Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-09

lance who feels called upon to mission
lie the world. AS for Christian prac-
ticing birth control, there are two views:
The first maintains that willful and
needless interference with the legiti-
mate propagation of children Is q sin,
because it forbids prospective life the
right Of existence. The second view in
clines toward granting personal freedom
in this vital matter.
II for physical reasons child-bearing
endangers the health or life of the
mother. the Christian husband is
bound to subordinate his wishes to his
wife's welfare. That many refuse to do
this is no valid reason for its not being
done. A processing Christian should
standardize his or her conscience on
this question by following the teach
ings Of the New Testament.
These statements, Of course, are not
intended to apply to the insane or the
mentally incompetent. Theirs is a
totally different phase OF the problem,
and an extremely dificult one at that.
@. Why is Rome called "the Eternal
City?
A. If you have walked on the Appian
Way, visualiZing the Roman legions
which marched over it to the conquest
| Of the habitable world, or watched the
cypress trees casting their long shadows
over the tombs of famous warriors and
statesmen which border that historic
road, you have realized Rome's claims
to this title.
The ancient legend that Rome was
founded by Romulus G53-716 B.C.0,
who was the son Of Mars and Of the
| vestal Rhea Silvia, arose from the in
herent dauntlessness and rugged endur-
ance Of the ancient Romans. After
ipaU
driven back, the city became an impreg-
nable fortress conferred on the Seven
Hills above the Tiber, and its expand
ing empire was established on O militar-
istic basis. Thus 1t gained the name Of
which you speak and to which the sub
jugation Of the Macedonians and the
Greeks added distinction.
Finally. Alaric and his warriors
sacked the city in 4l0 AID. But ST.
Augustine argues that its downfall was
really due to the social and political
been the seat of the Holy See and the
chief ecclesiastical center Of Western
Christendom. Thus Rome is still for
many, and emphatically for Italians,
1.-THE Eternal CITY," and Mussolini pro-
claims 1t almost daily to the world.
@. Do you not think that early
volume of vice, crime and insanity prev
alent in society?
A. Your statement is too flexible to
be answered unqualif1edly. A mother
40 years old with two children has as
sumed more than her fair share Of the
social burden. I frequently receive COM
plants from members of this overloaded
group that they had no maidenhood
worth while. Hence much depends on
circumstances.
A young man as, who has his feet on
the ladder, and o girl 81, who Is willing
to help him climb it. are probably the
model couple. do not place great
confidence in the superior Judgment Of
their elders concerning matrimonial Mt
ness. Many q parent or older match
maker has made a bad selection. The
heart is its own best guide In the ma
jority of matings.
But when youths passional moments
are allowed to override palpable UNIT
ness and precipitate hasty marriage.
this frequently ends In repenting at
leisure.
Taken as a whole, early marriages
which are also sane ones, react excel
lently on the community. They cannot
be an antidote for the deep-seated evils
you name. But they have o restrain
ing effect on the tragedies Of promiscu-
Gus sex relationship and this Is an end
greatly to be desired.
AS q rule the sweetheart Of ones
youth is environed In q halo Of romance
to the last. What she suggests Is
grateful perfume on LIES otherwise
scentless air. Nor do social reformers
have to worry about young mother
She walks among the underdressed or
fiashily dressed and designedly mother
less females like q Madonna In q fem.
mine wilderness. The young father
proudly pushing the baby carriage IN
Brooklyn may Be Broadway's sorry Jest.
but he n the Nations hope, which ~
more than can DO said Tor the Broad