The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-01-30
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LETTERS

OIL have adopted Q baby
girl born out OF wedlock and
my neighbors seem to think
that no good can come from
such q child, SO 1 am writ
ing to see II you will mot
give this subject little air.
ing for the benefit of certain
narrow-minded people who
are down on such children
and think they are not worth
while and have no right to
live. MRS. w.
A.-No doubt, should you point
your finger ut these same folks
and call them hypocrites to their
Authorizations to their God
they would hold up their hands in
holy horror. Then have them take
their Bibles and turn TO Matthew,
xviii: 1O--''Take heed that We de-
spise not one of these little ones ;
for i say unto you, That In heaven
their angels do always behold the
face of my Father which IL In
heaven"
Nothing Is said here about "ille-
gitimacy." But this is said:
"AIad whose shall receive one
such little child in my name re-
ceiveth me-"
''But whose shall offend one
Of these little ones which believe
in me. It were better for him that
. milestone were hanged about his
neck and that he were drowned I'm
the depth Of the sea-
Who would be SO harsl-heart-
cd as to condemn an innocent
babe for the sins of its parents?
Unfortunately, these little chill
dren are not given the chance 10
decline being ushered into q world
of turmoil The few people who
take them, shelter them and give
them a chance are doing a beauti-
full and noble work, and statistics
prove that q child, even iIegiti-
mate, may well repay the care
that Is given to It.
William the COnquer0r II q
good example. He was an illegiti-
mate child. His father, the duke
of Normandy, was an able man.
His mother was the daughter Of a
simple tanner. He, the Conquer
or, was the greatest of his line,
and that added greatness came
from his MOTHER, and his ille-
gitlmacy did not affect 1t.
Another example-Leonardo da
Vinci, q great artist, q great engi-
neer, a man of marvellous natural
scientific ability, was an illegiti-
mate child-the son of a peasant
girl. OF all men on earth he was
first to recognize the true charac-
ter of fossil remains and to dispel
the foolish theories concerning
them. He stood six feet four,
could bend q horseshoe with his
hands, build bridges, fortify towns
and paint some of the most mar
velous of pictures. He was q suc-
cess, although born out Of we'd
lock, and he would have been
well worth caring for.
Caesar BOrgia, Macchiavelli's
ideal statesman, was another ille-
Ultimate child; Marshal SAKE, who
gained the victory of Fontenoy,
was the illegitimate son Of Angus
tus III. of Saxony and of Aurora
Won Konigsmark. And might
write on and ON, enough to fill
the whole paper and even more
and then not even outline the
achievements of the worlds great
'illegitimate children"
Q.-Before we were mar
ried my husband was with
me as much as possible.
Since we have been married,
he doesn't seem to care for
me or for our six-month-old
baby.
Every night he goes to the
clubrooms and stays late
sometimes all night. All
day Sunday he is gone to
the club.
have tried every way to
keep him at home. / have
tried to be entertaining and
be a good listener, and have
invited his friends to spend
evenings with us, but all for
nothing.
do not like to call on our
married friends in the even
ing without him, and the
girls don't want me to go
around with them since the
baby has come, SO what am
l to do? SYLVIA.
A.-AbOut all you can do for
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