without any suggestion of 

 heaviness or 'beefiness.' The nose ought to be 

 strong and narrow, the chin square and powerful, and 

 the skull well developed at the back. The man and 

 the woman must be of German descent and must 

 bear a German name and speak the language of 

 Germany. These 'mated couples' are to get a 

 wedding gift of $125 and an additional grant for 

 each child born. The couples may settle in the 

 United States if they prefer." This reported at- 

 tempt to establish a Prussian type of "Hauser 

 blondes" at least points the way to one sort of a 

 positive eugenic method that might possibly be 

 employed with respect to certain physical charac- 

 teristics. 



It should be remembered, however, that the 

 eugenic ideal is not by any means confined to phys- 

 ical traits alone. 



