Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1912-12-18
PARENTHOOD.

One of the most gratifying results
Of the years Of study and work that
l have done for the Home Health
Club is the frequent presentation to
me by happy parents Of photographs
Of Home Health babies. am glad,
inexpressibly glad, that but few ap-
peals have come to me to prevent
motherhood, but many hundreds have
come from desolate homes that long
with the divine and instructive long
ing for the blessing Of fatherhood
and motherhood.
There are a few misguided Great
ures, l can hardly call them women,
who will never forget the scalding
hot letters they have received from
me in reply to an offer to nav me
large sums Of money if l would only
instruct them in a certain method Of
destruction or numbering an unborn
child. Of course, they did not speak
of it in that plain, honest fashion,
but I did.
When pitiful appeals from broken
down mothers Of many children and
with brutal husbands, come for
knowledge that would enable them to
control in the future, the appearance
of children, then l gladly gave to the
husband as we'll as the wife, the
knowledge which all husbands and
wives ought to have at the start and
the result has been many overburd-
ened homes made happy and hus-
bands converted into lovers instead
Of brutes.
The real happiness, however, is
found in those homes where the hap
ply, healthy children have come even
after hope seemed dead. l really be-
ieve that one Of the most heartless
and cruel, as we'll as the boldest ad-
mission Of ignorance upon the part
of physician is to tell young
mother who, after suffering untold
agonies and having lost the long ex-
pected treasure that she cannot again
attempt to bear children. Never was
greater mistake made. | we'll re-
member the case of devoted couple
who lived in a neighboring town. Thew
were clean morally and physically,
well suited for parenthood, but on
account of failure to properly under
stand certain symptoms or careless
ness, which is worse, the family doc
tor was not able to prevent a COM
plete disappointment and loss Of the
little one, and the life Of the wife was
only saved by the timely arrival of
another physician. The poor woman
was told that she must never attempt
to bear another child, as she could
not survive another such an ordeal.
Several years passed and the dis
appointed pair became members Of
the Home Health Club. They finally
came to me for advice and I told
them that l considered God and ma
ture wiser than their doctor and tn Ut
their wishes could be gratifed with
out danger. l carefully advised them
and received letters regularly and by
correspondence only directed the case
throughout.
Perfect health and perfectly nor
NAL parenthood was the happy result
and only few months ago received
a most jubilant letter from the hus-
band announcing the safe arrival of
strong and sturdy bow. 1 could
tell you of many such cases and I
assure you that such letters give me
inexpressible pleasure.
The often terrible suffering and
danger of modern mtherhood is cas-
lily avoided when the simple and nat
ural methods of diet and care are
followed. That l have so frequently
advised in my lectures. It is rather
tiresome to those not especially in
terested in the subject to hear me re-
peat the instructions for mothers as