The evening world., 1911-03-24

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rassed recently 1
year. For II II Should become a law
TIE Illinois bill provides tor payment
by the state O: sl0O to cash woman who
has a child within two years after mar
riase and 500 for each child born within
two years frcn the birth OF It's next
older brother or sister.
The money for this purpose shall be
raised by taxing bachelors Of thirty
FIVE years or older so a year. There Is
a premium FOR twins and trlplets.
"coarse and Disgusting"
81 think this proposition. 70 far as
Il attempts 10 oHor a premium sor
motherhood. !s ccGrse aal disgusting
said Or. Shaw. Indignantly. 1T places
a baby on the same plane as a prize
pumpkin or a bloodta calf. What sort
Of mother would a woman he who
would let a monetary consideration az
feet her disposition toward child bea'-
Ing, ard what sort ~ a chld would
this 500 mother produce:
This thing" added d.. shaw.
giving the Chicago despatch y
ful f,lip. and . whole lot OF
other things are this direct product
OF the coarse huneombs talked By
Mr.. Roosevelt about race suicide.
Did you see that newspaper story
the othe. day about his seeing a garden
full OF storks and exclalminS Bully"
How vulgar and senscless that was
Roosevelt say every woman
should marry and have children.
Yet God. who presumably knows
little moro about running the uni
verse. makos II impossible for
many married women to have chill
drsn aud keeps other women I'M
married.
WHAT 10 the sense or the morally.
or even the policy. OF a surplus popu-
lation? Japan IS 30 ~overburdencd VITA
a surplus population that to give 1t
space to grow UP she has to make war
and grab terri,ory-Manchuria and
Corea, for instance-trom other ma
tions.
"one OF the supposed bsnsnts OF
war IL that Wal gets ria OF the
surplus population. Why should
n women DNII uuIPiuU
gotten rid. OF ~ warsa The truth
Of the matter 10 that We nave
enough producers Of children, but
not nearly enough mothers ana
fathers.
What They Should Know.
How many men can say onhand
yha. grade their children arc In IN
school, what their studies are? How
many men know the character Of their
sons school chun. the person from
whom he VIII learn, probably, the most
serious facts OF lie? 1t is a knowledge
| of these and similar things affecting
! the cnild's welfare that makes a man
a father. a woman a mother. Lacking
this intelligent and sympstne;ic under
| standing and influence. they are mere
producers Of children. no better thar
other animals engaged In a similar
functlan. Tank OF n bill Offering a
premium fer wins and trlpletS' why,
rs a .aN OF nature taat the higher you
get IN the ANIMAL scale the moro limited
is tie production OF young. A rat or a
pig has a ilr.e litter. a lioness ono Or
two cubs, while among horses the num-
! hHl I' Ivy ms DIT % s' lA'fNb ~ '
shan IN the human race.
"~Cndoatt;dly u .!E,s VIII come"
Or. shaw continnet, "when certain
womon VIII deliberately choose
motherhood as q vocation and tao
Goverrrnent will pay then for
thor service 10 the stets ~
mothers. Some women have a por-
feet genius for motherhood, as
osAcrs have for srt or literature.
i know one woman who mas such a
talent, such a fine spiritual calm n
dealing with children that She ought
10 have a dozen instead Of the foaI
she possesses. II a child gets into dan
ger sho doesn't rush after 1t In Q
Aurry, as l would. she knows 1t vii
develop an Instinct to cXtrics;e Itself
ana she let's IL alone. The child helps
Itself and so learns something b. the
experience,
Why Tax Bachelors?
'Tu, WAen the time comes for mother
hood pensions the money should %
raised by general taxation, not by 3
taS on bachelors. Why tax bachelors"
DR.. shaw asked.
II suppose On the same ground tina
i WAS formerly possible TO send a sun
situate TO war" ! suggested. 'Th'
bachelor pays n tax for his immunlt,
from marriage"
'If marriage IS such a fine thing,
argued Or. shaw. land ! believe undo
the right conditions It Is, why ta'
bacnelors? why not indemnify then
for the happiness they MISC?
Il have married q great many men
though have never been married.
IDr. shaw added, %smilingly, for Mis-
shaw has TIE title Reverend as We
as Doctor.
IT should say I have united hun
drsds of couples In my time, ana
not one divorce among h num-
her. attribute that to the fact
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