South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-12-07
WILL GIVE FIRST
EUGENICS TALK
THIS AFTERNOON
Dr.. J. ASpinaIl McCuaig De-
CIareS Greatest Problem of
the Day is Relationship of
SeXeS--SpeakS to Crowd.


viii be the first OF a series on Eu
genics the topic 10 he Native In !
stincts Of the Child" At s o'clock to- /
night he speaks again at the First
Presbyterian church on Responsible I
tty OF the Home for the Social Evil"
The greatest problem of society to- Z
day. ne said sunday afternoon in his
lecture at the high school, is the re-
latiOnship OF the sexes. Most dan ]
gerous evils have arisen ne said from
abuses of this relationship.
The enslavement OF woman was de- /
clared 10 be the most significant in /
dicatiOn of sexual perversiOn in the /
civilized world
Much has been spoken and writ |
ten in recent years Of what has come I!
to be known as the White Slave
Traffic This feature OF the enslave- !
ment OF woman. which in its technical
bearing is confined 10 the importation /
Of alien women for immoral purposes. |
is insignificant, however in comparison /
with the operation OF those forces that |
every year drag down from 80 TO so
thousand native born American girls
into life of common prOStitutiOn-a
life which is as much a life of slavery |
as that OF the foreign girl who has
been bought and sold for a specific /
sum of money and is held and used |
as a merchantable chattel.
Doesn't End There.
Nor does the bitterness of the en-
slavement Of woman end here, but !
reaching out through the abnormal |
passions Of man il enters into the I
marriage relationship, till tens and |
hundreds Of thousands OF women, ex- |
Ceeding in number the slaves of all |
Red Light Districts in America. I
gTOan bene tn the burden of the un-
controlled sexual passions of hus- /
bands"
This appalling condition cannot be !
rTr,l
cause but must be approached and |
studied as the outcome Of a chain Of
causation."
Tbs claim that woman is the |
chief link in this chain was fiOuted /
IS unreasonable and unchivalrOus.
Let the 500. 600 women prostitutes
Of this country be brought today and J
put TO death-to the last woman-dO /
YOU think that would end prostitution /
in this land? No man believes it, /
Within twelve months the uncontrol- !
led. mad hungry forces in man that /
600 woman prostitutes would bring |
into being another 500, 00O."
Money plays Part
The matter in which money fig !
ures in the problem was fully discuss |
ed TO show that money baneful as ,
is its influence. is not the impelling !
factor in this matter. Money plays |
link in the chain"
The rOot-cause beneath all indica- |
tons of the enslaVement of woman is /
the untaught uncontrolled sexual \
passions OF the man.
The greatest trouble in this city !
today is that your boys of twelve |
and fourteen and sixteen are grow |
ing up into manhood without a con- |
fidant TO whom he can go in regard /
20 the one greatest. developing force /
Of life. There is no confidence be- |
tween father and son in this mat |
ter. You can talk 20 your boys of |
their play, of their studies, OF their /
business prospects, but of the great |
issue that lies behind all-the one |
issue that more than any other will |
make or mar the life you love bet /
ter than your Own-yOur lips are !
sealed. your tongues are tied. your
hearts are dumb-while your boys
drift on to the rocks-to disease and /
disaster and death"
Il bid YOU cry-'What shall I dO?' /
What email l do TO save my boy?' II
am mere TO give YOU the answer. I !
bid you wait on this ministry. I bid |
You treasure every word as pure gold |
] bid you see what i give you as
truly and bravely as you would leap !
through fire for the life that you ]
love. You cannot redeem the man 1
OF today. but YOU can save and make /
the man OF tomorrow"
Speaks at Church.
Immediately following the mems |
meeting. Or. McCUaig went TO the |
First Presbyterian church where a i
large audience of women were gath |
cred TO greet him. and they sat grip |
ped by the spell OF his words.
After speaking OF those women who /
are known 10 the world as fallen wo-
men, DR.. McCuaig said:
Ihere are thousands OF married |
women in your city fallen as low \
as this other woman. They have fall |
en- IN their ideals. Where can YOU [
find the married woman who has re- /
allied in her married life and in her I
husband. the dreams of her girlhOOd /
Every life lived beneath this ideal \
is "A fallen life. Every woman living !
beneath her ideal is a fallen woman.
4 had never thought of il that /
way a little woman whose face was /
marked with lines OF worry and effect /
CT hard work was heard 20 whisper I
10 a woman next 20 her.
From the profound silence that fol- |
lowed the sending forth of this seem
ingly new truth 10 the hundreds OF I
women present. il was a revelation /
20 all. With great earnestneSS each ,
woman listened for more words from
the speaker.
There are too many women who /
prefer automobiles. parties and the
ateTs 90 children, said DR.. MCCuaig. /
mere are TOO many OF our girls /
who would rather caress kittens and I
puppies than love their children
knowledge Needed
Because conditions are SO. accord 1
ing 90 the speaker. Is due Co a lack of !
knowledge OF sex DIR NcCuaig stat
ed that this one thing was the great ]
est factor in life. IL Is the most Cod I
ike. and vet are the most common /
things OF life taught our children be- /
fore this great force is mentioned.
Women may choose a career. out
IN the end they are crying for the I
love ~ some one stronger than they 1
q stand beside them. protect them
and provide FOR them. DR. McCuag /
said
Dr. McCuaig showed in many ways /
the great need OF more knowledge ON
eugenics pointing out that with 10 4