The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1880-10-12

II there was any possible excuse Ia
be urged it would be bv the Is.or. who
know not how To provide for their "A
spring, hut these people. q. ] have
told you. are mol guilty of The crime.
The culprii> belong to the higher STA
lions al life. Child mur.ie. Is a bru-
tai and revolving act. and the law pro-
vi,ie> y punishment TOR 10 when IL can
tc proved. 4 woman who willfuliy
kill. her uDtorn child Is - much y
murleress a. "ne Who kill IL few
minutes after IL l. is,rn.
! In EngIand cuuceaim.n; 1t birth
l. a crime punishable with impri>nn
ment and hard labor In u recent
case there, n woman va. sentenced io
penal servitude for committing this
crime upon her own offspring. l, ;sn
mistake tU suppose that women don't
talk together about ihi. thing: they
,io. and dnc;Or> have To fight .hv Ut
il all the time in their family practice
They will advance all sorts 81 excuse.
and reasons and add to il their en-.
treaties. The fact Is MANY wumen
who are otherwise pure and chas,e
seem to have u seial blin,iners about
the en"rnity Of this crime against
moral law higher than anything On
the statute hooks. Some of them have
= habit If threstenin. Ia risk their
lives in the hands of quack pracii-
toner If their regular physician won't
help them. They advise with one
another and help each other, and YOU
would be nstopi.hed at the phy.iologi-
cal and anatomical knOwIedee display
Ell in some If them,
What are these people wi.o adver-
tise To- relieve female complaints. and
who are their customers. p
They are the worst set Of scouD-
drels on earth, and the woman who
apply {" them are principally young
girls who have gone astray aud have
become scared about their condition.
Your old practitioner knows better
than To give FIVE dollars for box Of
harmless pills.
Can not the medical profession
help to remedy this evil ?
j don't see in what way. 4 doctor
cannot very well help to aid a patient
when suffering from the effects IL NAL
practice; and YOU must remember
that they do often save the lives Of
many who have thrown themselves
upon the very verge Of the grave
One would think il would BIZ diff
6cult subject for lady to approach .
physician of high reputation upon.
You have no idea how cute they
are. Thew will come to the doctors
Office and say that they have taken
cold. which has caused irregularity. !
There is nothing serious. but will the |
doctor give her something To relieve
her. II he Is an honest doctor. he
generally sends her away with some |
harmless compound She comes again |
in few weeks and gets some more.
Finally she finds that the matter has
gone too far. aud that she must do her
duty in adding to the population Of
the state. She knows she has been
fooled. but my lady has to hear it.
Every doctor Of every practice has
hal this experience. When the child
is born the claims Of maternity assert
themselves. and everything is lovely.
What is the means Of preventing
this crime,'
Publicity. Let the people know
what is going on around them. There
is no remedy for a great social secret
sin like exposure. Drag i: out into
the lurid light OF day. do not cover
il up and hid. it beneath an assumed
80 shallow that every eve can
peep through it and see the false NOR
atty beneath. Many Of the women
v no practice this enormou. crime Of
'e;al murder move in the best society;
are looked upon as christian women.
ret in secret, they perpetrate a helm
rus sin. forgetting that they are seen
BY Que to whom darkness and light
are alike