Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-01-13
SCORES TEACHING
OF SEX HYGIENE
S. A. sALDUS BRANDS DISCUSSED
FAD AS GRAVE DANGER
FOR SOCIETY,".
RACE SUICIDE HIT
Spirit of Times Said to Demand Low
Birth Rate-Christian Mother
And Home Teaching May
Save Morals.

save MORALS.
In lecture that teemed with live
inter est, in which plain talk was in
dulged in and astounding facts laid
bare that all might fully appreciate the
enormity OF the vices and the beauty
Of the virtues that the spirit of the
times either encourages or ignores, S.
A. Raldus OF Chicago held the atten-
ton of 400 persons at the Knights Of
Columbus hall Sunday evening. The
| largest number that has ever attended
any of the lectures or entertainments
of General Shields vouncil was pre-
sent. Protestant and Catholic mingled
and paid the closest attention to the
masterful lecture delivered by Mr..
Baldus who is editor of the Extension
magazine published by the Catholic
church extension society of Chicago.
This was the second appearance of the
lecturer in Ottumwa he having lectur-
ed on the Seven Ages of Man for the
Knights Of Columbus year ago, and
| found great many friends to welcome
! him back.
! The Spirit of the Times" was the
theme of the speaker and it touched
upon many popular things of the day
! Particular attention was paid to the
question of sex hygiene and the in
struction of the young in the knowl-
edge of sex matters. The tendency
of the times toward the reduction of
the birth rate and the whole question
! Of race suicide was gone into fearless
! ly. Suffragism was another subject
given treatment The whole of the
evil tendencies pictured by the ]ectur-
er in the spirit of the times was said
! to have as the only remedy the normal
! instruction and upbuilding Of the chill
| dren and the home.
Sex Hygiene Is Hit.
| Among the things brought out in the
| lecture were the following.:
The spirit of the times Obtrudes
| itself into the religious, moral social
economic and civic life of the nation.
In spite of the fact that we are build
ing more churches and ordaining more
ministers than ever. yet fewer profess
religion, or go to church and of the
latter many 90 not practice their re-
! lieion in their daily lives. We live
through the day like cattle and at
night lie down like dumb beasts. Most
of us have enough religion to keep us
out of the penitentiary. but not enough
! to get us into heaven, unless God is
merciful The winds of the world are
blowing away from God and the spirit
| of the times is tapping his wings in
| the face of Christ.
"Those who scott and sheer at rell-
gion are not the wise and the good.
nor the righteous and pure OF heart,
nor the just and the merciful- Bob
1ngersol the infidel and scoffer was
said to be a good man, kind husband
and father. and generous to his friends
But Bob Ingersoll robbed thousands OF
men and women of their faith in
, Christs RELIGION and their trust in God
Call no such man good! The thief
! who steals your purse is better than
he who takes from your heart the COM
! fort of religion and the hope Of life
! everlasting.
! Performers and uplifters are endeav
| oring to make the world better without
! God or Christ. They will not succeed.
The teaching Of sex hygiene in the
public schools is one Of their misdirec-
| ted endeavors. Society is desperate
because it realizes that the boys and
girls of our generation are becoming
more and more corrupt Society Is
still more desperate because these mere
children are already paving the phys
ical penalty for their infraction of the
moral law Society has said to itself
this is the effect of keeping our chill
dren innocent We must change it and
will do it by making them less inno-
, cenl--by giving them sex information.
mot one Of all those who have pub
ljcly declared in favor of sex hygiene
advocates a return to God. an increase
of religion in the homes and hearts Of
children and parents. If society must
have a remedy without mentioning
God let it advocate early marriage. But
this too, society doesn't want; it
wants to enjoy all the pleasures Of
life and make no sacrifice whatever.
AssaiIs Race Suicide.
1.-THE eugenists are largely concern
ed about the physical health of society,
but entirely ignores the moral health.
The soul may be sick unto death; 1t
may be stained with blacklist sin and
sullied with every conceivable corrup-
ton. but as long as men and women
can show a certificate of physical
health the euSeulSlS VIII euuOISc lue1I
marriage A queer way of improving
the human race.
"In nothing is the spirit Of the
times more manifest than in the preva-
lence of what is called race suicide.
There are thousands Of admirable men
and women who sincerely believe that
the greatest evil in the world is drink.
But | hold that race suicide is a great
er evil. Drink kills it's thousands;
race suicide its hundreds of thousands.
Not one reformer has publicly lifted
his voice against this evil
Mr. Baldus answered all the popu-
lar arguments. He maintained that
the woman who deliberately destroyed
human life was incapable of producing
quality: that she was neither giving
quantity nor quality. He maintained
that it is no crime to raise a large
family. Society calls the poor i'm
prudent. but at least the poor are not
violating the laws of nature, nor the
laws of the state, nor the laws Of God.
l am getting tired Of hearing people
who in public parade few polite and