Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-15
EUGEN|CS NOW
SOCIETY WORK
IN WASHINGTON
National Society Being FOstered
by Mrs. Wilson, Mrs, Bryan
and Mrs. ]. H. Hammond.
WOULD CENSOR MARRIAGES
Bill Will Be Prepared to Prevent
Physically Unfit Persons Join
ing in WedIock,

WASHINGTON. June 1.-THE Ma
tfonal Society for the Promotion Of
| Practical Eugenics, whose contem
plated organization, Endorsed by Mrs.
Woodrow Wilson, Mrs. William Jen-
nings Bryan, Mrs. John Hays Ham
mond and other prominent women, is
| the talk of Washington society, will
strive to spread education looking to:
Sex instruction for children.
| The demand that manageable men
should have mot worldly capital only,
but biological capital"
Bestowing on woman voice in the
selection of a mate.
Legislation against the marriage Of
| persons physically unfit.
Segregation and sterilization of the
unfit.
! A single standard Of morals.
Meet With Mrs. Hammond.
The society probably will be
! launched this week. The homes of
leading women have been thrown
open for meetings relative to prob
lens Of eugenics. The most slgnifi-
cant meeting was held last Saturday
in the home of Mrs. Hammond, the
wife of the famous mining engineer.
It was then that plans for the organt-
I cation of the society were worked out.
| Mrs Wilson was present, giving
sanction to the movement and offer
! ling her support. The Presidents wife
is known to have expressed herself as
being strongly in favor Of this phase
of social reform.
Prominent in the organization will
be DR.. Elnora Cuddeback Folkmari
who is, in fact. the leading spirit Dr.
Folkmar has given over her career, s;
is announced. to working reforms.
To-day she declared the purposes o.
| the proposed organization.
TT is time that the old puritanical
ideas of modesty were abolished" she
said. 1T is time that boys and girls
| should be taken into our confidence
with regard to those matters upon
which their future happiness and
welfare, as well as that Of the race,
depend.
How much longer. I wonder, will
we sit idly by and watch the propaga-
ton of blind, feeble minded and epi-
Ileptic children2 How much longer
will we permit men to wreck the lives
Of innocent and unsuspecting wom-
en-?
Education Sure Remedy.
believing that a thorough system
of instruction and education in sex
hygiene is the surest means Of rem
edying present evils, the National So
ciety for the Promotion Of Practical
EugeniSs will undertake an educa-
tional campaign by means of litera-
/ ture and illustrated lectures II will
strive to impress upon parents the
necessity for plain speech and open
dealing with their children. When
! our educational campaign is well I'M
der way in this city, the forming OF
eugenic societies in other cities will
be the next logical step. Later we
intend to get legislation which will
prohibit the marrying of the unfit"
Supporting Or. Folkmar in every
move is Mrs. Hammond, one Of the
Acknowledged leaders of Washington
society. But Mrs. Hammond to-day
sounded a note Of warning against
| too practical eUgenics. Love always
must play a part in perfect unions.
/ she said.
Love Must Play Part.
"A mere physical union, made for
the sake Of producing perfect or
spring. would not be a desirable ideal
for individuals or nations" she said
| to-day. The problems Of eugenics
will never be solved without that love
between man and woman which is
the cornerstone Of the orthodox mar
rage and the orthodox home
but let us teach our boys and girls,
our youths and maidens, the physical
facts Of life that make for better men.
happier women and more perfect chill
dren."
The establishment of a society Of
/ practical eugenics at Washington Is
not an enterprise in which women
alone are actively interested. John
Hays Hammond, Arthur J. Parsons,
( Commissioner Cuno II. Rudolph and
other men have signihed their inten-
ton Of cooperating in the work.
I Commissioner Rudolph expects 20
have introduced into Congress a bill
providing that applicants for mar
| rage licenses ia the District Of Co
.umbia shall present medical Certih-
/ Gates. Dr. William c. Woodward.
| district health officer. is in favor OF
such a bill
EveryWhere Washington society.
J through its leading men and women.
is taklng lessons in eugenicA