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Show , "RACE SUICIDE." American Motherhood says: "Much has been written of late concerning 'race suicide.' This expression is used to refer only to the failure to bring children Into the world. Nothing Noth-ing Is thought about raco destruction that comes through the death of children chil-dren as a result of the Ignoranco of mothers! nothing of the lessening of ho vigor of the raco through the un- duo taxation of strength of mothers. If the government was awake to the realities of life, it would recognize mothers as the greatest wealth of the nation, and would seo It as a more wise economy to so care for them that their health, vigor and happiness l 1 SL, " , ' "j ;..,. 11U.Hn lacrrr: would bo insured rather than to caro only for the wreck of humanity that come. through tho Ignoranco, overwork and Illnesses of uncared-for mothers." Women and girls who would scarce- ' ly bo given tho slightest responsibility responsibil-ity In matters of the smallest Importance, Impor-tance, anu who are In no senso deemed lit to manago their own affairs, ar given tho caro of Httlo children their own, or another's, in tho capacity of "nurse girl" without a question. Girls, although bright enough in other lines, who know nothing of tho needs of a now life, aro allowed to marry ana become mothers with tho utmost Indifference In-difference and with no effort on tho part of any ono to advlso or educato them. In thousands of cases, tho children chil-dren dlo; in other thousands, they grow up, warped and dwarfed mentally mental-ly and morally, if not physically, and become "driftwood on tho world," while tho women ago rapidly from neglect, ignoranco and inattention to their own needs, suffering from maladies mal-adies which aro forced upon them through wrong living, yet many of them giving to tho world largo families famil-ies of most undcsirablo progeny. Many of these women, If even a little caro were given them, would bo a blessing to tho world and to themselves, through added intelligence and ability to caro for themselves and their children. chil-dren. State Journal. |