Arizona republican., 1919-07-29
An Aae Old Problem

The solution of the Problem of the Unmarried Mother" being attempted England. That is noth- ing new. There are many phases of it there have always been, and some of them have been partially solved that the condition of unfortunate girls has been ameliorated But the bottom the problem has never been reached and do not think it will be- It is beyond human endeavor It involves the double standard which is of human invention, though for ages humans have been trying to destroy it or amend it.
 The it had been predicted it would do brought with startling of illegitimacy in all nations which participated in the and the nearly the nation touched by the the greater the increase.
 It also predicted but that prediction has not been fulfilled, that account of this increase the world would be more lenient toward unfortunate and that the shame which had attached to illegitimacy would be modified removed That has not been the
 The movement in England has that end in view. It is proposed to give to such unfortunates and their offspring the recognition of the state But there be no such recognition without recognition by society On this point the Bishop of Kensington said that construction begin with reconstruction of our habitual thinking.
 It is hardly matter of thinking but of instinct. That is where those who have demanded single standard of morality for and have al- ways erred. We all admit that the double standard is unjust, cruelty SO So do many natural laws and natural phenomena cruel to us. We would re- and plague earthquakes and cyclones if could do
 This instinct, if may call it instinct, is pres ent in savage tribes in the highest state of so- cety A tribe low not feel it is low indeed, removed only by a little from the immortality of beasts.
 The must always be punished-among savages by mutilation death and in higher by scorn which is hardly modified by pity or by provisions for her physical comfort and well being and for the saving of her against recurrence of her. misfortune but her social restoration is not attempted
 But little the punishment falls upon the man. His offense is condoned by society He suffers noth ing except the burden perhaps of slight responsi- blity for the of the illegitimate offspring
 We may why this is so. The punishment which hangs the is so frightful that she must hesitate at step which would disturb plan in nature for the preservation of family groups plan against indiscriminate mating. Tegtimacy is strongly abhorred in countries where poygamy is in vogue, and in those isolated but widely scattered where polyandry practced or where even polygny prevails-that relation in which one may have several wives each of whom may have more than husband. There is still a recognized social relation which must be maintained and which is as fiercely opposed the immortality of indis- criminate mating is the instinct against it in the highest state of society.
 We may lament the cruelty of the double stand ard or we may wish that the punishment might fall more heavily upon the offending male. But it does not and no reconstruction of habitual thinking can shift it upon him from the unfortunate woman