The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-03-01

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Gays that motherhood r. the most unse,nsh
he " woman % Who rear rears other peo,les eh'.
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NEW YoEK. Feb. -.
To TIE ED,roR OF TIE SUN-Sir: The
-Childless" woman who made herself 80
conspicuous In TIE sUS Of Monday Is GER
tsiply to be pitied. ] am inclined to think
" N0B tue OfDcfiu8 VI ETONucnCf tudt
she 70 -Chfldless;' and II In To be hoped that
she will continue 10. for apparently she has
She Is .takins care" Of two mortals for
c ShH% We fss' se 90 they ne
BONE ,he better r. vi b for them e, Der
nothing else.
That man may last. but never live.
VINO much receives but nothing give. ,
Creations blot. creations blank.
NEW foRk. Feb. 20. PETER X. PARKER.
To rHS EDITOR or THE sUS-Sir. Know
ing that all ministers In the past and most
ministers OF the present bel' I'VE that the
chief end and aim Of their enstences 10 to
marry end baptize. was 1t wise to jump %
vigorously upon the views OF the Rev. Mr..
scudder who. although he may have started
out on the wrong path. has still taken step
10 the right direction
when ministers are brought TO their senses
sSe Of aSd sSdrsps
noE sae"t authority Be tafen from the is
porant when the priests Of God refrain
from preaching MULTIPLICATION Of progeny
yesterdays editorial a tribe .oo!d-blooded
speakins OF the earning power q children,
z gre se Gs rather tSsn to m.
diiion where labor. was not absolutely neoes-
sry ss Q means OF existence. but rather the
S %heS exists 81 'f in .i breasts
isolated exoeption' Tho editorial says fur
sss nat You sstea r s
conditionS i. W 9.
NEW York. Feb. 20.
To THE EprroR OF TIE suN-Sir: The
assertion that motherhood accentuates all
rood qualities In pure and womanly woman"
ia open TO the criticism that the implication
Ia that any other woman is not pure and
vomanly. This Ia. evidently. . matter Of
personal opinion. Definitions are not ar
guments.
OF course. II. AZ &C NJ b says. the children
do come to brighten a home.' they will h.
Welcome. but often, through no fault Of the
parents. their presence does not eject this
result.
The contribution OF "A Father 10 for the
most part windy, and beside the point al
issle: it's slurs are the emanations OF half
digested theology, In which a ready-t wear,
S interprsaatIon Of the ieachinrs Of Christ
in regard 70 the honers and responsibilities
VI For the most part. the husband and wife
dren. because they are fearful that ther
fo4 them s f%s @ RI WITH Which hsy wish
pecgs ESss ns ,sspcs:sty up for
the shoulders Of their God. and declaim
In the name OF the orthodox virtues,
In modern times among civilised peopls,
who have a moral ri eht 70 raise larse families.
because in each OF thsss casea the children
will be provided for. he middle-caass dare
a Mother OF Six is no wiser. per -. than
she was before the six came. save In regard
married woman who has no children lead.
IAN unnatural life" Is a silly subtsrfuge tf
one who NAV be only trying TO make the bes'
The -Chiidless Woman In riEht. Fully
rs per cent OF the children born In the middle
class are not wanted by both parents.
For the most part childiess MARRIAGES are
the least unhappy. and few very few men
would knowingly lead TO the altar q woman
whose chief idea of the marriage state was
one of unlimited maternity NJ
NEW yoBK. Feb. 81.