The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-21
CORA HA2RIS'S VIEWS ON
SOME FEMINIST "PROBI EMS"

81.
,rssen, environment and the simple
.,,nity Of her home valley in Geoi gta,
Az has been writing some telling articles
!, current problems" for the INdepend.
-, What she has to say Of sex a. q
,-oblem" and matrimony as u new pro-
...,on" is "A scream" n chuckle and a
uh
IAN coming to New York." she says, ~
.,ye heard one subject discussed more
ssn any other. more than art. literature.
.s,nce. politics, society. religion, industry
. commerce. This Is 'sex.' and the
,.ople whom I meet are not decadent.
~,y all harrow IL. dissect IL with an
,n.nness. Trlstram Shandy frankness
~, would imply they have no persona,
VAS, Of gender. male or female.
zone very distinguished man who IL in
..,.s,ed in the problem of sex. not for.
M, should say out OF the working
s,rls. said this to me:
NV. want to give these girls the
.,h, start sexually.' lit is what nature
.Ir,ys gives them. by the way!1 We
A.. trying to inform them Of everything
soncerning sex. OF everythins-destroy
th,ir curiosity. you know
"'How will you do it?' I asked.
"Why with lectures upon It, with
saws dramatizing Its dangers. and these
royirg pictures OF the white slave trafYic.
rhess are some OF the means we are en-
royins
Rage, l suggested THAT is nature''
method
ION. marriage. but you see they can't
marry. Men won't have them not enough
,,,r anyhow Besides a great many Of
,,.n ought not to marry the kind Of
49, ,ap aud do These yArv
,nons breed most of our crlmlnais.'
There you have a sample of the in
,.urtnce OF this place. II Ii so wrong
,-orn BEGINNING to end that no problem
., living IN IL can be solved right. Ev-
,-rbody must therefore beg the question.
-h..e girls are not ut to become wives.
,,ese men are not AZ to become husbands.
% they are to be saved by informing
hem o. what they miss In marriage. I
oovbt II II saves them.
Problem Of Producing Thorough.
bred Holman Animals.
However. they have got As far as
.,-.ng the problem 'engenics.' They
idt conventions around about this place
a decide how a thoroughbred human AMI
r,l can b. produced. Laws are being
,us.d or framed for passing which re-
e..rt 4 physicians certificate OF health
rom the contracting parties In marriage.
4 sounds right. 1t would be right II
r.A laws could be enforced. But they
a-no; be You might as well pass law
IA, smoke shall not rise. that stones
Ssr not fall. When two people love one
ro.her that way they will marry what
.., their physical rating may be: II
70, N Milwaukee then somewhere else
"Eusenics Is a problem. one OF those
-oduced by crowded. unhealthy centres
he New York. But II Is likely TO remain
On. as lon. as these conditions last.
Besides here is IA difficulty which the
rci,n,s Of eugentcs have overlooked.
Many Wild animals do not reproduce II
h.y are Gagged. confined In a public zoo.
ne human animal IL wild. an extremely
,r,-a,e kind of a creature. lie loves. sins,
d,es what he does as secretly as posi-
~. That l. his nature. Men and women
a., not chickens. " a girl In taught that
-. must not marry man II his chest ~
s,rov. II his chin recedes too much. IL
rs lfgs are bowed or II he Is too tall or
30 short. or until he proves ne Is sane
rhch no lover can prove--nor X he has
re tathes.s OF tuberculosis and not even
gh escapes al these irnperfections unless
h hs passed a physical examination In
-o-als--l say. II she Is brought UP this
Ntls sue Will Dt w toVh even n
rs.'tr man IN the face. Especially as
u. will feel that he Is also appraising
h~, not according to the poetry OF love,
w trying to make up his biological mind
r 70 whether she can pass her marriage
o',acate IN eusenics. And how Is
-,s TO ask FOR certificate Of health from
~ parents Of the girl he admires? He
nlN do II before he COM lts himself as "A
tv.r, you understand. II will be too late
sNsr h. has won her affections and be-
en-. engaged 10 her. II her grand
r'th.r died insane, " her mother 10
ng-asthen!c, II she proves a trife Eighty
~ historical, according to this theory OF
-le1ics he must abandon her.
The whole thing Is futile as at forth
ne present theory. The only way to
ssure the next generation physically 10
NJ with laws requiring health cert'f-
n'-s from prospective parents, but to get
cSe advanced. newly virtuous women OF
" future intelligently interested In the
ringing up OF their children. so that the
rns will be moral and the daughters
saithy. Then they can meet and marry
ne another without upsetting tho order
q things snd without destroying those
tsf Illusions OF love which are as neces-
afy TO every nation as any Of its other
virtues
ssrrisEe IL = Miracle-NOt . "Pro-
f~ssion."
II was 20 NJ expected IN q place
sns's sex has become problem that
nrfimony should be spoken OF as
new Profession II Is not profess
,ol Marriage is a miracle, one OF those
sublime manifestations OF love in nature
'mcn makes one flesh OF one man and
ohe woman. That which is destroying
ne nature and sanctity OF marriage Is
,,n Introduction OF the everlasting prob
''n mania, this commercializing OF II
merely domestic industry. this
,nhoardLng OF il az profession
Hssa upon a social contract. 1t 10 the
sae relation in life which must be made
slough divine faith. the one In the other.
ohg As i remains 30 II 10 the solu-
WI OF every problem. Neither poverty
wealth, sickness, sorrow nor any mere
toftune can injure or destroy II. II
ma inner sanctuary OF mans and
,Vnans life VIII ch must not be touched
he world This dragging Of II forth
We olNorc" courts II monstrous, a
-Ie AGAINST the past and the future.
IS eNo'' 20 determine courtship by
according to some scientific standard
20. a par, ~ the fooiishness of imagin-
mat men and women can he forced
STOCK To liv" according to arbitrary
not according to the one great
GS Harris finds that most Of New
As problems" have to do with women.
Ne say-.
hofaly spiritually tenderly and
-oIs's. women have long been known
~ word, even from the beginning.