El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-01-18

I tmpresses upon the girls minds the alb
| sOluLe importance or picking out a
/ mate who represents a high physical
| eIficIency- Thus II appears that we
/ have here the first practical soluti On
I OF the much discussed problem OF
/ 'eugenicS" If young women generally
/ would select partners in marriage on
such a basis, there would be a rapid
| diminution in the percentage Of weakly
children and weakly people.
Texas Leads the Country.
Texas is leading the country in this
matter II proof be demanded that It
IS not all a mere fad, reference may
be made to the fact that whereas the
mands a wage Of only $50 a month,
graduates of the Matrimonial college
are in such demand, for giving in
structiOn in these and other related
matters, that they get $50 A woman
is at the head of this department IN
the college Efforts are constantly
made to persuade her to make speeches
and deliver lectures in various parts
Of the state. But she declines. She
says; My duty is hereto train
other women to 80 and talk"
The college does not teach disease
Din connection with the course in
physiology; it teaches health It's
hospital is not called a hospital, but
is known as Hygeia Hall There are
no sick rooms" The girls do not so
there to be sick, but to be we'll At
the beginning of the year every girl
is on the health roll of honor" She
is expected to take care Of herself, in
order that she may continue to be
well If a girl catches cold or has
headache, she goes to the dlrecTeSS
as if to a mother cOnfessOr. and tells
what indiscretion of diet or what not
she deems accountable for the trOu-
bic. She is taken off the roll of honor,
and is not restored to it until she is
all right again
One important object of the instruc-
ton is to make better hOusekeepers.
The average American woman IS
poor housekeeper compared with the
woman Of Germany, of France, or OF
England. She does not pay enough
attention to her kitchen to the Selec-
ton of food supplies, or to the prep
aratiOn of food supplies, or TO the
preparation of food for the table Com
monty she does her busting with
feather duster thus distributing the
dust; the German hOusekeeper wipes
it up with a cloth. Where babies OF
older children are concerned, good
housekeeping has an obvious bearing
upon health.
As always happens with any new
idea, the "eugenics'' movement has
been overwhelmed with ridicule- The
public at large is wholly unaware
of the substantial progress it has made
in the last half dozen years Eighteen
scientists Of high reputation IN this
country are busily engaged on its
problems-at their head DR.. Charles /
B. Davenport of Cold Springs HaTbOT, |
Long Island At that place the Car
negie institution maintains an ex-
tensive plant for the study Of every |
thing imaginable that has to do with |
breeding and heredity in animals, and |
a eugenicS building has recently been 4
erected there. with vaults for storing /
family records. The idea in view is /
to apply TO human beings the same /
methods Of inquiry as are used where /
concerned
Tendency Of City Bred.
The present tendency in our cities,
seems TO be in the di- 4
rection of breeding for lower types.
People who are the best, physically
and in other respects. are inclined to |
have few children, while the less ef-
ficient produce a great majority Of
the offspring. Thus race suicide" as
it is now practiced, tends not to the