New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-02

for the detention of this class is increasing
yearly"
| Perhaps" Eaid Dr. Mailer
| "Her leagues BILL" she says, providing
for the complete sterilization Of confirmed
criminals, idiots and imbecies, Is now III
the hands of legislators at Albany who. she
saws. will undoubtedly succeed in having 1t
passed"
PERHAPS said DIR. Maier again.
"She declares herself as in favor OF the
law that will make a man who INTENDS 10
enter matrimony present a certlhcate oi
health and character"
Good for Mrs. Christopher" murmured
DR. Maer
"She thinks it's about time there was
some sort OF a searchlight turned on n
mans past. so that the woman he proposes
to marry can make fair estimate OF what
she's getting"
1--WE can't blame her for that" said DR.
Maer heartily.
brides according 20 the reports OF Mrs'
Christopher's utteranccs, don't wear orange
blossoms any more-thcy are too sugses-
tive of lemons: and she says that after TINS
law Is passed they won't need seventeen
wards Of chiffon To veil their bushes, Tor
the good and sufficient reason that they'll
have nothing TO blush for. only widows
she says will wear theirs at funerals OK
! their dear departed--to veil their JOY
"Shocking!' said Dr Maier.
"Mrs. CHRISTOPHER expects that many
people will lind fauu with the law her
! LEAGUE advocates to raise the standard Of
morality. heath. manhood and womanhood
! ,uf be l.
csm. she says, will not ex,sperate those
who favor the plan; on the contrary It will
ben, liz ,hcm and occasionally even anuse
them"
"A very proper attitude Or. Maier com.
mented
"She declares further that she believes
with Elizabeth Robbins that the old rule OF
| patiencc with no matter what wrong IL
ayed out. The now feeling. she AYERS, Is
shame on any one who weakly suffers
wrong And she asks whether ii is not too
cheap m idea Of morals for women TO take
credit for the enduring that keeps the wrong
alive Have we any right she says. to
| LEI the world go wrong while we get COM
plincnts for our forbearancc and pretty
Manners
Most assuredly not" replied DIR. Maier.
Now we are coming to the pith of her
argument continued.
DR.. Maier locked relieved.
THE RIGHT OF SOCIETY.
! mo man or woman-if Mrs. Christopher
! has her way-with moral or a health
faint or the warped mentality following
genera tons of crime will be allowed to have
children. His comfort however. is not to
| be interfered with. lie may still possess
| "iappy' home and a helpmeet in life but
he win be prevented from increasing the
number of mbeciles and criminals. Socie-
-, ty.' AYERS Mrs. Christopher. has right TO
co this because in the end society has 10
take care Of these crippes. criminals and
insane people Mrs. Christopher perfectly
agrees with Professor William \. McKeeyer,
Of the Kansas State Agricultural College.
who says that these people should not be
allowed to marry; and then she goes the
professor one better by asserting it should
be made impossible for these people 10 pro-
Guce their kind"
"Who are these people," DR.. Maier in
ouired gently.
Sufferers from any contagious disease,
those below the normal in mental develop
ment, those who are criminal by profession,
those who fail to pass an examination on
the proper care Of children. those who can
rot take care of family and those who
are incompetent. This rule (sterilizins the
foregoing unfortunately, If laid down and
enforced would, Mrs Christopher feels sure,
make the world happier in just one genera
ton"
Without criticising all of Mrs. Sarah w
II Christopher's reputed views" said DR..
Maier slowly, 'it nevertheless does seem a
trhe severe to punish with sterilization
those with moral or health faint. suffer-
ers from any contagious disease'-for most
contagious diseases are curablo-those De-
low the normal in mental Development
those who fail to pass an examination on
the proper care of children, those who can