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and fame. And God will surely bestow on the 

 mothers of men a crown of eternal glory for every 

 life added to his empire and domain of deathless 

 eternities. 



The momentous question arises in this busy age 

 of travel and pleasure, when so many seek the luxuri- 

 ous ease of opulence and avoid as far as possible 

 all cares and responsibility, Will the emancipated 

 womanhood of our land deny the law of love and 

 life, written in the heart and conscience of all sen- 

 tient beings, and decline the angelic ministrations of 

 maternity? Will they refuse to join in the economy 

 of God and nature, or leave this high and holy 

 vocation to the ignorant and superstitious of our 

 foreign element? If so, the citizenship of our be- 

 loved nation will degenerate with each succeeding 

 generation. 



Will the modern woman seek social pleasures and 

 the flattery of passing admiration in lieu of home 

 life and maternity, and be satisfied to flutter as a 

 gaudy butterfly of fashion? Will her womanly 

 heart find the prattle of a baby voice and the pres- 

 sure of its chubby hands upon her smiling face, 

 as it crows in her loving arms, a truer, sweeter 

 pleasure than the social triumphs of a few fleeting 

 seasons? A joyous child brings more pleasure to a 

 household than a marble palace with mahogany 

 furniture and an automobile. 



This is the all-important woman question of the 

 future the question of race suicide. For the entrance 

 of woman into all the vocations of business life, 

 the tendency to avoid domestic cares, the laxity of 

 the marriage vows, together with the elimination 

 of homes for boarding houses, and the prevalence of 



