The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-07-17

. little Unreasonable to en-
women to live up to il withouf -
yiding them with . husband. ~
and children to Be devoted Ia n
Ireland for example. the ilIerN
innate birth rate is far lower tS.s
In any other country in E.rrs.
showing that when the instinrts Q
motherhood ind legitimate ~,
sion they can be the most ~ =
instincts. But in England. acco,s
ing to DR.. Leslie, things a. a
bad way. The scarce male 4 =
popular and 90 beset with femi,,.s
attentions that he is in no hur,v y
marry, or II he is married - !.
sometimes led from the paiAs :
monogamy. There are even ~.
who are temerarious as to say ~
the preponderance OF females /.
natures argument for polyeanv
but fortunately most Of us are mn
not as logical as that.
Effect On Birth Rate.
Aside from its effect upon mn.
ais. this one-sided population has ,
decided effect upon the birth ~
of the countries SO afflicted. h
tends to lower the quality az II.
birth rate rather than the uuaatif,
1t is q fact Of common knowles.
that the physically and intelleu.
ually fittest women are more OH.
unmarried than the friyoloS
butterfly type. Thus the natioS
that has an excess OF woman
wastes its potential mothers, VIII
the result that the race is ma.
ually becoming weaker. Haveloct
Ellis, an authority on the woman
question. points out that this ca.
dition is due to mans failure a.
selective mate. He says that amoue
animals Of which the males display
their strength and beauty to ths
passive female, she usually chooses
the mate whose intelligence an
strength show that he will b. ths
best parent. Among humanA o.
the other hand, the females con.
pete for the favor Of the male by
displaying their attractions, and b
usually chooses the one with The
curliest hair and the most weakly
clinging nature, regardless Of his
duty to pOsterity.
HavelOck Ellis sees in the vev
preponderance of women the ri.
walton OF the race, however. Sines
women will soon be voters in Oh
the more advanced countries, auS
since in these countries they are u
q rule In the majority, it is hardy
an exaggeration to say that thg
may be the mistresses Of the world
II this should be SO, one Of Their
first considerations will uhdoubt-
eddy be the betterment Of the con.
ditions of motherhood and the
health and development Of chill.
dren. This will do much 10 even
up the proportions Of the ssxes,
as even now there are more boy
babies born than girl babies, and
it is principally because the male
children are more delicate and have
a higher death rate that there ID
q preponderaEce Of females.
The late war is another factor
] which is bringing up the male
birth rate. 1t is a we'll known faci
that there are always more bogl
born during or after a big war. In
: this connection it is interesting Ia
note that just before the war the
excess of females in Germany had
fallen 80 per cent whereas in Eng.
land it had risen % per cent. TT
might be taken as sure proof TIL
the Germans were planning tn
war all along and carrying hei
efficiency to almost unbelievabl
lengths. Although their claim tha
Colt was their ally hardly SCENE
justified, they might with good re-
son even now claim that natur
was on their side.