A RABBIT WITH FIVE LEGS AND SIX FEET 

 Through the kindness of Mr. B. J. Livermore of Newark Valley, N. V., I am permitted to 

 report an interesting anomaly belonging to his collection. The rabbit shown in the photograph 

 was captured when not more than three or four weeks old, and sent to Mr. Livermore who pre- 

 pared its skin. There were several other young rabbits in the litter, all of them normal. There 

 was an extra right hind leg, while the one in the normal jiosition had a bifid foot. In view of the 

 nature of the deformity it is unfortunate that it was not possible to determine its transmissibility. 

 —Dr. F. E. Chidestcri Department of Zoology, West \irginia University. (P~ig. 17.) 



THE DAWN 



A farmer showed me a calf, and the 

 point of his hopes and ambitions con- 

 cerning it centered more in its parents 

 than the Httle, milky-nosed creature 

 itself. He spoke with enthusiasm of 

 its dam's varied virtues and its sire's 

 bovine grandeur of girth and constitu- 

 tion, hoping that the little bull would 

 develop these good points and better 

 his havage in his progeny. 



Why do we not love our unborn as 

 well as stockraisers and those who 

 labour at new onions and potatoes.^ 

 Surely the child is as important as 

 the horse he will ride, or the beef and 

 \egetables he will consume. 



Let our hearts grow a little hotter 

 for the boys and girls to be; let theiu 

 share our dreams with the sheep and 

 the sweet-pea of the future. Let us 

 think upon them oftener, that when 

 they come we can trust them to be 

 wiser than ourselves; that wluti thc\- 



' Eden IMiillpotts— .A Shadow Passes. 



OF EUGENICS 



have donned their flesh and we ha\e 

 doffed our own, they may look liack 

 and know that, despite our limitations, 

 we loved them. The foreglow of such a 

 hope is upon the horizon, but, curiously 

 enough, the religious resent it. Yet 

 eugenics must brighten into a good 

 dawn presently.' 



No doubt there are some people 

 who belie\e that all marriages are 

 made in heaven, so that human judg- 

 ment is excluded, but few people who 

 face this question at all will deny the 

 need of higher standards of responsi- 

 bility in relation to marriage. Will any 

 deny the right of the child to be born 

 of normal, healthy parents, or the 

 right of young men and women to 

 a\-oi(l disease. deformitN", or hereditary 

 defects, so that they ma\- look forwartl 

 to normal, lu-altln- children.'' 



