Show THE THU olf F FAMILY A M M Y 3 france is notorious noto riou 8 sly the land of the smallest families of all nations in europe and the rest of the civilized world the french nation can show the fewest children round its hearths heart hs its family tree bears the mallast mal lest number of olive branches there are various reasons to thi this none of which however is based on nature or natures law for the latin races by and in themselves are just prolific as as the teutonic nationalities and england the principal cause of the scarcity of children in the french family is batho the facial suppress suppression ioL of progeny for generations it has his become the tle cs custom of the french family especially especial Y that of 1 paris and the vik various rious pro centers a i of trade manu manufacture ace ac e and fashion to restrict the number numb er of children to two a son toa to pe perpetuate r e the f family amily name naine and continue the business of the father a daughtery daugh tero a serve arrve as a it toisto foil to the graces and vanities of the mother A sonis son is raised to assist and ultimately iii t I 1 f succeed the father in the counting room or factory a 9 daughter bro brought ight out to a reouven abing luster over her mothers f fading A d idl charms in the bal ballroom broom and I 1 theater what hor corrille rille and hideous means amused are used to accomplish this en end daf X of co confining i n nii n I 1 g the family concert to a quartet it is unnecessary to detail here suffice it to have stated the evil an evil that has spread and is spreading from the refined society of upper mendum into the lower social strata which had bad ere long been the last refuge of exiled virtue and the last abode of domestic felicity and numerous the evil has become so crying that even the government has become i i 6 oa ou ot afulu E rs amr a condition which threatens to lead to a continuous decrease of the french nation as rapid almost almos as her neighbor germany swells the ranks of her population takes pride in numerous brors groups of little ones romping around the parental hearth under the regime of the third republic everything fe relating lating to public and almost everything concerning cern in t g p private n vate life is done with of A facial v red tape go government 4 ve rame i n t interference ter ference in social and even domestic matters is carried to a degree in republican france which would be unbearable in monarchical r england yet when tae akere r is 5 an ah evil so intimately connected with the strength and safety of the state the la latter may be justified in taking r 4 re remedial abial steps such as arbib are about out being taken in order to increase the population of the land salus pop uli lex athe the welfare of t the I 1 1 peo people pleis js the highest law A aahl bill was recently introduced i into n to the chamber of deputies relative to children it provides that every family which has more than four children the average maximum even in the comparatively untainted rural districts shall be entitled to a reduction of fifteen per we an annual nual child over five entitling it to an additional reduction of five per cent the family of aix six children would therefore be relieved 20 per cent in its taxes more than this there is a provision for a direct premium besides the previous indirect one the bill also provides that in case tho the head of the family pays no taxes or taxes li amo mounting to less lea than francs 60 40 a year he bo be entitled to a premium lum for his fifth child and a premium each larger by franca francs than the last preceding for each child in addition to that number we 11 do lio not t know what baaden haa been the fate of this attempt at 0 offspring encouraging legislation we greatly fear it will not be adopted as its official parliamentary discussion wo would u f n necessarily lead to tho the u un n veiling of a moat most hideous skeleton in the closet little desirable to a nation BO proud of her excellencies and BO iso vain tain with her charms as is france moreover though such tx tax naef and direct p premium g aught act as 94 a stimulus ti iaulus to the par ja mt of limited means to allow pro jbf i R v F creative nature to take her ber course it wal anly V I 1 palliative allia tive I 1 noea nota a radical tf aia y i i cure the only waho warto bring about a defor r m lin T society especially y in the up upper pe r L strata ta h a mo ani regeneration and religious t rejuvenation the frenchman its a ruin rule is cither either ignorantly superstitious or a blatant infidel A cretu return rn to sound principles of true religion and the rc restoration to ration of ft a wholesome 1 1 standard stan daid oft or public and private V morals moral 8 I 1 is i s wh what affiance af franco France needs r 1 ata a ta |