The day book., May 14, 1914, LAST EDITION, Image 12

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"Well," said he, "I duuno about a
Bullion."5 ' ,
I thinjc that he began to see that
the principle is not the same always.
We must all cease thinking about
these things as similar in principle
to the old things to which ou"r broken
down laws refer. "New occasions
teach new duties." We must cease to
think of any of these classes of men
as to blame We must come to think
of all, from Louis Tikas to John D.
Rockefeller, Jr., as more or less help
less factors in a great web spun by
all of us and by fate, all of whom are
siuned against and sinning.
If we are to save this country from
impending anarchy and civil war, we
must think.
SAFE FOR A WHILE
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"Do you think there will ever be
another Panama canal built?'1
''Not unless somebody builds an
other isthmus."
Wax reef, cypress green, putty color
ana almond are an good colors of tne
moment
SAYS MOTHERHOOD CANT BE
A "SIN"
Dear Day Book: As between Dr.
Dickenson and our gracious and generous-hearted
Jane Whitaker and
their discussion of Vida Hagen and
her babe, it seems to me that in spite
of the learned Dr. Dickenson's pro
posal to give "the other side of the
case," in reality only one side has
been given, as both these ladies treat
ed but one sideof the case, each one
viewing it from her own particular
angle, but both of them tacitly en
dorsing our heartless social creed
that visits the sins of the parents on
unoffending babes.
Here is the other side: According
to God, all motherhood is sacred. Ac
cording to Nature, motherhood can
not be a "sin." - Then, isn't it time
we ceased using such words as "il
legitimate," "nameless" and "bas
tard"? Is any form of abuse more coward
ly and contemptible than that which
we heap upon the head of a defense
less child which came into the world
through no will of its own?
Why do so many mothers abandon
their babes to so-called charitable so
cieties? Is our opinion of woman's nature -
kso low that we can believe thousands
of them incapable of loving their own
offspring?
No, my brothers, that is not the
reason. It is because these poor, de
fenseless sisters of ours shrink from
the brutality and cruelty of a prudish
civilization, which, hypocritically
calling itself Christian, has forgotten
the word of the Master whom it pre
tends to serve, and who said that lit
tle children were ALL "of the King
dom 6f Heaven." He did not say
"Suffer little legitimate children to
come unto me." Sincerely,
Rudolph Bismarck von Liebich.
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You have such flattering mind-picr
tures of the girl who wins a beauty
prize that when you meet her andsee
what she really looks like, you wince,
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