The evening world., 1911-11-16

DR.. Anna Won sholly of No. 152 East
T~hirty-ffth street agrees with DIR. ia
cobb In his estimate Of the tremendous
economic loss due to infant mortality
but she does not think there are too
many babies. It's not the number. but
the distribution that's wrong. she be-
lieves.
The poor have too many children. the
rich too few" she told me yesterday.
FIGURES ACTUAL LOSS OF EACH
BABY At S4oo.
DR.. Won Sholly was connected for
seven years with the Babies Hospital,
and is now attending physician Of the
babies ward of the New York In
Urinary for Women and Children. She
Is also physician OF the School Of Moth
e~rcraft. which has just been established
In New York TO provide instruction for
mothers In the home care and training
OF children.
mo one can question DIR. Jacobs esti-
mate OF the economic loss through the
death Of babies.'' DR.. Won Sholly said.
Il understand he estimates each baby
as worth $500. and that brings the total
loss due to infant mortality up to
500, 900, 900 a ear. DR.. jacob 10 an ex-
pert with fifty years of experience In
the care of babies. and I would not
think of questioning his figures. But l
certainly don't agree that there are too
many babies. Poor mothers who can
not care for more than one or two chill
l,A- I-,al ..,ltA tar-- FA-
while many r,ch women who have the
most perfect conditions for bearing and
rearing healthy babies don't a n any
at all.
~ don't think there are many
large families in New York.
mean the o~Id-fashionsd siss OF ten
or twelve children. when such
families exist they . bssn
brought usually from the old
try. Five children II . very large
number for parents to have in New
York
"You mean there IS a conscious AND
universal limitation of families In New
York. even among the poor?"
"RAcE SUICIDE PREVAILS AMONG
BEST SORT OF PEOPLE,"
81 do" DR.. Won Sholly answered, "ex-
cept among Catholics, whose reision
forbids II.
what 10 called race suicide pre-
walls among the very best sort Of
people. A father and mother rss-
SON that their tncome 10 just
enough to enable them to have one
baby and care fer IL properly. An
other baby woule mean poverty,
would lower h standard Of family
living. Sc they don't have II. Eco
nomically they may be justihsd'
hut morally believe they're
wrong.
AS for the married women who have
no babies at all. through selfish reasons
there's not a word to be said for them
Race suicide Is undermining, morally
10 women. The voluntarily childless
wives who I've in luxury In New YORK
apartment hotels are not morally any
different, except that they are monosa
nous. from women whom they regart
,s the most DEGRADED of their sex.
THAT 500, OO0, 900 may represent fh'
loss in babies that are actually bori
and that die through faulty breedini
or lack OF proper care; but VINO sinai
estimate the loss in babies that neve'
see the light. through the sordid self
ishncs. % = certain class Of men an
women:
THE very poor mother cannot give o
her best to her child. Worn out oA
hard work and lack OF proper nourisn
ment, she has no best to give. Ger
ta!niy, her baby Is not always wort
500. and. OF course, certain babies Dor
TO wealth are worth infinitely more
suppose Dr. jacob took $50 ~ IN
average value.
GIRL BABIES ARE VALUED MORE