| Show Imbeciles Without Hope of R Recovery covery Should Be in Childhood By CLARENCE DARROW Noted Criminal Lawyer After reaching the age of ten imbeciles for whom there is no hope of recovery should have their lives s snuffed out Of course the consent of the parents should be obtained With the consent of the parents a child who has no hopes for the futures beside that of life in an asylum asyl m would be mercifully lly put away The sight of a achild achild child with the blank expression of a hopeless imbecile not only inspires pity but instills a feeling of disgust and horror O Our r institutions for the minded feeble are growing beyond control they rhey are sadly packed and in a great many cases overflowing Such a law would relieve the tragic situation Children showing ving criminal tendencies should not Dot be removed Criminal Criminal Crim- Crim inal tendencies can be cured by proper treatment treatment If they took to chloroforming all those with such tendencies they might as wen well chloroform chloroform chloro- chloro form us all Civilization of the United States in Advance of That of Europe By LUCIEN ROMER Leading French E Editor Which c continent will be the master of the future Europe or America Amer Amer- ica Two types of civilization are facing each other The European is isI I based upon personal invention and individual well being the American on group enterprise and social well being the American has the better chance of surviving This is true largely largel because economic masses in the United States have a type of o organization superior to those of Europe and receive an education inspired hy by the idea of service as well as that of oC profit In n Europe the masses have been until the present at least artificially divided the workers on one side the thc capitalists and directors on the other oth- oth er while in America the mass is always united Vor workers er and capitalists operating co-operating instead of squabbling among themselves |
