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Remarkable Discoveries About a Glands in the Brain That May Enable Science Rapidly to Turn Children Into Men, Chicks Into Chickens, Calves Into Cows to Sate War's Appetite for Meat and Men. IN one of H. H. Wolls's Imaginative works. "The Food of the tJods," n? conceived a magic food which mado giants of men, animals and vegetables. Even more remarkable Is a scientific discovery Just brought to light, the. effect of which may be not only to supply food ?for the warring nations In a manner never before conceived, hut may likewise furnish "made-to-order" men to (111 up the decimated ranks of the contending armies! In a word, this new scientific food elimi nates youth; or. rather, hastens maturity. Fond-animals born within the past few weeks, and which, in the ordinary course of events, would not be available as food for European soldiers for many months to come may, by the application of tho new discovery, be made available within pr, many weeks. While children who ordinarily would not be old enough to fight for their coun tr> for ton or fifiecn years may, perhaps, be developed so expeditiously that they may take an active part In the war within a year or two, if the conflict lasts that lout. The fond problem Is, of course, one of the most baffling phases of the great con flict now raging in Europe. Either side ma> achieve victory after victory on tho field of battle, but if the food supply for the soldiers nt the front or the nation at large at home runs short, the triumphant nation will eventually have to sue for peace. An army is no more efficient than its commissariat, and a nation is only as formid able as its food supply. For these reasons. It is believed In some quarters that the diminution or tho food supply ft? a result of the presence nt the front of inlllionsof men who are. regularly engaged In farm lng and other food-supply pursuits will bring tho war toan end more speed ily than any succession of victories or defeats on tho field of battle possibly could. it must be kept in mind, too, that after several of the giant battles wh(,ch > are certain to be fought In. the present war and in vrhlcb the casualties will undoubtedly mount up In to the millions have been waged there may be easily develop a lack of tigluing men to continue the Strug cle the possibilities of the pineal gland as a food for mm as well a** nnlmals. ther? 5ppiii5 ro be every reason lo believr that its remarkable properties are universal in their effort'. Strangely enough, when Dr. McL'ord commenced his experiments it was with the idea that administration of pineal Bland to his subjects would result in ar resting their development because it was generally believed that ono of (he func tions of the pineal gland was to control growth. Indeed, in a number to rases where unusual precocity was found in in fants, an autopsy revealed that the only abnormal condition about the child was a lack of pineal gland. The scientist, used 11?> guinea piss, IS puppies, 14 adult dogs and 10 chicks in the course of his experiments. Ills gen eral plan was to feed to v^ry young ani mals minute quantities of fresh pineal glands from cattle, keeping careful records of the changes In weight, elza and in the case of dogs. Increased men tality, In contrast with those of other ani mals maintained under otherwise Identi cal conditions. The pineal glandn were obtained partlv from calves, partly from young adul'n approximating three yearn, and partly from the general run of cattle from the abbatoirs. The glands averaged 2.11 grains in weight. There was a marked difference in size and shape in the many thousand glands which made up the bpv oral pounds which were used In tha course of the experiments. The preparation of the glands for food In view of these con siderations the scientific: discovery above refered to, and which promises to ali gnment the supply of food and ruen In a way hitherto conceived only in fiction, assumes a practical im portance which it might not have attained in time of peace, although its pos sibilities from a scientific standpoint can hardly be overest i ma ted The Pineal Gland, Which Is Indicated in the Above Picture of the Human Brain, Has Been Found to Develop Growth Almost Miraculously When Adminis tered as a Food. The discovery is based 01 expferlruen s conducted in connection with the little gland in the brain known as the pineal gland. This little organ which is some times referred to as a vestige of a "third eye ' and is believed by some to be tho teat of the suul is possessed of soma very remarkable properties. Science has long been engaged in try ing to ascertain just wuat the functions ot tins organ, possessed alike by men and animals, were but nothing very ill li:ii!< was established until the last f,*w months when Dr. Carey Pratt McCord. of Detroit, Mich., a well-known pathologist, announc <! to ;he American .Medical As sociation the results of a series of experi ments lie had conducted upon chickens and guinea pigs, which revealed tna*. science may : lortly be able to elirniate the period of youth altogether in animals and men; or. In other words, to hasten maturit} so as to give to a boy of ten or twelve tho physical and mental proper ties of a man of twenty-one! Such seeming miracles a* these have actually hern performed by Dr. McCord on chickens and guinea piss, and although much 6till remains to b* ascertained as to consisted in rinsing them free from blood, stripping tfipin of adherent tissue and then grinding theni to a line paste without (Irv ing The paste is mixed with sug&r-milk in such quantity that 1 - grain of milk-sugar represented 10 nig. pineal tissue. The mass was made into 'fe grain tablets and quickly dried at room temperature. The first experiment, which was performed in anticipation that feeding would retard development, was begun on two chicks incubated In the laborn tory. Beginning at Hie "Vr x^.-ggt^Xmti \i?.>?xr ? y/jy ?;yteK&j&ffi* Tha Extraordinary Vivid Picture of War by Emil Halarek, the Famous Hungarian Artist. VICTIMS OF MOLOCH?Into the Open and Fiery Jaws of a Monster Representing War, Millions of Submissive Slaves Aro Meekly Advancing1, Accompanied by Ignorant Multitudes and Carrvine- the Produce of Their Lnhnr acainst 2S6; at tho ond of i ho ninth week, 89". grums, as against r.f.O, and at the ond of the twelfth week.* 025 grams, as against 700. In other words the pineal-fed chick at r.i.v weeks was very nearly as large as the control-chick nt three months! Tho striking dispropor tion in size and the mark ed skeleteai overgrowth cal overgrowth. work of life was pelerted nnrt divided into test and control groups. The tost pUs wore fed 10 miiigrams veal pineal tissue. The controls were fed a grain milk sugar tablet. Other conditions for the two lots were identical." Summarizing the results obtained from r'nis experiment, it appears that the test pigs were nearly as fully developed at seven weeks as the control-pigs wero at ten weeks. This excess of weight was a symmetri There was some in creased adipose tissue but it was generally distributed and not localized in any one region of tho body. Similar experiments were then conducted on a lot of fourteen chicks ami eighteen pups, with equally satisfactory results, in the case of the dogs, particular at tention was paid to mental development. The pineal-fed pup pies were about a month ahead of the others. They were the first to learn to hip milk, the first to re spond 10 a call and the first to bo able to find their way back (o the kennol 'is--; : -c.'jt -ri mm *0 ru" r/f M f c ? In stll! another experiment of th" same character the development of the pineal fed pi^s was even more rapid. l>r. McCord concluded from these ex periments that administration of "the minute quantities of pineal tissue from young animals to young animals stimu lates rapid growth of the body, but not beyond normal size." Indication of pre cocity of mental development wero also established. These experiments are particularly pisrnifleant because they are the first of their kind, and thoir full possibilities can only he conjectured at the present time. As a practical solution of the food problem, even in their present stage, these experiments show that chickens and other food animals may bo rapidly developed by the administration of pineal gland from other animals, and, while scientists will move slowly in applying similar treatment to human beings, thera is no reapon to doubt Its efficacy. Europe's War May Produce a Wadner THAT one of the results of the groat war now being waged In Europe may be the calling forth of a musical composer whose j?eniu3 will rival Wagner's, Is the belief of Alexander Russell, the well known American coin poser and organist. "As regards tho possible effect of the present upheaval on modern composition in general," says Mr. Russell, "I must say that I should not be surprised were l! ultimately to prove for tho best. With all the technical innovations of the past few decades a certain stagnation has been evident since Wagner. "As it is with ldividuais, so it is with nations?adversity stimulates certain deep spiritual elements that might other wise lie dormant and which eventually take artistic shape and manifest them selves grandly and insplringly. Com position has for some time been untinged with the profoundest, most vital issues. "Perchance stirred lo the surface, they are again to be greatly voiced. A dis turbed period usually brings out the musical mouthpiece of its best ideals and impulses. The seething period of ttie Wench Revolution and its Immediate consequences was followed by Beethoven; the great popular uprising of tho early and middle nineteenth century were nc companied by Schumann. Chopin and Liszt. Wagner was not in any sense a product of the later part of that cen tury, but a summary of all that had gone between It and the Franco-Prussian war, "So that I should bp in no sense i<ur prised to nee emerge out of the present war if it be sufficiently protracted and deadly-the genius who will carry o;i the line of succession from Wagner." Still another effect of the war, accdrd ing :o Mr, Russell, may be Increased op portunities for American musicians. "With this war in active progress," he pays, "and ?the very plausible impossi bility of foreign importation.-; of artists or of new music, opportunity such a3 never before witnessed offer; itself to our musicians. Their chance has come, it would seem, both to disclose th< t latent, powers and to be judged more patiently and discriminatingly than ever before, "If the handicap of prejudicial F'u* ropean competition can be hold off for an appreciable space of time, and if tho popular demand for music clamors eager ly for satisfaction as undoubtedly lit. will-it seems fairly certain to me thatl our artists and composers must not only! bo welcomed by their countrymen with! more fervor than has hitherto boon the! ease, but, In tho end, eagerly sought ouL by those very perrons who formerly! oither derided their pretentions or dis trusted their skill, without endeavoring seriously to acquaint, themselves with their qualities. This, I should think, would be a propitious time to scour tho lleld for undiscovered American talent. It may be needed next Winter should con ditions prevent the return of the for eigners." Photograph of Two Cliiclcs Each Three Weeks Old, the Larger One Having Been Fed on Pineal Gland. While the Smaller Was Maintained Under Identical Conditions, but With out the Pineal Glnnd Administration* Another experiment was conducted on a group of 48 guinea pigs divided .into test and control lots. There was an equal number of males and females in each lot. but the age of two days one wan fed 10 iniligrammes veal pineal tissue three times weekly. the other. uRed for comparison, was fed a blank tablet, i f milk (sugar. Here are the actual results obtained in this experiment: At the end of the third week the "pmeal-fed" chick , weighed 2l:> grams, tho control chick. 02 grains; at the end of the sixth week, 657 graiii.?, as making the largo chick awkward in his movements. "declared Dr. McCord. "soon tnadc these chicks a laboratory curiosity, but the small number and the different sex did not justify any inference as to the Influence of tho pineal feeding. Tho results, however, were so striking that at once work was Instituted in a more extensive way." "A lot of fifty guinea pigs in the second mules and females wore separated. The test-pigs were fed pint ;il gland when they were two w ok. ..id, and the diet was continued l'"r nine weeks. The males and females wore then placed together in breeding pens. All except two of the pineal-fed l ,l's jjivp. birth to young before the first or" the control, the difference between the birth of young of the first pineal-fed pig ai d tii * first control pig beine 14 davs. Copyright, 1914, by the Star Company. Orcat Britain Tliphts Reserved*