The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-29
I HE discussion OF "Children-orf
no Children 7? was begun In!
this corner several. we eksS be-
53sf fore our fearless President

sss3S -. < hi fore 4 our fearless President
iSss taught us to speak OF the re-
Y SUI OF the prevailing prejudice against
Sttsyoung families rae -sulcide II,
FOE forty years I have battled with
IL tongue and pen against what have not
& q lh1tesltated to Il call the 81 4 of American
n some n--- g sin for which I verify believe
this nation will be called unto jud gmept
y u years to como, $s.i "a, 35 s33;
there DO another American woman
4 author who has openly ranged herself
X upon this side, ! do not know 1t. In the
I conviction that this Is q matter which
Il should be pressed forcibly upon the con-
/; sciences of the thong htless young Screa-I
4 lures who re Will ling TO swim With the
tide. shall from time to time publish
n some OF. the many cationssthat
n have replied to the appeal b published
G some weeks ago for. the verdict Of the
B great public upon this vital q uestlon.
Another man speaks: ss%S8
If a'ss u =, P.'s arguments. from my point
of View. are. based pri ncipal ~ uponsa
4 foundation, the CORNERSTONE Of whichsis
self, b ignoring "a en- tlrelys her duty tEto
God. the /. nation and society, 4 II her
S4bodil frailty is such as to prevent her
4of motherhood. 7 think she has q valid
q excuse for shrinking from the prospect.
Then, why all the other excuses Ii Why
s her severe arraignment Of men, Of whom
y her husband Is one r. w ould It not seem
as though she was not quite sure! OF her
4 position, and was seeking TO strengthen
4 q weak point, by specious al guHlentss
" and improved atements "
AS TO the many reluctant mothers, fif
Y indeed there are many, ] do not believe
A they arc SO because OF the reasons given.
While mot excusing the allings of man.
) think j., II, Twill have to admit that
4 the demands of society, H the a Selfish
81 desire for free dom and ease md the
!. entrance OF woman into man q sphere,'
n have more to do with any such feeling OF
redundancy than the alleged neglect of
y men. 81 39 .:;s \;
3,ls The writer Of that letter falls also
& to discern the natural distinctions he-
tween the duties and Responsibilities OF
q tho male and female parent, IA The ia Their,
1& as the proYl y and protector, has his
q own special line III OF work, and the
& mother, as the guard Ian and trainer,
u mas herss. a!lenge, however, the
4 hoVers over the sick child q bed i chal,
u lenge 1t because 1t gives a false tlmpres,
d sion, It may be that the father whose
~ titles call him from home cannot give
\ the time tina t IA mother ca n.s but Is he
y any the less loyln g, tender or anxious
/; VINO KNOWS, Dut the tather, now great
4 the, burden is, when he has to leave that
bed Of sickness. and 4 that little leyer-
II tossed one, who sis bono Of his bone,
the flesh tof his flesh 5s,s,
But It is useless to go on, We all
know that the fundamental aim Of mar.
+ riage Is the propagation OF the human
race It Ia the divine Jaw, for the colnv
mand was, BE fru!tfll and multiply
IT n q duty to brlng forth hlldren, A
n duty which every married man and
4 woman owes to a od, their coun try and
I themselves. "A duty which cannot be.
shlrked, except for most urgent reasons,
Let u. r, r. read the following lines
4 by James Whit tcomb Riley. NJ ~
BNREAYEp,
Let me come, in where you sit wespins
faye, XII d q 3S az s Yas8 .5gis35
SsF Let me, who have not any child "a die,
Weep With you for the little one whose
love t9 * y ~
y have known not ina OF,
1.-THE little arms that slowly, slowly,
loosed +; 81 Is Il. n .Ss
8Sl Their pressure round your neck; the
hands you lsed ss 'i5,S ' ssS "a
10 klss-sucf, arms such haRds i neyss
knsW,
%A Nay 4 nst weep with yoa, n