El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-03-09
WOMAN DEFENDS
RACE SUICIDE"
Says Fear of Want Prompts
Many Women to Dread
Motherhood.

That the agitation against race sui
eide IS wrong and that we as a nation
are reading less and going TO moving
pictures more, and have developed a
passion for travel for public amuse-
menIs and public associations rather
tnan the Quietness or home life. were
the charges made by Miss Lutte Stearns
OF the Library school of Wisconsin,
N a talk made to the WOman's club
Monday.
Miss Stearns said these things are
changing the American home from
real home into a place to 80 when
every place else is closed up.
Miss Stearns talked on what is hap
penlng to the American home. in lee
ture given by the Woman's club. com.
plimentary 10 its members Monday aft
ernoon In the audi orium Of the High
In discussing the changes that had
oeen wrought in the American home
me, Miss Stearns reviewed the modern
scienIiIlc inventions that had replaced
me industry and productive work OF
me nome, that occupied the time Of the
pioneer home makers
Race Suicide Agitation Wrong"
MISS Stearns objected strongly to the
asllallon against race suicide, and de-
clared- so long as a government per
nlts living conditions in which a very
large percent Of the infants born into
this world die before thew have reached
their second year. from moor living CON
uluOhs' pad air, impure food and IN
sanitary surroundings. while il spends
llll!4lons upon preparations for war.
anu man tanning armies and navieS. so
long viii women be justified in refus-
ing TO bear children" said Miss Stearns
II should be the business Of the state.
q me government, to see that every
child born into this world is born into
conditions in which il can grow TO
neaithy normal maturity. 1t is not the
survival OF the littest but the rapid
nlul tlpllcatlon Of the unfit that should
give the nation the greatest concern
1T is the dread OF want, that has
as much to do with the shrin king Of
-" oman Tor motherhood IS the much de-
Aolhceu love OF luxury and life OF ease"
IN comparing the growing tendency
70 hotel life, Miss Stearns said Hotels
pear the same relation 10 home as an
incubator does TO a hen. both are me-
cnanlcal limitations of living reality" I
DenOunces Chambers Writings.
Mss SlearnS denounced the writings
or Robert Chambers saying he was E
doing more TO disrupt the home in
stinct and lower the moral standard /
or the American homes than any au-
lnOr today She also classed with him. 4
tFeorss Bernard Shaw. Ibsen and David 4
1rafam philips, as writing derOgatOry 4
10 the home ideals and belittling the ,
marriage tie upon which the safety 4
and permanency OF the home, as a ma j
tional Institution. depends.
Miss Stearns laid the blame for most /
OF the olsruptlng conditions 10 a false
standard OF living. Each family is 4
irving 10 keep UP appearances in COM
petition with other families having
twice as large an income, and the re-
suit IS artificiclity from beginning TO
enc she said Love. honor, comrade-
SNIP and unity, she classed as the
fundamentals for home ma king.
Miss Stearns was introduced by Mrs
a W Foster, the president Of the club. I
ana a large bOquet Of daffOdils was
presented to her following her address
Miss Emily Kemp sang a Garland Of
Roses accompanied by AIRS. ". r
Brown on the piano. Miss Kemp vas
selected as the vocalist for this coca
sion especially because when she grad
uale from the Library preparatory
sch OF Atlanta, Miss Stearns deliv-
elias