Runts.— -What is the reason, asks the Melbourne “Argus,” that the young man of the period—in this city at least —is almost invariably a runt ? If you go to a public or private ball and watch the heads of the youthful male partners —many of them bald while yet on the sunny side of 30—bobbing up and down, you will perceive that they are mostly on a level with the ladies, sometimes below them. If you walk down Collins street between the hours of four and five, when the banks and the public offices have disgorged a crowd of nicely got-up young fellows, you will be struck by their uniformly low stature. From sft 4in to oft 6in appears to be the average height. How is this to be explained P Is it arrested development, and if so, what is the cause ?
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New Zealand Mail, Issue 44, 25 November 1871, Page 2
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