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About The commoner. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-1923 | View Entire Issue (July 18, 1902)
N The Commoner, July 18,J95 9 F. I- in ? Is awcrinspirlng when we understand it 'This knowledge is of greater im portance to the world than all other knowledge on all other subjects. - Yet our colleges never include one single reference to it in a five years' course of study to the future mothers of men. Parents never refer to it Men are equally ignorant, and they marry with no recognition of the duty Incumbent upon them to specially guard, protect and render peaceful and happy the mothers of their unborn children. Tfot long ago it was my misfortune to overhear a conversation between a young wife and her husband, the par ents of one child. The wife Intimated that she feared another addition might bo made to the family. The husband replied angrily: "Well, if there is an other kid-coming I'll skip the coun .try Could anything be more brutal and ,. inhuman? And yet it is not an infre quent case. Hundreds of men become"" violently angry when they know their wives are to become mothers, and in stead of supporting them through the months of expectancy with love and tender care, they rouse their worse- In stincts and winder later why the child is' so ill-tempered and nervous, and resentful in its nature tSuch men belong to the male cat species. Many male animals, notably .the cat, despise their own offspring and destroy them if allowed to bo in their presence. ::No man properly taught by his mother could treat his wife unkindly at such a period of her life.. It is a waste of sentimental platitude to call a woman a "good mother" If she has brought up a son to a marriageable age who has not been made to realize ' the sacredness of "maternity and the ' importance of fatherhoods When in the West Indies I saw an ignorant, unwedded child of nature a young negress of scarcely fifteen years "of age nursing her child with moth erly tenderness. She had not been taught our code of morals. She did not know she had done wrong to bring a child into the world, and she loved her little one and. cared for it tenderly and was not ashamed. I could not help contrasting her with sorne women I know married women and, devout church members women of wealth and station, who pay their physicians (also church members) large sums of money to destroy their unborn children because they do- not want to be bothered with them. Somehow the little colored girl mother did not seem the greater sin ner of the two, to my mind! Crim inals, lunatics, deformities, invalids and degenerates are often the result of a mother's attempt and failure to destroy the child before birth. And does it never occur to these "Christian" mothers that an immortal qul cannot be destroyed and that they must meet that spirit face to face in another sphere which they have re fused to encounter in earth life? One can be sorry for the girl led astray by lovewho in her fear of this world's scorn risks her life and destroys her child before her shame f emaaaTSaaaa)fiioWlrPmmmmM XPksW Lf fl X a A Shipment from Ward's There must be considerable satisfaction to every man when he realizes that he has done some thing wise and creditable, especially when It dl rectty concerns the welfare of himself and family. Here Is a man who Is hauling a shipment home, content with the knowledge that all his supplies fot several months have been purchased at whole' sale prices, or in other words at a saving of about JSO per cent over his hqme prices. m1? h no cause to worry as to what he will find Inside the hexes. He ha received shipment front us before and knew that everything will be found firsUclass and exactly a represented. Even If something Is wrong, he know that fto firm In the country I more anxious to make It right than we are. We have customers everywhere In every nook and corner of the United States. Beyond a doubt some of your neighbors deal with us. If you are not ox heavy buyer, 2hy A-e fftn wlth a neighbor and get your supplies by trel.ghAT J.1 0Ht IOO pounds to make a profitable freight shipment. You may need a catalogue to start with. Our t,obo page catalogue containing over 7QtOOO quotations and t7,ooo Illustrations wilt be sent on receipt of is cents to partly pay the postage. This catalogue Is already In the homes of ever S,ooo,000 careful buyers and should be In your home also. Send for It tetday, Montgomery Ward Sp Co. chicjzgo. The house that tells, the truth, U is known. But what can we say In ex cuse of the -society woman to whom the act is a frequent occurrence? And our churches in every large town can produce many such women. Madam, If you know' motherhood awaits you, face It with a prayer in your heart and God's love In your soul; Say to yourself, "I will bring a beautiful and good child intd the ' World; I will govern my temper; I will think cheerful and reverent thoughts; I will put away every unworthy and, selfish mood, and think always of the helpless, Innocent soul intrusted to mo and of my great responsibility; I will ask God's aid to help me make that child a blessing to me and to all hu manity, and I will believe it is to be all that I would havd it." This is the greatest work you can do for the world, Madam, Attend to it Ella Wheeler Wilcox, in New York Journal and American. Keep Coal. Thus far the summer has been mod erate, but heat and humidity are bound to come in their season. ' When the hot days are here, let us all keep cool. How? By refraining from undue Indulg ence in heating and stimulating food. Too much meat is a prolific source of heat in the summer solstice. By keeping the table provided with ap petizing cold dishes, by using fruits, vegetables and cereals, with milk and cream, and puddings made of farina, sago and similar light substances, in stead of hot viands, 'Which necessitate enormous fires in a coal-fed range. Next, by thoroughly airing the house night and morning, and then closing windows and doors during the daytime, excluding the sun and the heated air. Third, by wearing cool clothing. In southern latitudes men have learned to dress In style befitting the weather; to wear white linen instead of thick woolen clothes, and to.aoidthe sun. An umbrella is as necessary for a man as a parasol for a woman in a hot noonday. Fourth, by avoidipg alcoholic drinks. The person whoso usual bev erago is cold water, iced tea and iced coffee, is much safer than the one who indulges in wines and other in toxicants. Even soda water may ne taken to excess; probably, . however, uie cnlei daneer noro is to small hnvai whose parents give them too much spending money. " Fifth. Keep cool by controlling your tamper. Be not hasty to anger. Do not be easily irritated, by trifles nor even Impetuous; bo not fretted by those small accidents which are the common lot Ink spilled upon a floor, a grease spot on one's dress, a child's frock torn, a cherished cup. broken or a saucer nicked, are all in a. life-time, and there is no common sense in los ing equanimity over such trifles. Emo tions recklessly indulged in wear out the nervous strength that should last for a long, long day. To be a spend thrift of one's capital is very short sighted, and conduces to. greater evils than being uncomfortably hot In a day of the mounting thermometer. Margaret E. Sangster. r Dewey and the Spanish Governor. The statement made by Admiral Dewey 'shows the capture of the city of Manila to have been a sham battle, as shame'ful as It was unnecessary. He said there was no need for the loss of a man in the capture of the city, but the governor said his honor de manded that a few shQta be fired, to "r had to fire. and kill a few people," said the, admiral. This "may be very regular and very ethical in the eyes of military men, but if civilized warfare demands that human life be sacrificed to satisfy antiquated and quixotic no tions of honor, we are. of the opinion that the rules of civilized, warfare are badly In need of reform. If this Spanish governor had such high and ancient notions, why didn't h vindi cate his priceless honor by sacrificing his own life? If he desired to pot e as J a noble Roman, why didn't ho emulate the example of Brutus and Casslus by perishing on his own sword? Why ,sho.uld one American naval officer slay men unnecessarily at the instance of a physical and moral coward, who, having neither the courage to. sur render or fight, demands that innocent' soldiers be slain to placate his falsio pride ana ridiculous vanity ) -Wshy did not Dewey have thp manly Ameri can hardihood to kick this fellow out of his presence Instead of indorsing his cruel egotism and executing his barbarous and bloody commands? Memphis News. .rt ouujiiiiaieu tmrcaucracy. The Hoot bill to provldo for a gen eral staff, with a chief to bo selected bylhe executive, has been by no means abandoned In the war office because of congressional indifference to its provisions. The lieutenant general commanding the array will have been relegated to the retired list when con gress shall meet again, and the gen eral staff project will bo urged anew'n grounds dissociated from personal con siderations. The expanded army is a tremendous factor in federal adminis trative policy, and nothing will be-leffc undone by thosoin authority to retain Its control absolutely In the hands of war department officials, as con tradistinguished from senior general officers in the military establishment Already the expert casuists, historical authorities and cunning controver sialists In the service are piling up citations, briefs and arguments In favor of the general staff system, by. means o'f which the department tail could always wag the army dog. Sen ior officers may command, of course, but they must not control. That is the function of sublimated bureauc racy wherever great armies are mus tered. Philadelphia (Pa.) Record. ' Mrs. WJlew' SeetblKK Syrup 2a!jS?.J!!l ftTowSEMY YEARjby'MlliJOIW of MOTHERS for their CinUMtKM wmr.i; T?rnr. TNO. With PERFECT MJCGSm. 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