Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1899-04-16
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Surely a young gill is not ready to
settle Down in life. She thinks she is,
but onc.s, she finds herself with the re-
sponsibility of home cares, the neces-
sity, perhaps. of thinking carefully be-
/ fore spending a dime in order 10 make
| 1T go as far as possible; the denial, II
her husbands income .b3 small. CT
many Of the pleasures of life, and pos
sibly the care of child, all of which
she finds herself in duty bound to I'M
de~take while other girls Of her age are
FREE to enjoy the few years of life i'll
which the natural buoyancy eff spirit
makes one desire the freedom of life
with almost no responsibility rather
than The life in which cares and bur-
tIens beyond ones years must b. borne
i Moreover, anC-her grave question
i presents itself 1t is not only that
ones taste is likely to change greatly
between the years of sixteen and TWEEN
ty-five. and that the responsibilities
and cares of married life may cause
vain regrets, but the question of moth
erhood comes in TOO, that responsible
ity arising with the launching Of a new
life uron tfle sea of destiny. No false
modcsty should prevent the open dis
cussion CT a question like this. Life
has no prS6lem which should be stud
led more irtelligently-
Of course, there are exceptions TO
every rule. One may point cut w0-
man who was married when young and
whose children have been as healthy
as children born of peoplal who were
married later in life. But let us sup
pose that d florist sets out many thcEI
sands Of plants at the same time of
year during several years and that he
finds the results which he obtains are
very much more satisfactory than the
results (which follow in other years
when a similar number of the same
kind of plants are set out in another
month. You would call him a most
unwise florist who would still persist
; In setting cut blis kind Of plant at a
time when nature is against him.
FLYING IN THE FACE OF FACTS
f Now what is the fact with regard IL
| the Offspring OF people who marry 100
f young? Nature is against these peo-
pie Their future happiness is already
m0rtgaged. The chances for their
children TO grow up in good health, or
indeed, to grow UP at all, are against
! them This being true should any per
: son deliberately enter into condition
. Of life in which unhappiness is likely
q to iOICWE
During many years a German phyai-
clan made a careful inquiry at tho
= death OF every child OF whom he heard
= until ne had gathered facts from m
: less than thirty thousand mothers He
= inquired the age of the parents at tht
: time of the child's birth; if the cause
:. Of death Was inherited; if death was
, the result of a disease contracted aftel
= birth.
: AS the result of an inquiry covering
u So many thousand cases he found tha
. children born Of mothers under twent!
u years of age are more subject to dis5as
y than other children; Ilat they die il
: twice the number. from cOnsumptiol
Il and in three times the number from
I. wasting away fr-Cn lack of nOurish
- mcnt than do ths children bC-n o
u mothers over twenty years of age.
= Is there not food for thought here
{ Take into consideration the inimatilr
II judgment of 4 girl of seventeen, realiz
Z what changes in taste occur in the feE
years which follow, consider the vas
Is difference between al tickle s. n:imen
70 and the grand r'a5sion of love, an
) think into the meaning of this extende
J, research by the physician, and then q
- not taks the step upon which depend
IL So much of your happiness until 20
/ feel sure that you are right. Fror
. vcur friend and Well-Wisher.