Events and Persons
In Which You Will Be More or Less Interested.
News for This Department Must Be Received by Wednesday Night.
Mrs. V. S. Wheatley returned Mon
day from a visit with relatives and
friends at St. Joseph, Mo. Mr. Wheat
ley, who went with his wife a few
weeks ago to attend a family reunion,
was compelled to return earlier, Mrs.
Wheatley remaining until Monday.
Margaret Jackson, a fcwelveVyear
old girl, died in the emergency hos
pital August 16th and was buried from
Obee’s undertaking chapel Wednes
day afternoon, interment being at
Forest Lawn cemetery.
Joseph Cabell died at St. Joseph’s
hospital August 16th, after a linger
ing illness. He was buried from
Obee’s undertaking chapel Friday
morning at 10 o’clock by the Pullman
Protective association.
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Mrs. Rozanna Malden of Hamburg,
la., spent the week end with her cous
ins, Mr. and Mrs. William Burch
Brown, at 129 North Thirty-eighth
avenue.
The Phi Delta girls held their an
nual outing at Riverview park Sunday
afternoon. Nine guests were present.
The “C” supper under the auspices
of the New Woman’s Reform circle,
which has been postponed twice on j
account of rain, will be given Mon
day night, August 23rd, at Zion Bap
tist church, Twenty-sixth and Frank
lin streets.
St. Philip’s Sunday school picnic,
again postponed on account of rain,
will be held next Wednesday after
noon at Miller park, if the weather
will permit.
Mrs. Austin Kellar of Little Rock,
Ark., is visiting her sister-in-law, Mrs.
J. B. Hill, of Twenty-fourth and Ham
ilton streets. Mrs. Kellar has been
the guest of honor at several social
affairs.
Miss Dorothy Flippin of Lincoln,
Neb., is the guest of Mrs. Joseph La
Cour, 2106 Grace street.
Mrs. Jennie Bailey, mother of Mrs.
Reuben Moore, of Twenty-seventh
avenue, has gone to St. Paul and
Duluth for an extended visit in each
place to her daughters resident there.
Mrs. James G. Jewel has gone to
Chicago to attend the National Negro
Educational congress, which meets in
conjunction with the semi-centennial
Lincoln celebration. Mrs. Jewel is
one of several delegates from Ne
braska appointed by Governor More
head.
The First Regimental Band played
for the printers’ picnic last Satur
day afternoon at Elmwood park and
scored a great success.
Mrs. Alice Reeves of Emporia, Kan.,
and her daughter, Constance, are the
guests of her niece, Mrs. Henry Bu
ford, of 3510 Blondo street.
A lawn social will be given August
30th at the residence of Mrs. S. K.
Brownlow, 2810 Ohio street, for the
benefit of the Star of Bethlehem
Chapter No. 56.
He sure to attend the lawn social
at Mrs. Brownlow’s Aug. 30th.—Adv.
The home of Dr. W. W. Peebles,
2914 North Twenty-sixth, was broken
into by burglars Wednesday and sev
eral valuable articles taken.
W. W. Fields of Cameron, Mo., who
has been the secretary of the Mason
ic Relief Association for the past eight
years, was among the visitors to Oma
ha this week.
Blind Boone, the famous pianist, is
among the merriest and most enthu
siastic of the many U. B. F.’s visiting
the city. He is to spend the winter
in Omaha.
The First Regimental Band gave
the following program Wednesday
night at the municipal band concert
at Kountze park:
March, "American Conquest”.
. Greenawald
Overture, "Festal”.Hazel
Waltz, “Tres Jolie”.Waldteuful
"The Rosary”.Nevin
Song, “My Little Dream Girl”.
.Gilbert and Friedland
Hungarian Dance No. 2.Brahms
Intermission.
March, “The Battle of the Kings”....
.J. Frank Terry
Selection, “Maritana”.Wallace
Love Song, “A Little Love, a Little
Kiss” .-. Silesw
Medley Overture, “Little Dearie”.
. Mahl
Duet from “II Trovatore”.Verdi
(Desdunes and Terry)
Patriotic Airs.
The Rev. William Frederick Botts,
pastor of Zion Baptist church, whose
cut appears in this issue, is the son
of Thomas and Matilda (Brown) Botts
and was born on a farm in Lyons
county, Missouri, March 30, 1867. He
remained on the farm until he was 17
years of age, attending in the mean
while the country school. He subse
quently attended Western college, at
Macon, Mo. His first pastorates were
Excelsior Springs and Lathrop, Mo.,
which he served jointly for seven
years. He then went to Moberly, at
which place he was pastor for seven
years, going subsequently to Carroll
ton, where he remained nearly eight
years, resigning his pastorate there
to accept the pastorate of Zion church,
Omaha, April 17, 1910. During his
five years’ residence here he has tak
en in over 500 members. He is an
earnest and conscientious worker, a
faithful pastor, and effective speaker
and an affable Christian gentleman.
He has in the person of his wife an
amiable and refined woman, a most
worthy companion and helpmate.
THE GOOD BIRTH
SCIENCE DISCUSSED
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cians, college presidents and teach
ers have winked at this subject while
boys and girls are growing up in
vicious ignorance and present and fu
ture young mothers are tangoing
away the possibilities of coming gen
erations amidst unwholesome influ
ences.
Mixed Crowds at Dances.
"My reference to the dance is not
to unqualifiedly and unreservedly con
demn it, but I say there is much about
it that is disgusting and nauseating.
For example, there is not sufficient
discrimination shown in the selection
of the dance partner. The rake and
Ubertine are too often permitted upon
the floor of the dance hall to take
liberties with our best young mothers,
wives, sisters and daughters that
would never bo allowed were it not
for the dance. A few years ago I was
at a banquet tendered to our medical
association in a southern city. A local
physician and I were looking at the
promiscuous dance. In a short while
we left. On the way out he re
marked: ‘That is one of my strong
objections to dancing. Don’t you
know that some of the worst women
in this city are on that floor?’ On
another occasion I was at a similar
function in a large northern city. So
ciety appeared at its best. One wom
an in all that great audience seemed
to shine above the rest by reason of
her rich gown, beauty, attractive fig
ure and good dancing. She was m
constant demand by our visiting
guests. The next day a physician
resident in the city advised me that
that attractive lady (?) was from the
tenderloin and just bailed out of jail
a few days previous, and many others
present were in the same class.
“All too long prudery and mock
modesty have held sway at the ex
pense of common sense while our
boys and girls are drifting into bad
habits, immorality and as a conse
quence there is a general tendency
to racial decay. What a price to pay
for silence- Through you, teachers,
about 400 strong, representing some
thirteen different states and perhaps
nearly 20,000 pupils, and many moth
ers and fathers, I wish in my weak
manner to sound the warning that
through you the light may be turned
on this subject.
The Eugenic Idea.
“The eugenic idea i3 not altogether
a new one, but has only recently been
recognized as a science. Reduced to
its simplest terms, eugenics may be
called the science of giving birth to
better babies. Just as the agricultur
ist studies and discusses corn cul
ture, so the eugenist contemplates
baby culture. The demand of the
eugenist is that only fit children shall
be born and that they must be taken
care of amidst good environment.
Strictly speaking, eugenics cares lit
tle about you and me—is not con
cerned with the adult except as a
means to an end. Could there be
some means of peopling the world all
over today with a fresh stock of ba
bies without the intervention of the
man and woman, the eugenist would
give us adults no further considera
tion; but since these things by na
lure are not possible and the eugenic
baby can only come through correct
parentage, those interested are forced
to consider ways and means of puri
fying the present contaminated race
of mortals in order to fit them for the
duties before them.
"It has been stated that 100 years
from now the United States will have
accomplished what no other race has
ever accomplished or it will cease to
exist as a nation. It is estimated that
if the present trend continues, in fifty
years from now every other child born
in this country will either die in in
fancy or be unfit for self-support, thus
being a burden upon society. Here is
where the eugenist expects to get in
his work. He desires to so enlighten
the people and thus change the mode
of living so as to bring about a dif
ferent result. At present one out
of every four children born dies in
infancy. Many of the others who live
to grow up become wards of the na
tion, burdens on society. We can
only perpetuate the race through a
healthy childhood.
“Twenty per cent of American
women are unable to bear children
and 25 per cent of the others are un
willing; that leaves only 55 per cent
able and willing to furnish the off
spring necessary to perpetuate this
great nation. And when we consider
that quite a large proportion of the
children of that 55 per cent are unfit,
we begin to see the nature of our
problem. The great majority of this
20 per cent are unable by reason of
social infection, in the great majority
of cases, contracted innocently from
their own husbands. Twenty-five
per cent more are unwilling. Here
we run against the problem of race
suicide, ‘the crime of the age.’
Woman Has Maternal Instinct.
“The maternal instinct is deeply
rooted in the very nature of every
true woman. It is there whether she
marries or not. When it is absent
there is something wrong. It is there
by nature’s decree, but contrary to
this natural condition our artificial
civilization is bringing about a con
dition that is appalling. Almost the
average young woman today who con
templates marriage does so with a
proviso, and some have made their
mathematical calculations and deduc
tion with a precision that is appalling
to the uninitiated.
"With all the emphasis at my com
mand, I say that the woman who is
unable or unwilling to perform the
duties of wife and mother should not
marry, and here is where the eugen
ist comes in. He would first ascer
tain if the contracting parties are
physically qualified for parental du
ties. If not, he would prevent their
marriage; but if physically qualified,
then he would issue a permit and no
sentiment would be permitted to in
terfere with the production of off
spring.”
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