The Penn's Grove record., 1907-06-21

Boston.-That babies deformed or
otherwise physically unfit should be
put to a painless death was the the
DRY advanced here
STATE OUGHT by Dr.. Andrew
TO RULE Christian, one of
MARRIAGES. the most promi-
nent physicians in
this city. Furthermore, the doctor
advised that there should be a Gov
eminent control of marriages, re-
quiring a clean bill OF health of every
man and. woman before they might
approach the altar.
THE world would be BETTER" said
Dr.. Christian, "if mothers would con-
sent to have their deformed or men
tally deficient children quietly put to
sleep. If l myself had a little child
born and it was deformed or showed
that it would be mentally weak l
would be willing that it should be
put to death with no suffering, and it
would be the prudent thing to do,
because it would save it from untold
suffering later. This may seem
harsh, but it really isn't.
"a board of overseers of marriages
appointed by the State is what we
want. The race is degenerating and
some radical change must be made
soon or we will in time have only
idiots and imbeciles. Just take, for
example, what Luther Burbank has
accomplished with the flowers. Even
more can be done with human beings
and greater results obtained.
"Only the fit should marry, only
thOcn who ara Dnonto11u and hycina1-
ly normal and sane, those whose an
cestors were clean of life and we'll
balanced mentally. To be born un-
perfect mother and father, mentally
heritage of every child, and the man
or woman who cheats a child of that
heritage is committing a double
crime, one against the child and one
against society.
"The board of overseers I suggest
should understand thoroughly physi-
ology, psychology and sociology. l
should think doctors, appointed by
the State, would be best. These
could have lists of people in that
State and so far as possible of their
ancestry. They could fix a period of
time to look the individuals up be-
fore deciding whether two persons
were fit to marry"
Washington, D. C.-Washington
society is beginning to speculate on
the possibility of Miss Ethel Roose-
welt, now
ETHEL ROOSEVELT'S in her sew
COMING OUT" enteenth
PLANS. year, be-
ing pre-
scented New Years next. Although
course here in the National Cathe-
dral for Girls, the President and
Mrs. Roosevelt, it is said, feel she
should see as much of White House
events and entertainments as posi-
Bile, and she will appear more fire.
quently.
Miss Ethel is budding into a very
handsome woman, and has all the
frank charm of her sister, Mrs. Long
worth, with added vivacity. She is
a devotee of horseback riding and,
with her mother, is often to be seen
on the b~oulevards and in the parks
around the city.
Mrs. Roosevelt and Miss Ethel are
among the best horsewomen in
Washington, and are quite as much
at home on a good horse as they are
in a drawing room. Mrs. Roosevelt
invariably wears the plainest of
black broadcloth habits, made with a
severely plain tight fitting jacket and
rather a short skirt. She usually
wears a sailor hat, although through
the winter she appeared with a
derby. Over her hat and face she
always wears a thin black chiffon
veil, which is TIED down closely over
the hat and about the neck.
Miss Ethel frequently wears a
black suit with white shirt waist and
q black and white sailor hat.
Seattle, Wash.-Dr. j. Allen Smith,
head of tie department of political
science in Washington University,
has advised his classes
ADVISES against matrimony dur
NOT TO ing the present era of
MARRY. high prices.
Young people may
marry in Seattle, he warned his
classes, but under the existing cendi-
tons of up-in-air prices it requires
an Intervention of Providence in
their favor thereafter to enable them
to make both ends meet. Until living
expenses have decreased l certainly
would not advise young men to marry