The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1910-10-21
TWO BABIES LIMIT
DECLARED ABSURD

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ans and educators do not wholly
agree with the proposition that it
should be statutory crime for a
woman to have more than two chill
dren, which was put forth by DR..
Rose D. Howe, of Chicago-that is
they do not agree with her theory
entirely.
Absurd" say some, ridiculous"
declare others-while still others
speak of the matter in still stronger
terms. However, DR.. Howe did
strike one happy note when she said
that education makes women beauti-
full. This is the Howe statement
which has arranged much interest
everywhere:
1t will be statutory crime for
any woman to give birth to more
than two children. This condition
will exist when the people are 80 ed
ucated on the conservation of health
that the death rate will be brought
to the minimum. The education of
the future will be more and more
along these lines that will teach US
the principles Of hygienics.
The death rate from disease,
which at present is higher among
human beings than among animals,
will fall to almost the lowest posi-
BILE.
Education among women means
the preservation Of youth and beau
ty. Cleopatra was not only one of
the most beautiful women the world
has ever seen, but also one of the
best educated. To her education was
due her great charm for the rulers
of the world that day.
The public believes that Mrs.
Patrick Campbell and Sarah Bern
hardt retain their beauty by spend
ing long hours each day in develop
ing their limbs and in keeping their
compilations fresh through exercise.
but the secret of these women is that
by studying long hours each day to
keep their bodies vigorous they
keep their minds fresh
WELL" said DR.. Mary E. Bates,
one of the noted women physicians
of the west. when the matter was
submitted to her, I wish there
could be some law making it statu-
tory crime for any man or woman
to propagate unless they can raise
the average morally and physically
of their offspring. Aside from that
don't see why it should be against
the law to have more than two chill
drea, provided parents can raise the
average, as say, they ought to be
allowed to raise all the children they
DESIRE"
"And DOCTOR" said the interview
or. what per centage of humanity
Is able to raise that percentags?"
l don't know; it's much smaller
than it used to be-" replied the doc
tor laughing.
Standing alone, the statement
would be absurd said DR.. C.. e.
Chadsey, superintendent of the Den
yer schools. / think l can see the
doctors point, however. 1t is along
the line of an article in recent mag
azine. which holds that the small
families properly reared are better
than large families constitutionally
weak"
DR.. Chadsey protests that he has
never made any particular study
along the line of the mentality of
children in small families compared
with these Of large families.
When it comes to that statement
about education identifying woman
kind DR.. Howe receives shout OF
approval in Colorado. The opinion
is summarized by the statement OF
Katherine M. Cook, state superil.
tsndent Of schools, who says:
Education gives lssk of aintelli.
gence intelligence contributes tc
beauty; DR.. Howe is certainly
right ]