Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1915-06-04

Throw out the life line! The grand
old ship. British Morality, cut adrift
by the war. is shipping out to sea
amid fog. storm and breakers. and the
coast guard is by no means sure that
all hands will not be lost.
The very essence of the British sys.
tenn of ethics, it's first commandment.
is that any such subject as illegiti-
mate children we must pass with stern
and averted faces. while with hand
uplift in horror we motion sinners to
punishment.
lowed by tradition, that the national
silence impossible.
When the youths of the land were
enlisted for its defense they were
placed in training camps scattered
about the country. Lately the discov-
cry has been made that in the neigh
borhood of every training camp large
number Of unmarried women expect
soon to become mothers.
The situation thus created is awk-
ward. By some of the powers that ne
and eminent statesmen strong though
yelled campaign has Deel, CARRIED VA.
to secure some such result as this, but
to secure it under the sacred seal Of
lawful wedlock. To have babies born
without that formali>y is very differ
ent and very embarrassing--ina coun-
try priding itself on the Strictest Nor
atty.
Very Easy to Be . War Bride
In quiet but effective way the un-
married recruit has been urged to take
unto himself wife before he shall de-
part for the front. war brides" ac-
cordingly have become a familiar and
somewhat jocular topic. To make army
marriages easy and common. handy
clergymen have been provided. char
ges reduced and formalities dispensed
with.
= Better get married before you go.
my boy" says the sergeant. 1.-The sep
aration allowance will take care of the
wife. you know"
Sir Pandarus is new role for gov
eminent to play. but that has been
about the truth of the case here.
front.
Observe then the nations predica-
mcnt. In thousands of other cases the
ceremony has been omitted. This vio-
lates the austere law and all cherish
ed conventions. Out upon the bold
faced jades, and all that. Yes. but the
fathers of these children are the ma
tional heroes that have rallied to the
call Of the king, and the rescue of the
empire. We have just been showering
upon them praise and glory. The law
provides stern retribution. Yes. but
you don't want to punish and disgrace
your defenders. you know. The very
foundations of morality are attacked.
Yes, but the brave. gallant soldier,
you know. and so on.
The first painful shock of discovery
being over the professional moralists
now trying to bring the nation back
to accustomed moorings by denying
the story and indicating the charac-
ter of the volunteers. The accounts
printed, they say, about the prospec-
tive unmarried mothers have been
enormously exaggerated. One report
said that in one street of garrison
city there were 400 sucn cases. Inves-
tgation showed that there were not
400. think there were only 800 Con-
scquently the whole agitation is "a
wash of extravaganza"
Number Of War Babies Under.
estimated
Yet l am privately assured by an
eminent publicist who has been look
ing into this matter. that real con-
ditions have been understated. not ex-
aggcrated. ! will not repeat here the
total of his estimates because it would
seem sheer fantasy. but If he is right.
enough Legitimate children will be
born in Great Britain in the next few
months to Offset all the lives the coun-
try has lost so far at least on the
battlefield.