The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-08
SOME WANT WIFE
 FOR EVERY MOOD
Dr. Murry Leslie, Famous English Scientist Discusses
 Excess of Women
By MARGARET WALTER

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 London, February 25.-tReciprocal News Service. )-Dr. Robert Murray Leslie. whose reputation as a scientist and med- ical specialist is worldwide, is of the opinion that England owes great deal of her unrest and discontent to the pre- pcnderance of her women. There IS no gainsaying the standing of this man Vlo is recognized as an authority on wom- en. their capacity, attainments s.cir weaknesses and diseases, but it is a shock to hear from such a source sentI- ments which have not found any public voice since English women so splendidly acquitted themselves during the war
 in India they throw their superfluous girl babies into the Ganges. This is not done here in England so we must devise some other way of eliminating the dan gers caused by the preponderance Of the female sex"
 This statement indicates the attitude ot the eminent doctor who has surVeyeo the dominions with an eye to increaseu feminine emigration and found tnat wi., n the exception of Canada they are ah cel provided with women.
 There are in England and Wales since the war 100000 more women than men between the ages of 20 and 6o. Ihis ID the largest percentage or female Mepon- derance in Europe, and it Will prooaols increase to 100000 within the next ue- cade. And at the same time to every thousand girl habies born there are at present III this country 1.052 boy baoies. Ihis os CUTS always during war period' '> ap- pears. But in England more boy paples die during infancy.
 Dr. Murray Leslie finds the oriy sone a 1ion lies in national campaign to pre- serve the lives of boy babies and 10 in,,,,ce childless women to adopt boy b;hies and equip them as cltlzens.
 A the present time there are foJo,oVo female workers in England, many ol whom have been deprived by the war ot any means of support and many of whom r. a1so occupving positions whicf. would have before the war been occu"ea ps men. , .,,
 But pr. Murray Leslie finds the other tvpes of women more dangerous lo siie welfare of the country than it's women wage-earners The pure domestic type oi woman he declares, is confined now di- most entirely to the industrial classes Eoth the aristocracy and the mlcdie classes have practically ceased to devSop tbis kind of woman. The soclal putter- ftv who cares more for clothes anu aa.ic- ing than for anything else IS lo'''d IT all cuasses and is result o1 war cohci- lions. The intellectual type oI WoHi.'l Soss not ,sually marry and is being ab- sorhed by the professions into which she is now free to enter on an equality With men but as her presence Keeps out all M ea,als number of men her contribution iS neutralized. .,, | rcund citizen is .he intelligent type, ule vfn,an who has an ali-round cdpasies and who while she does not exceii Tn any nureu;t is able to become an exceiioie l brsiness woman, a wife, motner anu q l companion: a woman who knows anu 1 cultivate sthe art of good manners ahu i dress while at the same time she ls eA nert in practical domestic economy ana child welfare. IsiIt the doctor deplores the fact that l s+Jisf ii1st these all-roupd sswonsn wnS most easily secure economic ffeedom any so disoualify themselves as laeai NIses and mothers, while the women Wno Her " initiative and energetic intelligence att inc very ones who are left by the wal unprovided for dependent upon marriage for support and likely to breed the ieas desirable grade of citizens.
 .sFeminine contentment is essential te the well-being of this country, and we shall have no peace until the men ol marriageable age who are left Will DC able to find their mates without gropihs blindIy among the maze of feminine types which now surround them on every side
 ..The social evil was never so great a: at this moment. and the divorce courts were never so glutted with matrinonsa disasters. The OlQ moral couS iie1o WI almost completely abandoned by iarg' portions of the community and the VIII lngness of unmarried women to enter mt alliances with married men is the source of the sravest danger to our future.
 Tt is no uncommon thing now TOT man .e say he. requires one woman to b' the mother of his children, another t' share his hours of recreation, another t assist him in his work, and so on. S' ling as there are six women to ever. five men this actual situation will pre- vent the possibility of any return to contented ard normal mode of domesti life"
 The idea of polygamy has been wider aifed pr. Murray Leslie declares It ! absolutely opposed to all civilized ideals II, is rust as strongly against divorce De ing made easy and declares that whe mer and women are able to break up relationship for any but the most ex treme cause the whole moral standard 9 the people wl'l collapse.
 .sWomen have the better instinct l mate selecting than men, and the idea cnmmunity is that in which the sexe are equally balanced. and where si women are free to choose their mate' T,it those mates, once chosen. should nc be free to contract outside alliances.