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WESlFORD.

Mrs. Florence Calkus and infant
.dauahtcr. Constance. are visiting at the
home of her parents, Mr. aud Mrs. +.
j. Smith. SIR ana Mrs. Dean Rock
wood of rhiladcIphia are visiting rela-
tiNcs in towu.--OWing to the lnapllltE
Of the Rev. Mr.. Ufford to hc present
the mitc-box opening is postponed UNI
til further notice. Mrs. u. y. stone
has returned to Burlington after spend
ing a few days at q. ~ R'ce's-
Mr.. and Mrs. [" l.. Irish are visiting
relatives in lIoosick Falls y. T.-Mis SIS
Ella IIaSclton began her school In 81.
Johnshurv Tuesday. Miss Carolyn Ma
combcr and Miss Betty Kimball are to
enter Lyndon Institute this wcck.---The
first meeting of the Fortnightly club
will bc held at the home of Mrs. Amy
stone tu-day-Niss Eliza Allon re-
turned Monday to Lyndon Center to
resume her duties in the teacher train
ing department of Lyndon institute
Tho Baptist Ladies' Aid will meet
with Nlrs Favcttc Goodrich this
aftcrnoou.--An entertainment will be
given at the town hall Friday evening,
after which the orchestra will furnish
music for promcuade.--The wedding
of Miss Lillian King and William Harvey
Of st JohnsburN took place at the resi-
dcncc of the brides parents Wednes-
DAY Sept ]. the Rev. Mr. White Of
ficiating. only the near relatives and
friends Of the family were present
Miss Winona stone enters the Essex
Junction high school this week.
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WiLLISTON.

While DR., \. l.. bingham ana family
were on their way home from an auto
mobile trip in the eastern part of the
State Sunday night the automobile was
overturned, throwing the entire party
out, No bones were broken, but all were
pretty we'll shaken up, The boy scouts,
who have been camping at Lake lro-
quois the past two weeks, have returned
to their homc.-Mrs Donnie keudIoW
ana children have gone to Plattsburgh,
~ y, to visit her father, Mr. bennett,
and attend the fair.-Thc schools in
town commenced the fall term Tuesday.
Frank Curtss has sold his farm In
the village to Jesse Thompson of Jeri-
cho for S,0o.-Alfrcd Reed from Essex
Junction was in town SundaN.-Thc
Ladies Union Aid society Will give a
food sale Saturday from two to 1--WE
O'Clock. The ladies are invited to con-
tribute food.-Mrs. Harry l.. Reed Of
New York city was the guest of her
cousin, Mrs Frank Goodrich, ana uncle,
James II, Bryant, last Week.-Mrs., san
ford Warren and sister, Mrs. Alkaline
Talcott, went to pittsiicld for a week
end visit.-Mrs. Ida Mars and husband
are here from the southern part of the
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H!NESBURG.

The Hope circle of the King 5 llau&h-
ters will meet at the home of Mrs. fos"-
mond Harris Friday afternoon.
Miss Eta laughter has gone to Al
bany, y. V, to spend several weeks in
that vicinity assisting in ovanFelistlc
work.-Miss Florence Allen has re-
turned from a trip to Saratoga Springs,
going by way of Lake Champlain and
returning by automobile. She a'so
spent few days in Brandon.-Mis5
Alice Landon has returned to chester
after spending the summer here. Sh"
was accompanied by Miss Ruth Hub
bell, who will enter the Chester high
school.-Niss Thclma Reed has gone
to chester to take the teachers train
ing course in the high school-Mr.
and Mrs G. L. clifford and SON. Allen,
of Brandon were at Mrs. J. H. Allen )
over SundaY-The public schools
opened Tuesday.-M. =. Perlcy and
days here the guests of -. e. Stone
Work on the new school building is
progressing and Mrs. william
Cubit were called to Richmond Tues
day by the death of Mr.. Cubits father
Mr.. and Mrs. W. r.. Field celebrated
the Goth anniversary of their marriage
at the home of Mrs Fields mothcr
Mrs II. NJ Hull. Monday evening. Th'
Hinosburg band played. Refreshments
were served and a pleasant eVcnine
poceed
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WEST BOLTON.

Miss Lorcv Gle has given up teaching
for the coming year and is attending nor
nal school at johnson. Herbert Tom'in-
son has returned from llolNoke, Mass.
and is attending school at Jericho Cen
tcr.--Mrs. Melinda pease has returned -
her homo in Jericho Center, having spent
two weeks in town with rclatives.-Mr
and Mrs Arthur Bartlett of tnderhiI
Ccncr were in town SundaN-Thc Misses
1.acaiiadc of Manchester y. H., who
have PASSED their vacation with relatives
here. returned home Mouday.-Mrs. j.
Gregory has finished work in Wiliston
ANA is mt houe.-AIr and Mrs. j. H.
Smith were given a surprise Monday even
inE, it being the 10th anniversary of their
maria c.-Mra. T.. GiNcttc and children
have returned from Miltpn.-Mrs. Agnes
Tumlnsun of StarksNOro is visiting her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs y. l.. HALL Mas
ter Philip Chase has returned from a
visit to his grandfather in st. Adams
MIR. chase accompanied hin.-Mr and
Mrs. arthur Strcctor ANA children of Gran.
iirvillo ana Mr. and Mrs. u. Fanham 81
WlliaustoWn have Leon guests Of their
mother. Mrs. Louis" York. the PAST few
daNs.-Miss Olive Dubois was an over
sunday guest of Mrs. NJ, \. Bullock in
10, IA. 1.l
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CHARLOTTE,

The Ladies Aid met at the home
of Mrs. j. S, Williams on Wednesday
afternoon, September 8,--El. Pau Gulick
Of New York city and Miss Marie
Gulick of Morrisyille are visiting their
parents the Rev. and Mrs. II, Gulck.
Frank Root, Cyrus Iiorsford, James
Williams, Jr., George Edgorton and
Edgar Edgerton have gone to virginia
to work in the apple orchards. -The flu
neral of Henry Thorpe was held at his
late residence Friday afternoon, the Rev.
Mr.. Place officiating.
AS this town has no high school There
Is quite q large exodus of the young
people every fall Among those to go
away to school this year are; Miss claire
Beach to the Bridgewater Normal,
Bridgewater. Mass. to take the teachers
raining course; Misses Bcrnicc, Janice
md Hazel Ryington, Kathleen AMI
Winifred Smith, Doris cook ana Philip
Mcneil to Burlington high; Alice Stod-
lard to the Shelburne high school-Mrs.
r. J. Hodgkins returned Monday from
Willlamstown, Mass, where she was the
guest of her uncle, II. Il. Kinsman.-Mr'
and Mrs Macomber Of North Ferris
burg have been spending few days
with their daughter, Mrs. NJ. Nj, Hill
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FAIRFAX.

Inc semi-annual meeting OF the La"
noble District Sunday School association
was held in Binghamvillc yesterday after
noon and evening. The Woman's Home
Missionary society of the Methodist Epis-
copal Church will meet Friday afternoon
at the parsonage with Mrs. +. r. Clark.
Mr., and Mrs. William Archambault Of
Richford were in town Monday Henry
Pollard has resigned as road commissions
er-Principal ana Mrs S. c. Johndroe
are the parents of n daughter Mary Eliz-
a0eth-A sister Of Mrs. f. T. Clark is
visiting at the parsonage Mr.. and Mrs
L. b. Carleton and daughter Anna, Of
Troy y. Y" NJ. S. Carleton of Roches-
ter, y. Y. Miss Jessie Southland Of Bur
lington and Nialph Southland of st. Adams
were in town recently to attend the an
nual reunion Of the Southland family held
this year with Mr.. and Mrs A. ~ South
ard. There were lG present. They re-
turned to their several homes Monday
MT and Mrs. Congden and Mrs Wilder
nave returned from n visit of several
weeks with friends in Boston and vicinity
The State board Of health has forbidden
the using of the school-housc at Beaver
for school purposes. Schools in town re.
opened Tuesday.-Miss clara Southnrc
is teaching in East Gcorgia-Therc were
eight candidates haptsed at the Metho.
dist Episcopal Church Sunday morning
and II were received into the church or
pro5a on-Percy Bevins. express agent
at NerEcnnes, is visiting his parents Mr.
and Mrs. f.. O. Bevins
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UNDERHILL.

The funeral of James c. STANLEY,
those death occurred Monday Aug 30
t the home of his sister, Mrs. J. w
'reen. of Burlington, was held in st.
'homass Church in Underhll on We'd
esday morning at nine o'clock. The
lev Father Therricn officated. The
,earers We're six cousins of the de-
eased, James Hanley. George Hanley,
William Hanley, John McNassar,
ieorge Duffey and Frederick NARROW.
burial was in the Catholic cemetery.
iNteen years ago. following the death
f Mrs Stanley. Mr.. Stanley moved TO
ogden. Utah. He is survived by one
laughter, Miss Irene STANLEY of Bur
lngton, two sisters. Mrs. Breen of
burlington and Mrs. G. i. Bar
EFT of Underhill, and two brothers,
frederick STANLEY of Jcffcrsonvillc
nd William Stanley of San Francisco,
Mrs. A. F. Nay of Boston is spending
NO weeks with DR. and Mrs. w. 5.
Iay.-Miss Hope Scribncr. who has been
pending the summer at old Orchard,
Ne. has returned home. Miss Nellie
;mith Of Cambridge visited at Z. S.
;cribner's Monday -The graded school
opened Tuesday with the following corps
If teachers: Park Osgood of Brattleboro.
Principal Of the high school ana Miss
lawrence of Fairfax. assistant and
grammar school: Mrs. Laura Mctcalf,
Intermediate room: and Miss Sadie Fit
,imonds. primary. Miss Eva Terrill is
teaching in district two.-AIiss Nariory
Hayden has returned from Loon Lake,
y. Y.-Miss Estelle Moulton and DIN
Thorp are attending school at ESSEX
Junction.-Mr. and Mrs f. s. Palmer OF
Chicago came Monday for a visit with
heir parents. Mr. and Mrs. s, VI. Palmer
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MILTON.

Mr.. and Mrs. Frank MaYvillc and Mr..
and Mrs. Asa Davis visited in Montpol.r,
waterbury and Hyde Park sunday. The
graded school began the fan term TUcs-
day with a large attcndancc.-Gra Vurncr
Elmer Perry, Mark Austin, Iiomcr Powell
ard q. y. Wood attended the state Log
rolling meeting of the Modern Wuudmon
at Morrisville Monday Mrs Hcrlcy
IcwcY and children, who have been visit
Ing his parents, Mr.. and Mrs q. II.
1IcwcN, have returned 90 their home In
Springfield Mass.-Pcarl Eohar ANA
Marion, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. j. nos
Trayah, were married at the homo of the
bride Monday evening 10y the Rev. T..
t. Hcrrck.-Th" Misses clara and Grace
Debate have returned from n sovCra.
months visit in different parts of Ma 'sa'
chusotts.-Iuclla Wagner of East Georgia
is attending the GRADED school.
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COLCHESTER.

Mark Day of Illinois, who visited
friends in town the past week, left for
Boston Monday.-Mrs. Norman Wright
returned Sunday night from a visit to
Syracuse-Nrs. John Lyon visited friends
II Northfield last Wcek.-Wiliam MunsOn,
IT.. Of Port Henry visited his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. W. II. Munson, over sun
lay.-Eighteen pupils from this town
are attending the Essex Junction high
school this year-Alrs. H. l.. Wolcott has
gone to Barton to attend the w. c. !.
u convention.-Mi Helen Shaw left
Monday to resume her school duties at
Goddard Seminary in Barre-Mr. and
Mrs. David Cadarette left Tuesday
morning for visit in New Hamps hire
Mr. and Mrs. H. y. Burnham of Massa-
chusetts are visiting Mr., ana Mrs. K. l..
Manifestations in town began Monday
Miss Grace Mcneil, on account Of i'll
ness was unable to teach her school this
week Miss Florence Morgan is taking
her place-Mr. and Mrs Ralph Laid OF
Georgia spent the Weekend with Mr.. and
Fay Marvin.
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HUNTINGTON.

Attorney and Mrs. T.. H. OBrien of
Rutland have been spending q few days
with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs Hiram
O'Brien.-Benoni Sprasue went to Ran
dolph Tuesday for a months stay
Glenn johnson went to Barre Monday
to attend school.-A large audience greet
ed the local talent minstrel show at
the hall Saturday evening.-Miss Daisy
Kenyon returned to Johnson Monday to
resume her school work.--Thc Rev. c.
V. French went to St Adams Monday
to attend the Baptist convention. BEN
jamin Durand while chopping Saturday
cut "a bad cash in one foot.--MIrs. Ella
Ilinsdae and children. who have been
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. G. S.
Kenyon, returned to Wiliston Sunday
A pretty wedding was held at the
home of MIR. and Mrs Alton Kenyon
Wednesday evening. August g, when
their daughter. Ila Loetta, was given in
marriage to J. William Riggs, the son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry RIGGS of Hunt
ington, with tho Rev. Charles French
officiating. The bridesmaid was Miss
Edith Riggs, sister of the groom. The
best man was Walter Kenyon, brother
of the bride. The bride wore a gown
of white shadow lace and carried n
bouquet of pale pink sweet peas. The
ceremony was performed beneath an
arch of evergreen and white asters.
Miss Alma Talby played the wedding
march. y dainty luncheon was served
b, Miss Alene Kenyon. Miss Nellie
Riggs, Miss Alma I'alby and Miss Mar
jorc Morrill,. The bridal bouquet was
caught by Miss Edith Riggs. Only the
immediate families were present at the
ceremony. The bride received many
beautiful gifts. They left by automobile
for Richmond, where they took the II 10
train for wedding trip.
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ST. GEORGE.

Mrs. Jennie Johns returned to her home
in Huntington sunday after passing sew
eral DAYS in town--Miss Mildred White
has resumed her studies in the senior
class at the burlington high school after
passing the summer vacation with her
mother. Mrs. NJ. w. 1nsdale. Mrs. Mar
cia Burke has returned TO Boston after
visiting her sister, Mrs. George NJ Ilins-
dale.-The Misses Ahbie and Jennie Well
niger spent the week end in Williston with
their aunt, Mrs. Lewis Miles.-Miss Lucy
Iiinsdale entertained several of her
friends at a birthday party Monday
cvening-F. +. Hinsdale attended Mid
dlcbury fair las week.
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hill-Mr and Mrs Gay Fogg and three
children of Eden are visiting her broth
or, Allen Hin, this weck.--Arthur Tomn-
kins of Westport, n. Y, was an over
Sunday guest of his uncle, B E Law
rcncc.-Joseph Muir and son have lust
completed making extensive repairs on
the farm buildings of w w. Aldrich.
The progressive Agricultural CLUB has
been obliged to give mp its picnic planned
for Friday at Cedar Beach on account {
the busy season Of many of the club mem
hcrs. The regular meeting will be held
this week on Friday evening at the home
of Or. and Mrs. n. w. MacMurphy G.
l.. Barstow is to give an interesting talk
All members are requested to be present
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,,ch,or Ironc have returned to their
one I'm Dudley. Mass --lfawleN Booth,
,bo has been spending the summer at
10 home of Bert Booth. has returned to
is home in Boston.-The funeral of MISS
:milv Howe was held at the CongroAa-
onal church yesterday at three o'clock
Irs Corran Of Cambridge is visiting at
no home of Mr.. ana Mrs. ilebcrt-Wn-
am Buxton of Burlington was an over
,ndav visitor in town Miss Helen Han
". who has been at Cliff Haven. y. v,
,r the past few weeks has returned
ome.-Mss Myrtle Algcr. who is teach
az in Cambridge, was at home over sun
ny- Miss Bulah Atkinson of burlington
visiting at Mr. and Mrs Fred Tomlin-
pn's.-Mr and Mrs. Bert Tillison ana
hidrcn of Bakersfield were visitors at
he home of Mr.. and Mrs. tIurd Montague
mndaY.-The business meeting of the
ladies' Help society of the Baptist Church
vas held Friday and the following off
ers were elected: President, Mrs. Nellie
loudwin: vice-president. Mrs. Walter
'ettengill; secretary and treasurer, Mrs
lax Buzzell: missionary committee, Mrs
E. Usher, Mrs. w. T.. Buxton. Mrs. NJ
|. Buzzell: work committee Mrs. w. !.
'ettengil, Mrs, G. W. Foster Mrs r.
Howe directors, Mrs. w. C.. jack
on, Mrs @. +. Huhurd. Mrs. G.. G. i}uA-
pn, Miss Pansy Buzzel.-Miss Florence
'omlinson of New York is visiting he.
rother, Fred Tomlinson.
Mrs Anna Tarbox went Tuesday to
Randolph to visit her brother for a few
reeks.-NIss Lanta Mead was a week
md visitor with her mother. Mrs Matte
dead. of NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Thurs
on, the little daughter of Mr. and Mrs
!. r. Thurston, is very ill.-Mr. and Mrs
dax Buzzell and Mr.. and Mrs. Wilson
curtis were In Essex Junction Monday
m business.-Mr. Homer Day of New
York city was an over Sunday visitor at
he home of Mr.. and Mrs. Buel Day
drs. Willis jackson, the Rev. J. r. Bul-
ell and the Rev. /. +. Usher went to
e. Adams Tuesday to attend the Zap
st Lamoille county conventions
oseph Williams. who has been i'll the
asst few weeks, died yesterday.
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MONTGOMERY

At the Methodist Episcopal Church,
the Rev. stead Thornton Will preach
Sunday morning on Tho Gospel OF
Flowers" address. Tho ruttcrnv":
evening, The Angels OF God Mot
Him" The subject Thursday night
will be Peter on the Mount of Trans
iguration. Miss Dorothy Parker has
returned to HurlinEton ana Miss Lucy
Parker has returned to Shcldon.--Mr.
and Mrs. Matt s. Parker and Robert
are visiting relatives in New York
Statc.--Miss Lucille Pratt ana Miss
Pcarlc SuOdgrass have returned to
urlington.-Glarold Loclllin of Rich
ford is with his uncle, T. T. Swan, for
a few days-Frcd DONNA and family
are with his parents for some time
The W. c. r. |, Will meet with Mrs,
Downey Friday afternoon at $50
NJ
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Newark Valley, y y. was a business
visitor in town Tuesday. lie and Mrs.
Bowen are visiting friends in Sheldon,
Franklin and Berkshire. The Rev. W r.,
Douglass was business visitor in Water.
bury Tuesday.-Mrs. g. W. Pockham and
two daughters, Sarah and Marjorie. with
Miss Record Of Franklin were guests OF
Mrs. j. G. Pomcroy Monday.
county game warden was called to
bakersfield and Fairfield Wednesday in
each Of which towns deer had been re-
ported killed while destroying crops
W. 5. judd and Mr.. and Mrs G. f. Raw
son motored to Swanton Tuesday.
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SHELDON.

very pretty home wedding took place
here Wednesday, whom Miss Florence
Maurice of Cambridge became the bride
OF Alfred Gray of Greenfield. Mass.
The ceremony was performed by the Rev.
George II. Lock at the home of the
brides sister Mrs. W. e. Marsh. Dim
ner was served at the New Portland
Hotel.
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WEST MILTON.

Mrs. Eleanor Osgood died Thursday
evening at the home of G. +. OsEuod
after three weeks illness of heart
:rouhle and complications. Funeral
vas held Sunday afternoon at one
l'CloCk at the house.
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Statc.-MIss Elauch Warner from Bur-
nnpton ia the guest of her aunt, Mrs
Henry Hart.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-09-09

determined that the probable cause of
death was asphyxiation, caused by aico-
holism.
Mrs. f. A. Skeels received n cable
Tuesday morning from her son, DR..
A. A. Skeels, who recently left this
country to enlist for service as a sur.
geon in the Royal Army Medical corps,
that he was on the medical staff in the
Cambridge hospital at Adershot, Eng,
the great British concentration camp
A son was born to the Rev and Mrs
F. Wilson Day Of Franklin at the hos
pital Tuesday afternoon.
Charles r. Howell Of watertown, N.
Y. and Miss Anna e. Gurln of Hud-
son Fails. N. v. were married at the
Universalist parsonage Sunday afternoon
by the Rev II. L. Thornton.
MIR. and Mrs. George H. Davis cele.
brated their 25th wedding anniversary
Saturday. Following a special service at
Holy Angels Church dinner was
served Mt their home on Hunt street.
M. Davis's mother. Mrs Jacob Hunt,
Of Boston. was among the guests.
News has been received Of the death
yesterday morning OF Mrs. Fannie
| Thorne of Mooers, N. Y, mother of
Mrs. j. c. Parker. Mrs. Parker has
been with her mother the past month
and DR.. Parker has been there sew
eral days.
The condition of Francis. the three :
year-old son of Mr.. and Mrs Melvin
O'Connell. Of this city, who has been
seriously i'll the past three weeks from
the effects of fractured rib pene-
,trating one lung. Is steadily improv-
ing. He is at the home Of his grand
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Dan
iels, of st. Adams hill. where he was
visiting when the accident occurred
The four prizes offered for the boys
stock judging contest at the Franklin
county fair at Sheldon last week twere
won by r. D. Gates Of Franklin. Phillip
w. Brown Of st. Adams. Arthur G.
Mullen of Franklin, and Arthur Wetherby
of Enoehurg Falls
Imperial Valley press., 1915-08-07
WILTSHIRE HOTEL
6sI Coronad" 1T. Los Angeles. Cal

American plan, So per day and up
steam heat, room phones. private
baths. two blocks from Westlake park
Sunset. wiltshire 1854. Home b4726.
Imperial Valley press., 1915-08-07

Pianos moved with best of care any
where in valley. Ed Royce.-Adv,
Imperial Valley press., 1915-08-07
MAN, WOMAN TAKEN
ON CHECK CHARGE

After battling the Los Angeles po-
lice by masqueradng under an alias,
according to officers, Charles Whel-
chel and Emma Godding were lodged
in the county Jail this morning after
they had been positively identified by
an Imperial man who had been sent
to Los Angeles to determine whether
the duo were the persons sought by
the local sheriff's office.
A complaint charging them with
issuing a check without sufficient
funds will be filed today, Deputy Dis
trict Attorney f. X. Simon said this
morning.
Whelchel and the woman formerly
lived at Brawley
On June 10, it is claimed a check
was issued by them to a local garage
in payment of a repair bill. The check
was for S139.25, but subsequent
events, the district attorneys office
asserts, proved that there was only
SSG.50 on deposit in Brawley bank
10 meet the issue. In the meantime,
ii is alleged Whelchel and his COM
Imperial Valley press., 1915-08-07
SELECTIVE BIRTH
RATE ADVOCATED

San Francisco, Aug. Mature has
selective death rate; the only way 4
man can beat it is TO provide a selcc-
tive birth rate. So declared Or. Paul
B. Pompemoe, editor of the journal
of Heredity, in an address before the
national conference on race better
mont. He concluded long exposition
of the theory of natural selectve
death rate as follows:
Il should like to discuss more of
the striking cases of natural selection
on a racial scale in recent years. to
point out, for instance, how the abo-
rigines of America have fallen vic
tins to the white mans diseases and
liquor, against which natural selection
had never fortified them; and to eX-
plain in some detail the relation be
tween natural selection and alcohol.
! have only time to say, on the latter
gigantic temperance movement on her
own lines, which are quite different
from those which man himself is ad-
vocating. Man proceeds to eliminate
drink; nature proceeds to eliminate the
drunkard. Those born with a tend
ency to alcoholic overindulgence either
drink themselves to death or for va
rious other reasons are likely to leave
less posterity than the abstemious; :;
the consequence of this, carried
through many generations, is that
races gradually undergo an evolution
which makes them temperate, while
nothing, apparently. can save from
approaching extinction some of the
races. such as the American Indian,
who have not undergone such an evo-
luton, provided they have access to
enough whskey.
1t is lack of time alone that pre-
vents Inc from pilinG up more data
TO illustrate to YOU the working of
natural selection on the human species
at the present day, hope that what
have said has al least given you a
suspicion that natures ancient method
of race betterment is still in action,
and is acting along some lines with
the Vigor and ruthlessness that have
always characterized it,
''If this suspicion is well founded,
what moral can we draw for our own
schemes of race betterment?
at would be possible of course, to
stand back and let nature go ahead.
But hope that no civilized man would
advocate such course. We have