Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-12-28
SOCIAL EVIL AND.
REMEDY FOR IT.
Lady Cook Says Children
Should be Instructed.
Special 6y United Prsss r-srs.

Special 6y United Prsss vsre
New York, Dec. 2S:-Pointing out
I what she termed the great sin of the
race, Lady Cook, known on two con-
tinents as a pioneer in the science OF
%eugenics, today gave a special inter-
view to the United Press in which
| she blamed the existence Of the soc
ial evil to the failure of mothers
properly to instruct their children in
the care of their bodies.
Il want to break down the Chinese
wall Of mock modesty," said Lady
Cook. 81 want the people Of this
great country to realize hat the body
is the Temple of God and that the
care Of the body is the best means of
stamping out, not only disease but
crime also"
Lady Cook has been lecturing In
this country and abroad for more
than fifty years. AS Tennessee Olaf
lin she became famous for her theo-
ries on the science of eugenics. After
the death of her husband, Sir Francis
Cook, she originated world tours to
teach the principle that knowledge OF
the body and its functions is the best
means to prevent crime. She was In
the midst of a lecture tour of Great
| Britain when, reading Of the vice cru
sades in New York and Chicago, she
| United States and deliver a last series
of addresses in every state from
Maine to California.
The venerable eugenist began her
talk with a quotation from the Bible:
know ye not that ye are the Temple
of God. and that the spirit OF God
| dwelleth within you? If any man de-
fleth the Temple of God, him shall
God destroy, for the Temple OF God
is holy, which Temple ye are"
This blessed Bible from Genesis
i to Revelation" said Lady Cook, re
fers to the redemption of the body.
The Trinity is not the Father, Son
and Holy Ghost. The true Trinity Ia
the father and mother, both equal
and both responsible to complete the
| Trinity-the child.
"You ask me what remedy we can
have for the conditions that exist In
the city of New York-the conditions
that have brought about the vice
probe. Do you think a boy, who Is
imbued with pure teaching could
ever insult or debauch any other
mothers daughter? No! His re-
spect for his mother would prevent
his bringing a blush of shame to heT
face. We would be quite secure in
that young mans society. No danger
of him going abroad and sowing wild
oats and defiling our young girls? ]
read in the papers about the White
Slave traffic. People have asked me
what law could be enacted to stop 1t
You cannot make men good and pure
by law. You must do it by teaching.
eff there was not a demand there
would not be a supply. We have got
TO stop the demand; we mothers
have got to take the bull by the
horns and teach u boys that they
can be Just as pure and good as thell
sisters. If a man would throttle an
Iother man who insulted his sisters,
then let him in turn expect some
other man to, throttle him. Had MOI
you rather keep these young people
[apart? What a misunderstanding
Is it usual for one mother to have al
girls and another all boys? 1t Is
natural for boys and girls to be
brought up together and to be taught
by their blessed mother.
Mothers should teach theil
daughters the responsibilities o.
motherhood. Boys should be laugh
the responsibility and honor o
fatherhood. We don't -7ant man,
|children. We want pure children
Roosevelt talking about race suicide
We're having too many children
We want quality not quantity. Again
we want children neither born no
bred in ignorance. 1t is foolish II
send missionaries abroad. How mucl
lbetter it would be to turn them int
1.-THE slums of every town where tn
people breed like flies and herd lik'
beasts, often in a state Of starvation
81 have come to the United State
to try to open your churches ant
al cnapels so that young people may g
There at any time, and your daughte
may meet young men and let then
propose marriage. ! am a match
maker, and / would like to see
great number of your young men an
Iyoung women that are fit to b
mothers and fit to be fathers MARI
in their youth. 1t is better to SOY
lyour wild oats at home than to g
out on the highway.
"Let me go back to the question o
children, for that is the great ques
, ton of our time, and of all time. w
do not intend to bring any MOI
idiots, and feeble minded into tn
. world to fill the streets and asylums
= on the other hand, we intend t
, empty them, by stopping the supply
read a few days ago that the BIRTHS
; government had given a large amour
of money for the feeble minded.
=, was asked, ARE you not interested !