El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-10-09
Are You Fit
To Marry? Is
4 Ne1O Query
Only Lately Is 1t Being
Asked; Formerly People
Trusted to Luck.


What a question TO ask OF q youth
and maiden bound on a oneway ticket
for the blessed state Of matrimonv.
Nice people" don't ask such a
question What they ask Is: How
much money has the young man got?
What are his business prospects,
: WI he be able to maintain his wife
IN ease and luxury Are his people
IN trade or the professions7' and let
/ Il 90 at that
OF the girl they ask: "WIu mar
Rage mean a social Advancement
WIN she have a house and servants.
her own motor carr VIII her we'd
I ding be a pie knife, pickle dish. fiat
silver, Jewels, Oriental carpet. rock
crystal orange blossom silver cloth.
enterprise. or a quiet home affair2''
These are the questions which
nice people ask OF prospective brides
and Eroouns.
Babies Subject Of Conversation.
Nothing OF health and clear. clean
ancestral blood streams Is mentioned.
And as for bables-Oofi Babies hap
pen and time enough 70 discuss them
when they arrive.
Between the day when sir Francis
Cation announced TO his scientific
confreres Of Great Britain that science
OF better race, II humanity were TO
move forward, and the day when Dr..
Harry P. Haiselden, chief Of staff
standing in the maternity ward Of
German American hospital. Chicago.
declared he would not operate TO
save the life OF a defective child.
much water has run under the con-
trov ersial bridges
When sir Francis Cation delivered
his challenge TO science the stork.
cabbage leaf rose bush and old stump
formed the medium OF transportation
for babies through the gates OF birth
into life.
That many OF the wee thlnes ar
rived under heavy physical and men
tai handicap was regarded rather IS
visitation OF unkindly Providence
than as the result OF ignorance and
selfishness and bad heredity.
Youth must be served; Wild oats
must be sown; mans, the part to WOO
ana win Woman's 20 love and be won.
and after that TO sacrifice and serve
was the old belief
Demanded a Chance FOR Unborn,
Sir Francis Galton. watching the
asFlums, re1ormatories and falls
crowded with moral physical and I
mental derelicts, after years OF pa
meeting He demanded a chance Of 4
health at least, and then he squarely !
placed the responsibility for this 4
chance on men and women
For q time society clapped It's hands =.
over its ears and screamed; Don't I
talk that way; IL isn't nice"
other scientists tOed the line with !
Cation The eugenicN Idea had crept I
into the air, and ike an orchid. stuck 4
deep roots.
Defective children IN their pltiful,
voiceless deformity became accusing
witnesses against parents. Of a denial
Of q constitutional right 20 life. lib
erty and the pursuit OF happiness
Then came DR.. Harry j. Haiselden,
member OF the medical profession Of
Chicago, and refused 90 open the door
Of life 10 & child who could be moth
Ing but a burden and menace TO self.
society, family, home
Il was natural that some one should
see great drama in the Haiselden-
8olinger story Taking Dr. Haisel-
lens refusal TO follow the traditional
way as his text Jack lat wrote a
scenario, giving Il the title Are You
Fit TO Martyr
The scenario was taken by a group
d players. including Hamilton Re
ven, Henry Bergman. Allan Muir
maine, Jean Fernly, George Moss. and
was filmed II has caused a great deal
0f discussion and aroused much in
-eresL Beginning Sunday at The Gre
,ian theater Are You Fit to Marry
viii be shown TO the women OF FL
2aso for a week Manager Ben Lfwis
has just contracted with the terri
-orial owner, Joe Teager. for IT.
1ardi Limited" will open Saturday at
he Unique for an entire week. This
play was by Frederic and Fanny Hat
.on and enjoyed an exceptionally long !
run in all the large cities Of the !
as a stage attraction.
The screen version Of LOMBARD.
is a romantic comedy and is
almost wholly devoted 70 the love in
crest OF the story. There are inti-
nate scenes Of the making and try
ne on OF wonderful creations IN the
inc OF gowns and maunequins,
models and show girls, with correctly
iraWu outlines, parade at frequent ]
intervals about the show rooms Of the
shop. But IL Is the love OF a man for
b maid that gives the zest and flavor ]
70 all the doings. In fact, most peo-
PIE are going to be surprised at the
wholesome taste OF the comedy.
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