Birmingham state herald., 1897-07-30
MRS. cHAuNcEY MONTGOMERY M'GovERN.

MRS. CHAUNCEY MONTGOMERY M'GoVERN. Society For the Perfection of the Human Species. That was May 31, 1896. MT. McGoyern was the first president, and was the secretary. We decided to share everything equally. We have even united our names into Montgomery -McGoyern We believe in being equal in all things oh, don't mean woman's rights or the advanced or new woman, but that we should be really equal.
 "But as to our society. We seek to raise the standard of humanity by obtaining the enactment of laws to uplift mankind phys ically, mentally and socially through the abolition of all existing absurd customs. ;"
 The platform of the society consists of eight blanks:
 First.-All hopelessly deformed, idiotic and constitutionally diseased children should be peacefully electrocuted within three months after said disease or deformity has been by three state physicians pronounced incurable, Second.-All children should be educated under the immediate supervision of the state from the time the child is years old to the time it reaches the fifteenth year.
 Third.-The education of all children should be, first, physical; second, mental; third, social, the children to be allowed to choose any religion after their fifteenth year, but not before, as up to that age their powers of judg. ment and discrimination are not sufficiently developed.
 Fourth.-All aged, mentally sound persons to be cared for at the expense of the state.
 F1fth.-Every person losing the use of three senses permanently should be peacefully cleo trocuted by the state.
 Sixth-All incurably insane persons to be electrocuted.
 Seventh.-Man has no right to take the life of another physically sound human being. Murderers should be punished by incarcera- tion for lifetime and daily flogged.
 Eighth. to be entered on common sense grounds-that is, men and women should marry their opposites. Love is but the result of certain circumstances and is brought about artiflcially as well as accidentally.
 THE RULES
 Every member of the association must be g physically perfect man or woman of at least 2l years of age.
 None shall be admitted who has not attended college, or who has not been student of the classics
 It shall be the duty of every member to dis courage as much as possible the wearing oi ridiculous clothing and unnecessary orna ments, the discouragements to be directed principally against tight shoes. the lacing oi corsets long dresses, the wearing of trousers by man and woman, high collars and higf hats, while every member pledges himself ol utTotll tO uO tlA III HIS UT ficf pOWcf tO bTllt about gradually the use of the classic costumes of Athens and of Rome, with such modiica tions as the state of the weather may demand
 There is another law would like te see enacted" said Mir. Montgomery Mo Govern, land that Is to limit the number of children to two in all families whose in come is not more than S1 ,000 year, but the other members of the society are op- posed to this, and we will not urge 1t.
 ''We expect to present to the legislature of New York state at its next session pe- tition for the enactment of laws in accord ance with our platform as have given il to you. We anticipate the objection that such laws would be unconstitutional Then change the constitution. Constitu tions have been changed We will have T great many signatures to our petition Hitherto the meetings of our society bavs been held only at the homes of members but we have grown until our membership now numbers more than 150, of whom & live in New York state"