The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-01-26
RACE SUICIDE,
SAYS GIBBONS.
NATION DOOM
In Remarkable Interview
Eminent Prelate Warns
American Wives.
DepioreS Growing Ten
dency of Women to
Compete With Men.

| NEW YORK, Jan. 26.-The World this
morning prints the following interview
with Cardinal. James Gibbons an Bal
| timore on the subject Of the duties Of
motherhood:
ANY woman who instTucts her neigh
Dor or friend who is a wife how to avoid
the responsibilities of motherhood is tax
/ ing as great a responsibility and COM
hitting as deadly a sin as if she be-
| came The accomplish OF a murderer. IT.
| fact, this sort OF ching is murder Of
/ the most cOwaTdly kind.
mo doubt many women thOughtless-
| ~ discuss this subject with one another.
| 1t is not unusual, in all probability, for
older women 10 advise their younger
/ sisters, who are about to assume the re
| latiOns of wifenood. 10 not bring chill
| Gren into the world for few years,
| but to have a good time and travel
| This instruction that has been given tho
young wife is probably without the
knowledge of the husband.
Destroy Happiness.
'surh a wife will. in time. inevitably
/ destroy her own happiness, as well as
that Of her husband. She may think
she is enjoying herself. during the ex-
element of certain ihdisCretons and
designations that seem to fascinate some
Of the American women within recent
years, but the really good time viii
never come to wife who. establishes
herself amOrg this class OF women and
their masculine associates.
lf..f. Of oh
acter are useful citizens. but It IS only
those without consciences who are the
a ccompIices Of that class Of women who
are determined to defeat the law OF
uature and the will Of God, There are
laws in the several States, understand.
prohibiting the sale Of articles OF pre-
vention that are deadly alike 10 the
moral as well as the physical health of
both men and women. These laws ap-
pear to be dead letters, as they are
not enforced.
"The Social Evil
'The social evil Il use the term In a
more general sense than ii is usually
applied Is a far greater evil IN tHis
country than the drinking habit. II Is
true that the lower forms OF the social
evil and intemLsrancC in drinking are
allied evils; they go hand in hand. The
social evil, in all its phases. is such a
delicate subject to handle that II seems
impossible to educate the people toward
righteous living in this regard.
I'VE can educate regarding tubercu-
IosIs and alcoholism, but the people
must, for obvious reasons. remain ig-
uorant upon this most important OF
oil ..yvnuFfnru nom con fvontfurr tho
lean people more than ever before. The
very existence Of the nation depends
upon the personal conduct Of each man
and woman. Both have responsibilities
that neither can shIrk. Serious living
On the part of our people must take
the place Of frivolous tendencies, If the.
nation Is TO thrive and continue 10 be
happy. There is no influence among
mortals so powerful for good or evil as
the relations between the sexes"
Does the Catholic Church. through
the priesthood. instruct men and women
that it is their duty TO rear families,
your emInence?' the cardinal was asked.
Commonly Called Race Suicide.
'.AH Catholics are taught in many
WAYS that this is their duty. No wom-
an who attempts TO foil the law Of
nature and of God can be given alb
solution in the confession. If any man
or woman is responsible, in any de-
gree, for the sin that feads to what
we commonly call race suicide. they
could not avail themselves of the con
fessiOnal.
Confession is one Of the three acts
of the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. confession,
and satisfaction. The sinner is required
to confess each and every mortal sin,
in thought, word, and deed, which after
diligent examination of his or her con-
science has occurred to the memory.
To conceal one vitiates the confession.
Confession, in order to be fruitful, must
be accompanied by contrition and q
sincere purpose Of amendment. The
people cannot be instructed upon this
delicate subject; they can be saved
only by faith in God, which implies 2
willingness to be guided by Him and
His laws"
Women Smoking Disgusting.
Your eminence. what do you think
of the clay ordinance New York city
has recently passed preventing women
from smolLng?''
~ e4ASeSAAS - Nou ti's uot4AAS 20 us
cuss, so I must be excused from having
anything whatever to say upon such a
subject" was the cardinals answer.
Continuing, his eminence said:
1.-The world is governed more by ideals
than by ideas; it is infiueI eed more. nv
living, concrete models than by abstract
principles Of virtue.
Woman is the pattern OF virtue. alike
70 maiden wife and mother She e,~
hibits the virginia. modesty becoming
the maid, the cOnjugal fidelity and low
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