The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-05-28

live. Avoid Meat. and Live Not for
Pleasure.
fNew York World.D
Ir. David Allyn Gorton, at the g
81 eighty. is the proud father of
fvtue. the only ha~lf-eXpected result
a novel and absorbing experiment
Jr cugcnics. Fer experiment. aNoW-
.alv il is. Il deliberate testing OF q
r~hIosopher's theories for the i'm
GrDycmcnt of the human race.
Gut the babies? Let science wait =
@uiuutc. These babies are the most
wonderful babies in the world. Or.
Gorton and his wife, who is APPROACH
irg middle ace, believe so just as
sar,IV as. any bridal couple OF twenty.
rnlv are is perfectly formed and
healthy as any two babies could De.
ana each weighed exactly six and
onc-half pounds when they a.ElEeo
,u .ADril % at the Gorton apartment
at 80. G32 Eleventh Street. BROOKLYN.
AMONG Dr. Gcrton'5 medical tAe0-
r5rs is tile one that sex OF offspring
cam nc determined at the Will OF the
parents. lie set about to bring into
the world u on-an a son there IS.
Ghc youu4ster looks as muc like his
father as any very small pea can re-
SombIe Il big pea in the same pod.
lie has been Nance Allyn, for his
father.
But the doctors theory didn't cover
numbers. and to his surprise and
pleasure there arrived Il sister twin.
she has been named LeOnora. she
is more delicate and feminine than
her brother. ana the veriest amateur
.idgc at Il baby show could tell at a
glance which is the boy and which
Tho girl. though both nave the finely
shaPed head of their father.
a Philosophical Romance.
When DR.. Gorton married Miss
tartha Rehhein, his literary secre-
tary, last July 20. the public heard
nothing of the solemn determination
Of the couple to experiment with the
pet theories of the distinguished old
physician and philosopher, who has
long been Il radical thinker and an
a&itator in his profession. The news
papers made il out a romance. II
now appears, from the couples eX-
I"!anation, to have been a romance OF
: deeper order. DR.. GOrtOn q been
looking about deliberately for the
proper mother for the child Of his
iGeal-the son who should be brought
into being endowed with everything
that heredity could give him.. to be
brought up according to the doctor
pet theories.
Announcing by letter to a few OF
his friends the arrival of the twins
Ir. Gorton wrote:
You were surprised. no doubt, &c
learn of the gracious grant to M
and mine of twins-a son and /;
daughter, both the most beautiful
,hildren that | ever have seen. ! diC
not hesDeak for but One-a son, Blu
the gift of a daughter twin was no
less welcome. be assured.
1T was u grave responsibility at N.
ase-near eighty-to become the ia
hfn f. al un 40 HaCt
or lEconsidered resolution, but
deliberate one, full of purpose an
meaning, and vOuld have YOU be
hcve that | was actuated by the high
"Sl and most exalted motives in Whicl
my wife shared. An ambition to rea
4 son, who would be able to take u
ty task when l must lay it down
h,e possessed me for more than
quarter Of I century. And this
Say without prejudice, to my nobl
"Ed talented son, DR.. Eliot (GortOn'
whose ambition is different froI
Hlhc, though not less noble.
MaryelS of Beauty.
am criticised in certain quarter
ana not without excellent reason
Tor assuming so great a task at tn
llne of my life. Time alone can de
roc as TO the wisdom, or OtherwiS
81 my course. 1t required no 'Snla
acSrce Of courage to carry out N
f.'rnose: but to achieve it ] woul
N"'fllce ease and comfort and RI
We risk Of short allowance an
ptnuIy the rest of my days.
he children possess every mar
+" beng well born and finely eT
~H"ed. They are greatly admire,
me phrase, 'marvels of beauty
n'ard from the lips of all who Sc
thefn. Would that you could Sc
mem and judge for yourself.
would do your eyes good to obserI
l"r yourself the objects of my fir
experiment in ~eugenics."
i!r. Gorton's theory Of the determ
hauon Of Sex is none other than tn:
:" Dr. Eufurt, a German scientist