Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-01-25

sbreast-fcd children are superior In
later life 10 those artl1eially fed. in
weight character Of teeth, intelligence.
and general physical development"
Only few years ago, the majority
q girls Of American uppor-nnlddle-
class families Of refinement and edu-
cation we're not dashing madly around
in the Industrial world. They stayed
home and married and had bsbies and
6id very little else. IT was doubtless
less exciting than directing a per-
sonnet department Of large Industrial
concern or selling bonds. but Il vas,
It seems. better for the race in gen
erai. Tho stay-at-home method at
least was more conducive TO reproduc-
ton Of superior stock. Now, Il is tho
l immigrant woman who remains az
home and has the babies and nurses
/ them into superior health and enduring
vigor
Reproducing stupidity.
4 Thus, II you follow Professor
Holmes argument 20 its logical con-
/ illusions, you reach the pleasant pros
] pect OF race ultimately reduced 20
4 the general level OK intelligence Of
Little Italy OF course, the whole ar
gument viii strike you as distinctly
absurd unless you believe in the gen
orally accepted theory that mental
! ability is hereditary.
4 "StilI," declared one college gfrl IN
discussing her share Of responsibility
in speeding the race 10 its doom, Il
, DON'T see what we are going 20 do
) about II. You can't leap into naatr!-
, mony as easily as you can leap into
r a job. and II seldom pays as well This
is day OF money making and quick
: profits, and there's no noney-rnalylnz
2 or quick profit in having babies. Per-
r haps II the race would only pay Us
3 for having good, strong, healthy.
bright children az well as Il pays us
for facilitating It's business, we might
get really interested ond do our best
T 10 save It from ruin Perhaps the day
will come when the state will rec
Z. ognize motherhood as a valuable SER
I vice, and remunerats II accordin sly--
= make It worthwhile"
e Another college girl believes tia,
9 the modern woman would take mora
e interest. in matrimony and motherhood
: IL there were only a greater prepond-
d erance Of intelligent males.
" AtUily DelieNes she says, "the'
I the average college woman fs perfect.
n ~ willing 70 marry and have children
i The trouble is--Thorn is she to marry
s. Her mentality has been developed
n and she IS no longer content to soer.
10 her life with man who has no IN
at terests beyond the stock nnarke. q.
Of the latest musical comedy. The coIleg
" girl Is taught 70 think, 10 take an In
at terest in politics and economic.
a drama and art; and what companion
m sbip~can she find IN the average ma,
Id whose ideas on labor are: II they al
ayl a little work they wouldn't have =
1g much to grow1 at. Bolsheviks an q
It's them Or on politics: We Shout
ed worry about Europe. We hav
to enough troubles OF our own A ma
Its who finds symphony a bore and {
ch whom the theatre means merely p
ng Wynn or Al Jolson- What wonder
that the college woman finds nor
.ly congenial companionship IN her ov
h sex and prefers to make her own llx
ry ing rather than 10 marry a man s1
VS., cannot respect.
n Professor Holmes should divide N
s. responsibility for the trend OF the rae,
C. He should not place It all on the Me-
= Woman but hand half OF & 70 II
It's Old Man"