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The Commoner,
July 18,J95
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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
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There must be considerable satisfaction to every
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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'
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JSO per cent over his hqme prices.
m1? h no cause to worry as to what he will find Inside
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knew that everything will be found firsUclass and exactly
a represented. Even If something Is wrong, he know that
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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.
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