78 THE RIGHT TO BE WELL BORN 



riages as the mustang on the prairies. 

 Knowledge comes too late; they spend the 

 rest of their lives in tears and regrets. 



Don't forget how often, on a moonless 

 night, a stray Tom-cat from another block 

 meets a young Tabby on your back fence, 

 and awakens the whole block with her pain- 

 ful cat-a-wails, and his joyous cat-a-balls, 

 as they announce to the world that their 

 happy marriage is one of love at first sight. 

 The old shoes, tumblers and angry words, 

 which you and your neighbors fling at them, 

 have no effect, — they are so madly in love ! 

 Pause ! Is this not a fair example of some 

 of the thoughtless marriages of today? 



EVILS OF LABOE UNIONS. 



Today, we hear on all sides complaints 

 as to our help, that help of today cannot do 

 as much work as the help of 30 or 40 years 

 ago; that they are not as healthy or as 

 strong. The Labor Unions, today, recog- 

 nize this fact and demand that the healthy 

 vigorous laboring man must not do as 

 much work as his physical and mental pow- 

 ers will allow him to do, as it would reflect 



