El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-03-10
ONLY HEALTHY
SHOULD MARRY"
DR.. Grouse Says the Sick
and Mentally Inefficient
Should Not Wed.

"Matrimony should not be allowed
nor marriage licenses issued without
a clean bill Of health from both the
man and the woman over the signature
OF a reputable physician" said DR..
Hugh Grouse. in his talk, The Key
TO the New Home" before the meeting
of the lei Psso Equal Franchise league
Thursday afternoon in the chamber OF
commerce building.
The marriage Of the unfit is de-
cIdedly a concern OF the whole state,
for every child that is born Of unfit
parents is abnormal or sub-normal and
eventually becomes n charge or the
state. either in a penal institute, II IL
develops criminal tendencies, or in an
asylum for the blind, insane or men
tally deficient or the poor house Dr.
Grouse continued. Therefore il is de-
cidedIy the states business 70 see that
only those fit for parenthood are al
lowed 10 marry.
Dr. Grouse spoke particularly OF the
knowledge Of the mysteries OF life
that should be given by the parents TO
their children. TO help them from
harming themselves or being harmed
through Ignorance OF these vital ques-
tons
He then discussed the development
or the child and urged that attention
be given to any abnormal condition.
Excessive irritsbillty Of temper, he
said. was more often due to some ply
steal condition than TO the disposition
Of the child, and dizziness, backward
ness and mouth breathing. to adenOids
and other conditions which drain the
child's vitality.
DIR. Paul Gallagher spoke on the
proper care and feeding OF infants lie
beEan first with the care that should
be Eiv41 the mother before the birth
of the child and then discussed the
best methods Of caring for the young
The talks by these physicians were
iu line with the Save the Babies
week" which has been conducted this
week i'm FL Paso under the auspices
Of the Equal Franchise league and the
Woman's club, and other organizations
of the city working in cooperation.
Work of saving Babies.
Mrs r. T. Jenkins, in charge Of the
work for the Franchise league, gave
splendid report Of the educational work
accomplished during the week. Liter
aturc on home sanitation in both Eng
fish and Spanish has been distributed
at all the schools. The grocery stores,
diaries. drug stores and principal dry
goods stores have distributed ltera-
rure on this subject following sample
outlines supplied by the state univer-
sitv and the federal child bureau. A
demonstration Of the proper food and
care for babies has been conducted ali
week by the Graduate Nurses associa-
tion in the new Rogers furniture store.
During the week, talks on fly sWattlng
and home sanitation were given at
al the public schools. imprcsslng the
Importance Of cleanliness upon the chill
dren.
Importance Of saving Babies
Miss A. Louise Dietrich spoke Of the
Importance OF doing some active work
in Fl Paso TO reduce the infant NOR
1alit1 She said that nothing was
being done TO alleviate this condition
and that El Paso stood second in the
United states for the largest death
rate az its babies She said that the
sauatatium at CloHdcroft would not
reduce tho death rate among the Mex
lean babies during the summer and
that for this work, at least five visit
ing nurses were needed to work among
the Mexican mothers. She said that
every bit OF sickness iu Chihuahuita
affected the homes Of the Americans
north OF the tracks and lowered the
health standard OF the entire city.
Collections for sanHtarium.
Airs. s. s. Baker announced that 50
far S26A2O had been contributed i'm
ton to the baby garments, cook books
and cakes which are being sold ana
from which all the returns are not yet
The members informally discussed
the points emphasized by Or. Grouse
and DR. Gallagher in their talks
The next meeting Of the league VIII
be held Thursday afternoon at oclocl;
As IL win be the social meeting OF
the league. the meeting viii be held
iu the Young Women's CHRISTIAN as
ISOLATION rooms.