"THE SIN OF CHILDLESSNESS."

Evening Star, Issue 12496, 5 May 1905, Page 3

"THE SIN OF CHILDLESSNESS."

Mr Roosevelt, addressing the Triennial Convention ot the National Congress of Mothers, New York, on March 13 last, said .-

"What true mother would barter her t<xpenenje of joy and sorrow in exchange for a, life of cold selfishness wlrich insists on {x-rpetual amusement and the avoidance of care, and often finds a fit dwelling-place in some flat designed to furnish tile maximum of comfo't and luxury, but in which there is literally no place for children? The man or woman who deliberately foregoes the supreme blessings of children, whether from vieiousness, coldness, shallow-hearted-ness. self-indulgence, or mere, failure to appreciate the difference between all-important and unimportant—why, such a creature merits a contempt as heartily as any that is visited upon the soldier who runs" away in battle, or the man who refuses to work for tbe support of those depending upou him. To tho existence of this type of woman in American life are to be. attributed tbe statistics of dwindling families in some localities and the census of divorGe, which is fairly appalling. Kasy divorce is a bane to any nation. It is a curse to society and a menace to the home, an incitement to married unhappiness and immorality, an evil thing for men, and a. still more hideous evil for women."—-Renter.