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Parents Have NO I the
Right to Decide on Treat
. ment for Their Children
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
Th* Hearst newspapers have advocated and do advocate the
establishment of a public department of health under the man
agement of the national government.
Th. government and the people of the I’nitcd States, spend
ing millions to tell farmers how to care for young pigs, horses,
chickens and geese, should spend some money telling mothers
nd fathers how to care for their children and. if necessary,
compelling proper care of those that need care.
This wise measure has been opposed by many that do not
understand if. and by many others that have uood reasons for
f< ariug science and intelligent action.
Sono of those that hate the idea of a department of health
are well m-anins’ dreamers, who amuse themselves by saying
that there - no diseas ■ until disease comes. Then they die
or -“nd for a doctor.
Others m il; mom \ by exploiting the diseases, terrors and
...ir."s of hiimanit,' and 'ear the spread ot knowledge.
'me. Hi. so that oppose the public health department is
oh. '' ho writes as follows :
Vn I S|. ak of the gie.it good that
ttv -.'ovo',.>>>'nt does through the
■'epartment« that give '<> the farm
ers information regarding th'- rare
of their tarions anima!.. all of
which is peifeetlt trit' md i gi ■ it
oik. and then of th" lack of in
•rest displayed by the same gov
ernmi-nt in i arinu lor the health
of the children. Rut it does not
«i'tr tn TT.e that the <;t - - are par
tot* —_'a ;se in the i-ac of the
&nl!-ie?-t ; .et .- being dumb brute*,
must take whatever kind of care
is e t en to them without any choice
in tie matter, but when it conies to
a human being he. or she, is abso
In reply to this we beg to say. first, that the public would
not for a moment tolerate a law telling the people to adopt and
submit themselves to treatment by any medical school, allo
pathic or otherwise.
The government does not compel the farmer tn treat his hog
or his cow or his sheep if the farmer does nut want to. The
farmer is allowed to let the animal die.
BI T HE IS NOT ALLOWED TO LET HIS ANIMALS EN
DANGER THE LIVES OF THE \NIMALS OF HIS NEIGH
BORS* HE ISN'T ALLOWED To LET HIS OWN GONOEIT
OR FOOLISH NOTIONS ENDANGER THE PROSPERITY OR
HEALTH OF O THERS.
Similarly. > department of health devoted to the interest of
human h -ings would not compel the adult man or woman Io
adopt any school or treatment.
pint thai department would do in a national wax what the
■\ ;n>d -,i,iir departments of health do now. It would not per
'• ’ "i "kbrai m ii theorist drill ing the existence of disease,*or
■ •■l.-ss, indifferent idiot, tn endanger the lives id' others.
Tin liedth department would say to the citizen:
It it is \diir pleasure Io di" of consumption you may do so.
It yon wish tn die id' smallpox you nun do so; that is your
" 'iiu'-s. Hut von shall not spread nipt ion among others
t ■■ can pi’cii nl it. and you shall not spread the smallpox.
\ d"i>artnieitf of health would give advice, it would prevent
ir .'id ng oi disease. and no sane person could object.
I" I' -.ird n children, we deny the statement of our corre-
I 'Uneiii tba: the parent has the right to treat the children
i l i a- !■• secs til. ind that the choice of medical treat
men! is tin 'iinie as the choice of religious doctrine.
' O'lin *i" Hie right to teach his children whaf religion he
P 1 ' th.-H right is guaranteed 10 him by Ihe constitution.
La'er <in the "Itild can change if it wishes. Meanwhile the fact
'b '! H'e ehdd is i Mohamniedan. an agnostic, an atheist, a Chris
iian Scientist. a < atholic. a Protestant, a Zoroastrian. a Confu
'■inn. a Bnddhisi or what not makes no difference to the general
we| fare.
Religions, unlike diseases, are not catching And if a parent
chooses to inculcate religious doctrines, truthful nr false, that
doesn t do an' harm to the coinmunit'.
With disease and with the practice of medicine if is dif
ferent
Ihe child is entitlei: to th. protection which is offered to it
b_\ the progress of science.
Our correspondent knows that in China, for instance, the
Ignorant natives refuse to he treated when they have the plague.
They die in heaps. and their children die because the' won't let
them be treated.
Does nur correspondent think ii vise to permit human be
ings and children to die in this wav"
On- correspondent is aware of the fact that the Indians,
when they see a child dying, s, nd for the medicine man, This
medicine man weaves his body back and forth in front of the
child, or holds up some ridiculous charm, and sits there plaeidlv
while the child dies or gets well.
Does our correspondent think that the government would be
wise to allow children lo die in this fashion if they had diph
theria. smallpox or other diseas-s that evert both knows require
Bane, scientific treatment
Grown people may die if I hey choose, tliey mat refuse to
*at or wear clothing if the> want to But they can not refuse
to give their children the treatment which the most advanced
science prescribes.
Many parents have contested in the courts the theorv that
II is illegal to allow a child lo die without care, and such parents
have learned to their cost that medicine and religion are two dif
ferent things.
A national bureau of health would he chiefb advisor', an
swprmg questions, spreading information, preventing the spread
o’ ontagiouK diseases And once established, not even the most
crai-kbrained dreamer or the most selfish exploiter of disease
would really advocate discontinuing it,
lutely entitled I" the right to choose
for himself, or herself, what meth
od of treatment lie, or >he, desires,
or in the case, of children, the pa
rents have the right to make this
choice, as we certainly are entitled
to the inalienable right when it
comes to the selection of our medi
cal school as we are in selecting
our religion. And should this de
part inent of health lie established it
would without doubt be run abso
lutely by physicians of the allopath
ic school, and they would have, of
course, I lie medical laws so framed
as to make it impossible for you to
employ a method of treatment that
did not correspond to their views.
The Atlanta Georgian
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ELLA WHEELER WILCOX
Andress Floyd’s Self-Mastery Colony
A t'KRTAIN wman who won
/"A a few precious jewels prizes
one above the others because
it has a special meaning
Il is an old Spanish coat of arms,
and represents self-conquest.
\ chanticleer, in emerald, enamel
and mother of pearl is gripping a
serpent in his claws, and lifting
bls üby colored head ready tn
crow with exultation.
Self-conquest is so much greater
than conquest of circumstances,
power, place, glory or fame.
Some of the worst people of
earth have conquered all these
t Kings.
Only really GREAT souls have
achieved Self-Conquest
Out in New Jersey their is t man
named Andress Floyd.
He has achieved Self-Mastery lo
the extent that he cares now for
nothing on earth save to be helpful
to othci men and to aid them to
this same aehievenient.
Mr. Floyd and his wife have
named their place the Self-Mastery
i'olony. but some people call it
' Hobo Farm. "
Mr Floyd as known success,
money success, position and popu
larity with ihe gay world.
Then he knew failure. and that
put him in touch with every other
failure on earth.
Only Necessary
That He Knows.
Now. the only letter of introduc
tion which is needed to bls Self-
Mastery Colony anil work and
friendship is the knowledge that a
man is t failure, homeless and
f- iendless
Tin n In- c. admitted and given the
hand of friendship and •">>'>■ tack
r set for him tn do.
Hi idea ' that men who have
TUESDAY, JULY 16. 1912.
By ELLA WHEELER WILCOX
(Copyright, 1912, by American-Journal-Examiner.)
lost the work habit must be at
tainted 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 rhe
founder of this colony of Ihe type
of men who come to him
How He Classifies
The Types of Men.
"Young men who are drifting
and homeless come to us from the
charity associations, missions, cler
gymen, Y. M C. A. and interested
friends, and may be classified as
follows:
"First—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 hoy
stranded in the city.
"Fifth—The rich man's son way
ward. estranged from his family
"Sixth—The man discouraged
through domestic troubles.
"Seventh —Men run down physi
cally and mentally needing out
door work.
"Who are the 'guests' at the Self-
Mastery Colony? 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 many tasks
to do and after they onie learn the
road back to labm through this
pleasant path, they either stay a.-
helpers and co-workers or go forth
to take their place among the
w orld r tollers 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. Here it
is:
"Your heart goes out in sympa
thy to the broken man. who. though
the fault is his own. has become a
social outcast. It is with the keen
est regret that you turn him from
your door knowing that he is like
ly to fall into deeper and deeper
desecration. until even health, lib
erty and self-respect are lost to
him. At best, all that you can give
him is temporary assistance food
and 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
foor 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.
I started to open my doors day and
night to this friendless man. who in
his hour of discouragement mut
ters to himself that all men have
turned from him; that all doors are
locked against him; that there can
be no God; that the world's ideals
are dead.
"Then it is thal 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 al! there really is a GOD
whose CHRIST calls out to the
good that live" within his own err
ing hea't calls to him to reclaim
THE HOME PAPER
Winifred Black Writes
—OF—
The Drudge Husband
I* ir T husband is a good man.
\/| He has never said an un
kind word to me since I’ve
been his wife. He is hard working,
devoted, honest, but he is a drudge
—just a plain < very-day drudge,
and he never will be anything else.
"My 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 her own and
one has just gone to Europe on a
pleasure trip and here I am tied
down to the drudge in the same
house we took when we were mar
ried.
"My girls go to a public school
and learn public school ways. I
don’t mind for myself. 1 am not
mercenary, but I do hate to see
my poor daughters grow up in this
miserable rut.
“I simply can't stand it. I have
a chance now to go into business
for myself. It will take me away
from horn’ and I am going to put
my girls in school and 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 pretty home, one draws a
salary, one gets wages, one man
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
tates her so.
Easy To Be Ambitious
For Some One Else.
It is very easy to be ambitious
for some one else. I wonder how
much headway that same woman
would make with the work the
“drudge” does so faithfully and
well
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 hjm? That’s a good way,
isn't it? Why don’t you try an
other ope for a change?
I've seen a very commonplace
man made over into a comparative
success, just by the faith his wife
had In him.
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 bear himself like a
man away from home. It takes
courage and spirit and will power
to fight away up in the world, and
if you take all these things out of
a man 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
ma.y 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
void bargain and make the best
of It? It's good morals, good sense
I he Wonder-Maker
if thou rt cold to Summer's charms.
' Her clouds of green, her starry flowers,
And let this bird, the wandering bird,
Make his fine wonder yours;
lie. hiding in the leaves so green.
When sampling this fair world of ours.
< ries < 'uekoo.'' clear; and. like Lot‘s wife.
I look, though it should end my life.
W hen I can hear that charmed one's voice,
■ I taste of immortality;
My joy 's so great that on my heart
Doth lie eternity.
As light as any little flower—
So strong a wonder works m me;
‘Cuckoo!" he cries, and fills my soul
.With all that's rich and beautiful.
Bv WINIFRED BLACK
and good religion, nothing else MU
do at an.
Yopr 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, 3
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 true, every one of
them.
Forget all this "higher ideal”
twaddle; stop thinking of the au
tomobile we can’t get and go to
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 Put
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—s
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
corners 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 a
chance. Forget your dreams and
your ambitions, forget everything
but the drudge and the children
The drudge who stood by you tn
your hour of agony, the drudge who
would cut off his hand at the wrist
to make you and the children hap
py.
Come, 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 fatigue
and the good rest to relieve It. Life
with its tears and its laughter—for
you can’t spare either of these twin
sisters and really live. Dive 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 the
school of a happy and an honest
home.