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Little Talks by
Beatrice Fairfax
The other day Miss Julia Lathrop,
head of the Children's Bureau,
Washington, D. C., made a plea to
five one-third of those doomed three
undred thousand babies that die
nnually in the United States of pre
ventable diseases.
The war has taught us the value
of the future soldiers, so this year
■wo are going to be extremely lore
lianded and save a third of the
babies we have been letting die on
account of defective feeding, ignor
ance of the simplest hygiene, and
£ little necessary care.
If we are lucky we shall save
100,000 and let only 200,000 perish, j
Herod might regard our record a j
little enviously. With our own, wc
have done the work more thorough-;
ly than he did among the ancient
3s>raelites. There is no way of tell
ing what our happy-go-lucky policy
lias cost us in the way of useful
citizens, or what supreme message
t'( humanity may not have been
silenced in the last wail of one of
these little ones.
Out of Darkness. Tjiglit
"Out of darkness, light!" Another
year may teach f(s the price we are
raying for this reckless expenditure i
of child life. A few more drives on'
the western front, with its awful toll 1
of life, may turn our attention to.
that which —without cynicism—lJ
eliall call our great baby scrap heap.
Next year we may attempt to;
nave another hundred thousand lit - i
tie lives. We may keep on reclaim- J
ing our sacrificed innocents till our!
mortality list from preventable d!s-!
eases no longer cries to Heaven.
In that millennial state of i (fairs;
we shall have clean milk stations in!
every city of the country, we shall!
have an adequate corps of physi-'
cians that will diagnose and checkl
at the start those ailments that;
have such a dread record, and every!
mother will lie taught how to care!
for her baby not the way her i
grandmother did—but in accordance |
with the latest developments of in- i
fant welfare.
We will now regard the reverse j
of the infant mortality medal. We
have in this country between eight
End nine million women engaged in
gainful occupations. I have no sta-'
tistios at hand in regard to the pro- j
portion that marry and become j
mothers, but perhaps it is not too
much to say that half of them live'
and die spinsters. This is as un
happy and shortsighted a policy as;
our disregard of those 300,000 doom
ed infants.
We are as reckless in regard toj
our native-born population as we I
have been in regard to our timber)
or coal lands. We hire statisticians
who draw up for us appalling fig
ures. but we keep right on with the
same bid wasteful policy.
We Object to Facing Facts
We seem to have a curious re-;
pugnance to facing facts, particu- ■
larly in the case of the self-support
ing spinster. If she doesn't marry
we have a feeling that it is more
"delicate" to leave her to her fate.
We don't come out frankly, the
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| VHtt* THE ) WAS jivst f ' 1 WoH YOU TO \EVTHIb DR."bMITW- I !
way the French do, and discuss mar- |
riage and maternity insurance, with i
regard to the state. We do not say |
this woman has sufficient intelli-1
srence to be economically indepen-,
dent, she is neither a parasite nor a i
waster; we don't realize we must j
look to this kind of mother in ourj
business of carrying on the state.
Xo, we watch her go to work and
we watch her come home again,;
year after year, and we never lift!
a finger to secure for her the home
she deserves i>nd the children that
the state needs.
But our Puritanical silence seems, j
at least, to be broken. The Ameri-j
can Association for Labor Legisla-1
tion has begun to discuss a mater-:
nity insurance modeled along the
lines that the French adopted years j
ago.
All Pay Envelopes Contribute
We shall take the case of a fac- j
tory, department store, or aggre- j
gate of teachers, or any other unitj
of mon and women engaged in gam-1
ful occupation. An infinitesimal j
amount is regularly collected from
all pay envelopes, which is turned
into a maternity insurance fund. j
With this 'slight provision assured
there is naturally an increase in the
number of marriages, among the em- \
ployes of that particular unit. Bear;
in mind that everyone is taxed from
the beginning of his or her employ- j
ntent, the fund increasing automati- i
cally with every payday.
The benefit is payable to insured
women or the wives of insured men. i
and it is equal to the regular sick,
benefit of the insured. Eight weeks
leave is granted, six weeks of which I
must be subsequent to the birth of
the child. The fund covers all birth i
costs, proper medical and surgical [
attention and all necessary appli-l
ances.
The French have followed mater
nity insurance with a creche or day
nursery system that is far superior
to anvthing we have in this coun
try. This is the next reform to
which we must turn our attention,
day homes where children may be;
comfortably and scientifically cared j
for. while the parents are down
town earning a living.
Slie Wants to Marry a Rich Man
"But I don't want to work after 1
am married," a girl wrote to me
the other day. "I intend to marry a
rich man." Please let me say, these j
letters, on the subject of the self
supporting married woman, are not,
addressed to this thrifty young lady
or her class. They are intended for|
that great army of workers thatj
singly cannot afford to marry, and;
in the face of bitter economical con
ditions, are forced, both of them, to
work, or to remain single. •
As a nation we have too long;
overlooked this class, we have let it
die out when we needed its pluck. I
its grit, its stamina in the great j
American melting pot. But we in- j
.end to reform, not only in regard)
to the working men and women,
but also with respect to those three |
hundred thousand doomed babies. j
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A SERIAL OF YOUTH ANI) ROMANCE
By VIRGINIA VAN DE WATER
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CHAPTER Xlil
Copyright, 1918, by Star Company
There were so many things the
matter that Cynthia scarcely knew
how to reply to her aunt's question.
But, first and greatest of all, was
her own djsinclination to marry for
a long while yet. She could not
speak of that, although she must
say something.
"IT—l —had not thought of marry
ing so soon," she stammered, "There
are others besides myself to be con
sulted, Dora's marriage is the main
thing. I would not want to inter
fere with that. Then—of course,
Gerald might not think well of the
idea."
"Excuse me if I set aside that last
objection," Mrs. Livingstone said.
"It is not the man's place to set the
date for a wedding. It is the bride's
prerogative. As to Dora, she will
see the advantages of my plan."
"What are they?" Dora asked
with disconcerting promptness.
Mrs. Livingstone hesitated. She
had a card she had held to the last
—a card whose playing would move
Cynthia, although it might not have
any effect on Dora. Still, she ad
dressed Dora. Common decency de
manded that she should not make
her main argument to the person to
whom it would appeal most strongly.
"Dora." she added, "you seem to
ignore the great expense that your
wedding will be. Cynthia's wedding
following upon yours will be an
other strain on your father's purse.
While he is only too glad to meet
both of these obligations—and roy
ally, as he does all such things—
it would lessen the expense if he
had to pay for a double wedding,
instead of for two separate ones."
"How?" Dora demanded, her
cheeks flushing as she noted her
cousin's pained embarrassment.
"Think for a moment, child," her
mother urged. "There is the price
of the caterer, for instance. One
supper would do for both affairs.
The same music would serve for
both: the church would cost no more
for two brides than for one. Of
course the trousseau would cost the
same in each case. Your uncle tells
me that Cynthia wishes to supply
her own trousseau—though he
would be glad to do that too' He
is so generous that his wishes should
receive all consideration." .
An Vnplcasant Conversation
She did not know that, as she
spoke, a mental picture presented
itself to her daughter. Dore saw
herself as the wife of Milton Van
Saun watching Cynthia being mar
ried to Gerald Stewart. Perhaps
she might even have to act as ma
tron of honor. She could not and
would not stand it. After all, a
double wedding would be less nerve
racking. If the thing jjiust be gone
through with, it might be well to
have both weddings at once. That
would give her, Dora, less time to
brood on the second ceremony.
"All right," she said, suddenly.
So far as I am concerned, go ahead
and do as you please."
The tone was not sullen, but it
was hard. Yet the mother appeared
not to notice it.
"That's a good child," she ap- I
proved. "I knew you would listen
to reason. And, of course, you
agree to the plan, Cynthia, my
dear?"
Cynthia stood up. She felt as If
she could sit still no longer.
"I do not want to seem obstinate.
Aunt Amanda." Sh'e spoke with an
effort. "But may I have a few days
in which to think of it?"
"Why?" Mrs. Livingstone's eyes
were cold and critical. "Are not
the reasons 1 used in talking to Dora
plain to you?"
"Yes, they are," Cynthia acknowl
edged. "In fact, they are so plain
that I do not feel that I can let my
uncle go to such expense on my ac
count. I do not want him to pay
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for my wedding. 1 am sure that
when 1 explain the position to Ger
ald he will agree with me."
Mrs. Livingstone, too, arose and
faced her niece.
"Cynthia," she protested, "do not
let your foolish notions make you
ungrateful. Your realization of
what your uncle is doing for you
ought to move you to consider his
wishes."
"Mother!" Dora exclaimed. "For
pity's sake don't remind Cynthia of
benefits received, and which she
could not help receiving. That is
cruel."
Her Uncle Stciis in
Cynthia turned to her with an af
fectionate gesture. "Dora, dear,"
she said, her eyes softening as they
rested on her cousin's agitated
countenance, "never mind! Don't
worry. I have been and still am
under deep obligations to uncle. But
can't you see that is just the reason
I cannot allow him to give me a
handsome wedding—especially now
that Aunt Amanda calls my atten
tion to the heavy strain it will be
upon him? 1 cannot accept it!"
She started nervously as the door
opened and Stephen Livingstone en
tered.
"Hallo! Is anything wrong?" he
queried, glancing from his wife to
his daughter and niece. "What's the
trouble?"
Mrs. Livingstone hesitated for a
minute. Then, as neither of the
girls spoke, she assumed her most
dignified manner.
"I was just telling the girls,
Stephen, about our plans for the
wedding," she explained. "Dora
agrees to them; Cynthia does not."
"Mother!" Dora again interfered.
"Explain why she does not. Father,
it is because mother called her at
tention to what her marriage will
cost you."
"Be quiet!" Stephen Livingstone
ordered. "This is a matter that Is
between Cynthia and me. I have
already told her that I expect to
pay for her weddins, and I mean
to do so. If I want you girls to
have a double wedding. I am ;;ure
she Will agree to that also. I wish
to discuss the matter no further.
Cynthia owes a certain obedience to
me, as her mother's brother. Am
I not right, my dear?" to the trem
bling girl.
"I—l —would like to have a little
time to decide—please," Cynthia
began, when a knock at the door
checked her.
(To He Continued.)
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Walter Johnson Emmens, 210
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Radio School, College Station, Texas,
yesterday. He was voluntarily in
ducted into service. Emmens was
employed by the State Highway De
partment.
TO CONFER K. OF P. DEGREE
Initiation ceremonies will be in
in charge of C. Tt. Patterson, degree
master, Saturday evening, when the
degree team of Bayard Lodge No.
150, Knights of Pythias, will go to
Duneannon to confer the third de
gree upon a class of delegates.
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