| Show WHAT THAT OF THE SURPLUS SURPLUS' VJ MEN WHEN AFTER THE A article In a special article appearing In Inmany inmany many nany of the leading papers of the country the Duke of 0 Manchester l asks What Is to be he done with surplus sur sur- plus lilus women after the war Excerpts Ex Ex- from the article follows Already Alread before the war the excess amounted mounted to some and was increasing steadily We Ve have al aI already ready eady men dead from rom tho the flower lower of the nation and about 00 permanently disabled and I feat fear before all is o over that we must face the he loss of nearl nearly a million and n 0 half Calf of or British breadwinners and potential fathers athers What Is going to be the result af- af after after af af- ter er the war There are two principal effects that have ave to be considered The future g generation and work It Is almost impossible to consider these questions questions quest quest- ions separately for in these days day the they are absolutely interdependent and yet yot all conditions will have havo chanted chang chant changed ed cd so much u. u after ter the war that we wu must examine the new factors in each question before coming to the joint join future s What is going to happen Some men are are- going t to return after months of open air life in a condition of physical fitness which they did not know was possible ble ule with an outlook broadened to tc toan toan an nn incredible extent with minds mind that have been toned and tuned by constantly facing death In every ran rank It of life practically children are limited to the amou amount t that allows of the most comfort to I the he parents from the fishermen an and factory hands to whom are arean arean an in asset and a necessary provision for or the future and who therefore eliminate the tine possibility of a childless childless child child- less ess marriage marriage beforehand hand at fane end nd of the scale to the other end of the he scale where they have no children chil dren ren at all because it is too much trouble rouble There is a great an and increasing body ody of people who either avoid marriage mar marriage mar mar- lage altogether or limit their families with an absolute view to attainment or of some luxury or comfort contort comfort and the worst of ofis it is that the class that have the most lost children are those least able to provide for tile the children on arri arri- a arrival rival ri- ri val il with healthful happy and com corn comfortable surroundings under the old r c conditions J we rill ill know men and Now as we women are an asset of the highest and after the devastating de de- devastating value to a nation everything will have to tobe tobe tobe war be done dOlle to make male up the wastage But what Is it going to be I have seriously discussed discussed discussed dis dis- heard beard polygamy very probability but hut I dont don't cussed as a suppose we shall really come to that in fn the near future I 1 suppose also there will be no softening of the tho savage Illegitimacy when women worn won laws aws altho undoubtedly en ii have lave the vote ot as they surely will to unfairness some some ome of the flagrant women of those laws will be made more snore equal equa of ot incidence but at least without any moral revolution we could offer to the fathers and mothers and In in- in- in the he maximum of facilities The lessons of the past show that the nature does her best to restore has decimated th the balance alance when war manhood of a country and tho the I be- be 11 that f t reasons lieve for physiological obvious after this war will not be he so to take place still it Is sure of women women wom wom- the excess So to cou counteract en male make the next generation as large as possible 0 o |
