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! Parents Have NOT the I
Right to Decide on Treat
ment for Their Children
»> l» It
They Can Decide as They Please on the Child 's Religion, Not on
the Care of the Child's Body. That Is a. Matter for the Gen
eral Wisdom and Science to Decide.
The Hearst newspapers have ad vacated and do advocate the
establishment of a public department of health under the man
agement of the national •rovernment.
The onvernment and the people of the I nited States, spend
ing millions to tel) farmers how to care for young pigs, horses,
chickens and geese, should spend some money (idling mothers
and fathers how to earc for their children and. it necessary,
compelling proper care of those that need care.
This wise measure has been opposed hv many that do not
understand it. am! by many others that have good reasons for
fearing science and intelligent action.
Some of those that hate the'idea of a department of health
arc well meaning dreamers, who amuse themselves by saying
that there - int discus- until disease conn’s. Then the\ die
or send for a doctor.
• t.liers make money l>v exploiting the diseases, terrors and
sorrows of humanitv and fear the spread ol knowledge.
Among these that oppose (die public health department, is
om -who write- ns follows:
You siHHk of ih<‘ srr.-o Hood Ibil
the g<>v« > nimnl does through the
departments that give to the fiirm
ers infot fruition regarding the rare
of tlwtr various animal. . all of
which is perfectl\ true ind a great
work, and th< n of the la. k of in
terest displaced b.\ the saute got
erntnen' in faring lot file health
of the children But it does not
seem to me that the eases are par
aliel. because in the case of the
s.niin.il- the' being dumb bt me.-,
must Ink' whatever kind of ril r"
is given to them without any choice
In the matter, but when it < mixes to
a human being he. or she, : abs.i
lit reply to this we beg to say. first, that the public would
not for h moment tolerate a law telling the people to adopt and
submit themselves to treatment by any medical school, allo
pathic or otherwise.
'l'he government does not compel the farmer to treat Ins ho?
or his cow or his sheep if the farmer does not want to. The
farmer is allowed to let the animal die.
BI T HE IS NOT ALLOWED TO LET Ills ANIMALS EN
DANGER THE LIVES OE THE \NIMALS OE IHS NEIGH
BORS. HE ISN’T ALLOWED To LET Ills OWN CONCEIT
OR EOOLISH NOTIONS ENDANGER THE PROSPERITY OR
HEALTH OE OTHER'S.
Similarly, a department of health devoted to the interest of
human beings would not compel the adult man or woman to
adopt an.v school or treatment.
But that department would do in a national way tvhat the
city and state departments of health do now. Il would not per
mit the crack brained theorist denying the existence of disease, or
111. careless, indifferent idiot, L> endanger the lives of others.
I’he health department would say to the citizen:
II it is toiir pleasure to die of consumption you mat do so.
It you wish to die of smallpox you mat do so; that is your
business. But you shall not spread consumption among others
if we can prevent it. and you shall not spread Ihe smallpox. "
A department of health would give advice, it would prevent
the spreading of disease, am] no sane person could object.
lii regard io children, we deny the statement of our corre
spondent that the parent has the right Io treat lhe children
medieallv as lie secs lit, and that lhe choice of medical treat
men! is tin same as the choice of religious doctrine.
A man li.is lhe right to teach his children what religion he
pleases that right is guaranteed to him hy the constitution.
Later on lie child can change if it wishes Meanwhile the fact
that the child is a Mohauinn <ia n. an agnostic, an atheist, a Chris
tian Scientist. a t'atholic, a Protestant, a Zoroastrian. a Confu
cian. a Buddhist or what not makes no difference to the general I
welfare
Religions, unlike diseases. are not catching Ami if a parent
choose-, to inculcate religious doctrines, truthful or false, that
dm sn 1 do any harm to the eommunitv.
Wilh disease ami with the practice of medicine it is dif
ferent
lhe child - entitled lo th protection which is offered to if
bv the progress of seicilci
Our correspondent knows Dial in ('lnna, for instance, the
ignorant natives refuse 1., h, Heated when they have the plague.
The.v die in heaps, and their •hihlren die because the.v won’t let
them be treated
Doe< onr correspondent thmk H wi- to permit human be
ings and children to die in this way’
Our correspondent is awar. of th. i’aet that the Indians,
when tiny see a child dying, send lor the medicine man. This
medicine man weaves his body back and forth in front of the
child, or holds up some ridiculous eharm, .and sits there placid!'
while the child dies or ?ets well
Does our correspondent think that tin government would be
wise to allow children lo dm in this fashion if (hex had diph
t.h p ria. smallpox or othgi diseasi - that cvervbodv knows require
garm. scientific treatment
Grown people max die if t hex choose, the.v max refuse to
cat nr wear clothing if thev want to But llmv can not refuse
to give their children the treatment which the most advanced
science prescribes.
Many parents have contested iti the courts the theorv that
1’ s illegal to allow .1 child to die without care, and such parents
havi learned t'> iheir <-->si that medicine and religion are two dif
b’-cr' t tongs.
A national buri an of health would be chiefly advisor' , an
‘"’fiHß questions spreading information, preventing lhe spread
of contagious diseases And once established, not r-ven the most
■ oraim-d dreamer or th< most s.dfish exploiter of disease
v.ou'd really advocate discontinuing it, '
lutely entitled to the l ight to choose
f',i himself oi herself. «hat meth
od of t I'l.'ilmi nt he. or -he, desires.
11l- in till' ease of children. Ihe pa
rents have the right to make tills
eh'di'e as w< certainly arc entitled
to the Inalienable right when it
come., to the selection of our medi
cal school as ue ate in selecting
om religion. Anil should this de
part nient of health he pst ilillshed II
would without doubt be run abso
lutely b.\ phy-icians of the allopatb
lc school, and they yyoulil have, of
course, the medical laws so framed
as to make it impossible for you to
employ- a method of treatment that
did tmt correspond to their views.
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FELLA/WHEELER WILCOX
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Andress Floyd’s Self-Mastery Colony
By ELLA WHEELER WILCOX
(Copyright. 1912. by American-Journal-Examiner.)
A i’IvRTAIN woman who won
a few previous jewels prizes
one above the others because
it has a special meaning.
It is an old Spanish eoat of arms,
ami represents self-conquest
A chantieleer, in emerald, enamel
i and mother of pearl is gripping a
serpent in his claws, and lifting
his ruby colored head ready to
crow with exultation.
Seif-conquest is so much greater
than conquest <>f circumstances,
power place glorv or fame.
Some of the worst people of
earth b:t\v ■ onquered all these
things
i»nl) reap) GREAT son « have
achieved St If-Conquest.
< mt in Xrw Je sey there i« a man
named Andreys Floyd
He has achieved Self-Mastery to
the extent that he cares now for
nothing on - a''th save to bo helpful
to other men and to aid them to
this saim achievement
Mr. .Floyd and bis wife have
named theit place the Self-Master)
Colon'. but some people tail It
Hobo Farm."
Mr Floyd has known success,
money success, position and popu
larity with the gay world.
Then he knew failure, and that
put him in touch with every other
i failure on earth.
Only Necessary
That He Knows.
Now. the only letter of Introduc
tion which is needed to his Self-
Mastery Colon) and work and
friendship is the knowledge that a
man is a failure, homeless and
f’ (endless.
Then he is admitted and given the
hand of friendship and some task
i ; .ft for. him to do
His idr-i i that meti who hare
Tl ESDAY. JULY 16. 1912.
lost the work habit must be at
tracted back, not driven, and. un
like the business man who asks for
all sorts of references when an ap
plicant comes for work. Mr. Floyd
asks nothing and gives much.
Here is a little classification
which has been given by the
founder of this colon) of the type
of men who come to him
How He Classifies
The Types of Men.
"Young nun who are drifting
and homeless come to us from the
charity associations, missions, cler
gymen. Y. M. <’ A. and interested
friends, and may be classified as
follows:
"Hirst —The man unable to find
immediate employment.
"Second- The man in middle
life who has lost his business.
"Third—The Intemperate man
trying to control himself
"Fourth The country boy
stranded in the city
"Fifth- The rich man's son. way
ward. estranged from his f imilc
"Sixth—The man discouraged
through domestic troubles.
Seventh Men run down physi
cally and mentalh. needing out
door work.
Who are the guest at the Self
Master) I'o’ony? Men of educa
tion and refinement, who have fail
ed in business and can not get a
job. men driven to the gutter by
liquor or cocaine or morphine; men
rendered desperate and despond
ent by domestic infelicity: men
from whose characters have drib
bled the last grains of sand, the
last atom of pluck."
These men are given man) tasks
to do and after they on< e learn the
road back to labot through this
pleasant path, they either stay as
helpers and co-workers, or go forth
to take their place among the
world's toilers again.
Such a work as Mr. Floyd is do
ing needs co-operation.
He has issued a call to all phil
anthropic people who long to be of
assistance to humanity Hete it
is:
"Your heart goes out in sympa
thy to the broken man. who, though
the fault is his own, lias become a
social outcast, it is with the keen
est regret that you tutn him from
'.our door knowing that he is dke-
I) to fall into deeper and deeper
desperation, until even health, lib
erty tmk .-, If-respect are lost to
him. At best, all that you can give
him is temporary assistance—food
ami money—when his real need is
a higher and better viewpoint of
life.
"For years I have been convinced
that to give this so-called derelict
four and shelter was not enough
for under this man's forbidding ex
terior I find there dwells some one's
son. brother or father, who has lost
that which he can least afford to
lose— his ideals.
Opens His Door When
All Others are Locked.
Firmly held by this conviction.
1 started to open my doors day and
night to this friendless man. who ip
his bom of discouragement mut
ters to himself that all men have
turned from him; that all doors are
locked against him; that there can
he no God; that the world's ideals
are dead.
"Then it is that I would have him
know of the Self-Mastery Colony,
where the aim is toward the ideal
the ideal of human service—where
no doors are locked against him.
where no man turns from him. and
that after all there really is a GOD
whose CHRIST calls out to the
good that lives within his own err
ing heart - calls to him to reclaim
himself."
THE HOME PAPER
Winifred Black Writes
—OF—
The Drudge Husband
Bv WINIFRED BLACK.
GA f v husband is a good man.
\/| He has nevei said an un-
A kind word to me since I've
been his wife. H<‘ is hard working,
devoted, honest, but he is a drudge
—just a plain every-day drudge,
and he never will be anything else.
“Mv school girl companions who
married when I did have gone on
and on with their husbands. One
of them has an automobile, one has
a beautiful home of h< t own and
one has just gone to Kurope on a
pleasure trip and here 1 ant tied
down to the drudge in the same
tjou«o we took tvhen we were mar
ried.
"My girls go to a public school
and learn public school ways. 1
don't mind for myself. 1 am not
ilercenary. but I do hate to see
pty poor daughters grow up in this
miserable rm.
"I simply can’t stand it. I have
a chance now to go into business
for myself It wilt take me away
from home and I am going to put
trrv girls in school anti go. wouldn t
you ?”
Nice confidential letter, isn't it?
And the worst of it is that it Is
miserably, undeniably true, every
single word of it. and then some
more.
I know a dozen just such cases.
They differ in particulars—one man
has a prett? home, one draws a
salary, one gets wages, one man x
has girls to support, one has boys,
and one has only his wife, who de
spises him for being what she loves
to call a "drudge." It is sad, isn’t
it ?
And yet. somehow. I always won
der how much better the woman
who prides herself on her "ambi
tion" is than the drudge who irri
tjates her so.
Easy To Be Ambitious
For Some One Else.
it is very easy to he ambitious
for some one else. I wonder how
much headway that same woman
would make with the work the
"drudge" does so faithfully and
w ell.
What does your husband have to
make him "ambitious." dear wom
an? How do you help him. pray
tell? By nagging him and making
fun of him? That’s a good way.
isn't it? Why don’t you try an
othei one for a change?
f’ve seen avert commonplace
man made over into a comparative
success, just by the faith his wife
had in hi m.
Have you tried believing in the
drudge to see what that would do?
You can't nag a man at home and
expect him to beat himself like a
man away from home. It takes
courage and spirit and will power
to fight away pp in the world, and
if you take all these things out of
a tnan before he leaves the house,
what weapons has he to make the
fight?
"Ambitious!" How do you know
whether he’s ambitious or not?
What do you call ambition, any
way? The wish to get rich?
Fine noble work that is. isn't it?
Selling' the body and the soul and
the heart and the mind to leave
a fine monument and a rich wid
ow? It’s all well enough to live to
get rich, but why make yourself
believe that you have "high ideals"
just because you want an automo
bile and want the drudge to get it,
some way. any way. only get It?
Don't be too sure that you are so
much cleverer and so much finer in
every way than the drudge. He
may have his own ideas on the sub
ject even though he does not think
it necessary to nag you about them.
Stick to Your Bargain;
Make the Best of It.
What shall you do? Why. what
in the name of common sense is
there for you to do but to stick to
your bargain and make the best
of it. It s good morals, good sense
—
The Wonder-Maker
■ *DME. if thou rt cold to Summer's charms.
Her clouds of green, her starry flowers,
And lot this bird, the wandering bird,
Make his fine wonder yours;
He. hiding in the leaves so green.
When sampling I his fair world of ours.
< rics Cuckoo,” clear; ami. like Lot 's wife.
I look, though it should end my life.
When I can hear that charmed one's voice,
I taste of immortality ;
My joy's so great that on my heart
Doth lie eternity.
\s light as any little flnwer—
So strong a wonder works in me;
Cuckoo I he cries, and fills my soul
With all that's rich and beautiful,
and good religion, nothing else will
do at all.
Your children! What do you ex
pect to make of your children if
you run away from their father
because he doesn't "get on ?”
I'd rather give my children their
start in life in a happy home, a
home where there's love and trust,
and faith, and courage, and pa
tience. and nobility of heart, than
to send them to the finest school
on earth and pay for that schooling
in the bitter coin of estrangement
from all that really counts.
You can get “schooling" in the
books—lots of it—and books come
cheap in this day. You can’t learn
patience, and love and truth, and
forbearance in any book In the
world but the good old book of life,
and home is the very best place to
study that.
Here’s today—fresh. hopeful.
wide-awake today, splendid today,
glorious today—full of promise, full
of possibilities; let's make those
promises come tgue, every one of
them.
Forget all this "higher ideal”
twaddle; stop thinking of the au
tomobile we can't get and go tn
work —here—in the place where we
belong, in our own home, with our
own children and the man who
loves them.
Get the poor drudge the best
breakfast you can buy with the
money you have to spend; serve It
as prettily as possible, with a smile,
too. that counts—oh. how’ much
does it count!
Put. your heart In the coffee Pit*
your brain into those biscuits send
your little girls off to school with
the "common" children with an
"uncommon" song in their happy
hearts.
It takes so little to do that- »
new joke, a little story, a word of
extra praise. When they come
home be waiting for them. You.
yourself—not the woman with the
cornets of her mouth drawn down,
the one they've seen at the door so
often: not the woman who is mad
because she hasn't any automobile,
not the woman who is sick with
envy because she can’t go to Eu;
rope, but YOU. the mother they
love and understand, the mother
they idolize.
Give Him a Good Dinner
And With a Smile, Too.
At night surprise the drudge with
a good dinner, a really good din
ner, Give him a smile with it, and
the same look you had when you
thought he was the One Great man
of the earth. Why, even the office
boy will notice a different set to
the shoulders of the "drudge" when
he gets to work tomorrow, the set
of the shoulders of a man who is
loved and looked up to and believed
in. Maybe he will cease to be »
drudge.
Give him a chance; give him »
chance. Forget your dreams and
your ambitions, forget everything
but the drudge and the children
The drudge who stood by you in
your hour of agony, the drudge who
would cut off his hand at the wrist
to make you and the children hap
py.
t'ome. come, my dear, life is with
you. good, wholesome, sensible, lus
ty. kindly, generous, simple life —
life with its thirsts and the drink
to slake them, life with Its fatigu*
and the good rest to relieve ft. Life
with its tears and its laughter—for
you can’t spare either of these twin
sisters and really live. Live every
minute of it. with your heart and
your brain and your soul, and win
the right to the glory of it every
minute you breathe
And peace go with you. you and
the good, kind drudge, who may no’
be such a drudge after all if you
give him a chance, and the chil
dren who will rise up and call you
blessed, as they would never learn
to do in any school except th*
school of a happy and an honert
home.