Show OLD BACHELORS AND OLD MAIDS TAKE NOTICE local physician declares that men man and woman who do not marry should be Compel leed to adopt children that old bachelors and old maldi maids should be compelled by law to adopt children is the opinion of dr G at dower of this city ile he made such a declaration before the members of the local lodge of Odd fellows last saturday night while discoursing among other things up o on oa a the subject of best crop attention had been called to the ill ness of a bretain lady of the ashley valley and it dei developed eloped that while she and her husband had been marri ed cd for a long number or of ears eare they had no children to gladden their home and that the jhc will go down the shady part of lifes lane without the pleasure and comfort that children should and most always do biang ile he suggested that this couple well fixed as the are should adopt a child ile he then went into the question of marriage and not only of marriage mairi mair lage age but of children after marriage ills his remarks about old ba bachelors cheloni and old maids created quite it a stir here in the valley alley especially among the old bachelors and old maids some the remark that there ore are certain unmarried men and women in vernal m who he ought to be told of the remarks and they all heard of it in a short time some made comments and others only looked wise dr dower did not make the re marks tor for publication but when a re of the express asked him regarding the expressions he he meant what he said ex capt that for publication lie he might lim have e qualified his utterances to bume extent especially with nith reference to bringing children into the world when he said there were ere too few children ho he intended to convey the impression that there are too few in certain families and too many in other certain families ile he cited a town back in indiana from where he be came in which there are families away up in the social and financial scale that have haie no children lie he ad knitted that the very nery families least able to bring up children are the ones into which the most children come such parents as a rule do not look to the future but live for today to day only they seem to loose sight of the fact that man many of their offspring will either grow up in agnor ance and poverty poi erty or land in some tate state home or both when asked why so many women in positions of society and wealth refused to bring children into the world the doctor stated he believed it Is because they do not care to give up the time which they can spend in the pursuit of pleasure A well known old maid of vernal had her say cay on the question she did make the bold statement that there should be a law enacted forbidding marriage of certain men and women until the man mail Is able to support the family and until the woman has ample knowledge of house hold duties and the rearing of child ren rem she hazzard hazzar ded cd the opinion that her cat abkes better care of her kittens 1 tens than some mothers do of their children |