Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-03-09
About the
Declining
Birilt-tsatc

About the Il think the zeal great
Declining danger we have TO face
Birth-lsatc, II the deterioration OF
English homc-llte, to-
getheT with the fact that pNrenthocd
Is becoming unfashlDna bic. There IS
grave decline In the hirth-rate
amongst the middle classes-~a decline
which Is much more serious even than
the statistics show. because the hgures
arc mostly contributed TO by the lower
classes Any nation In which parent
age becomes unpopular IL on It's way
10 the pit Notwithstanding the size OF
Its battleships or It's export trade or
any OF those merely material crlterta
by which we are apt to iudge. The
home Is the unit of any stable society.
and it was because It's homc-life de-
ciIted that Rome fell. There Is not
an atom of biological warranty for the
idea that race degererates rhyscaily
In the fashion supposed TO account Tor
the fail of Greece. and Rome aud
Spain. II Is when success breeds lux
ury, and luxury leads 10 the decadence
of home life. that nation begins 10
totteis consider that a
woman who prefcrs a bridge party to
the company Of her children is MS la
inevitable a spectacle as can be seen
anywhere, ANA far worse than an I'M
M aternat reptile. because corruptlo
optimi possima---the degradation of
what might have been the best Is the
worst degradation of all But this not
TO say that one fears for the future.
because. as ! observed, nature Is not
Knocked. Women of this type must
have been detective from the first In
womanhood. Let them go their own
futile way. and the future as | haze
said, VIII be given To the children OF
the woman who loves chlldren."--Dr
Caltb w. Saluby, Nj. d. z. II, s. Ecltp-
burgh.
Danger Of One of the worst things
Success In that can befall she now
Speculation. ice in speculation is a
little success at the be-
ginning. A few failures might blight
the budding growth OF speculation, but
with a little success the chance has
past My early troubles were not Sc
were enough they lacked that necrs-
sary emphasis which might be de-
sciibed as resounding thud; and one
good play that restored part of my loss
es settled my fate. Therein were laid
1.-THE anarchies OF my subsequent
dreams of quick fortune. was fur
Their hefuddfed by the Idea that I knew
many Of the men who were supposed to
be the inspiration of every big move
ment In stocks And the fact OF the
matter was that In several cases ! hal
tne llllOrltla lloD nut GU llpl NNhW HOW
10 make tho proper use OF IT, That IL
the real danger OF inside Information
Ren Thayer IN Moody's Magazine.
When TO Be- The proper age at
GIN Vocal which TO start vocal
Training. training depends upon
the nature, tempera-
meut, and the aptitude of the pupil.
Some young people may have voices
without suspecting IT, because there Is
nothing In their surroundings conducive
to song-and there are others who are
always singing ! have always sung,
because my nature impelled me to do
so. At the age OF mine years | used to
Sing In recitals given by my plano pro-
lessor, especially dramatic and senti-
mental songs. and the emotion I ex-
perienced was so strong that | used to
make my audience weep. To stop me
from singing would have been to stop
me from living, The age for girls to
start vocal training may vary from
sixteen to twenty years, and for young
men from nineteen to twenty-five
years, because their voices as a rule
develop much later than the voices ot
girls. II is unnecessary to say that at