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2 THE JIOHXIXG OEEGOXIAJf, THURSDAY, AUGUST 10. 1916." EUGENIC UVV IS . PROVED FAILURE Physical Examination Is Said to Accomplish Little, if Any, Good Purpose. INTENT OF ACT EVADED oeQoeeoooooe&ooooeooeoficooooooeocftoooooooooooQo If ffllMIIiii (ipl J. X (BY GERTRUDE F. CORBETT OOOOOOOOOOOOOD O OOOOOOOOOCOOOOOOOOO OCOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOO o o o o " 1 A' Kleasnre Drives Couples to Vancou ver and County looses Revenue, While Casual Tests Are Held of Iiittle Value. "What does the Oregon marriage law. known popularly, though erroneously, as a eugenic act, accomplish? Very little of that intended by its passage, is the answer of Multnomah County. , ' It was designed to curb the marriage In this state of some of the physically unfit at least so far as the husband was concerned. Has it done so? Ask this question of Portland physicians, preachers, judges and marriage license bureau officials, and the invariable an swer is in the negative. "Why?" "Vancouver." is the emphatic reply. While the presence of a sister state without a similar law' does nullify most of the beneficial Intent of the act. it is not the sole reason for the law's failure. Superficial physical ex aminations provide another means by which the Intent of the law is evaded. "H'm, unscrupulous physicians, eh?" comments the Average Citizen. Not at all. True, there may be a few such, but the fault lies in the law. It provides that the fee of a physician making the required examination shall not exceed $2.50. It is impossible, say doctors, to make a thorough, scientific examination for that price. And ab solute freedom from venereal disease cannot be determined without such ait examination. Real Testa Expensive. We can't get started on a real test for $2.50, commented a leading Port land specialist yesterday. "About- all we could do would be to wish the ap plicant good luck and happiness. Se riously. a thorough test would cost six times that amount. An exhaustive lo cal test would cost $10. and the blood test the only method of detecting the presence of the most dreaded disease when it is not in an acute stage would cost $5 more." "Even then, we would need the co operation of the patient," he continued. "'A single drink of whisky would nul lify the result of the blood test. The tests would not be conclusive without the aotlve desire of the applicant to as eist the work." A third reason for the impracticabil Ity of the law lies in its application to men alone. If the real purpose sought by the law is to be neared, it must ap ply to both sexes. Both parties to the marriage ceremony should produce certificates of health. To repeat, what does this hygenic law actually accomplish? It adds about $3.50 to the cost of the County alone approximately $4500 a year in license fees. It causes physi cians to make mental reservations when, after a casual examination, they sign the blank certifying "that from said examination I found said appli cant to be free from contagious or in fectious venereal disease." As to the additional cost: The law provides that all charges of any physi cian making the examination and is suing the certificate shall not exceed $2.50. The intent of the law was that the $2.50 would cover all expense of the examination. It may in some in stances. The general practice of physi clans, however, is to charge a fee of $2.50 for the examination and then to refer the applicant to a notary publio to have it witnessed and sworn to. That means an additional notarial fee of from 60 cents to $1. Business Cut In Half. The marriage license business of Multnomah County has been cut in two by the law, Vancouver and other near by Washington towns reaping the profit. The mental reservations of physicians are necessary for the reason that few can conscientiously sign the medical certificate declaring the applicant's freedom from venereal disease, without an examination demanding a mucn higher fee than provided by law. The law, which general opinion con cedes has failed in practice, reads as follows: General Laws of Oregon for 3JH3, chapter 1ST: "An act to require medical certificate a additional requisite to issuance ol marriasre license." Sec 1. That before, any County Clerk In this state shall Issue a marriage license the applicant therefor shall file with the Cleric from whom such license Is sought ai certificate from a physician duly authorised to practice medicine within the state, .made tinder oath, within 10 days from the date of filing; the same, showing; that the male person thus seeking; to enter the marriage relation is free from contagious or infec tious venereal disease. Sec 2. Any physician who shall know lnfrly and willfully make any false state ment in any certificate issued, as herein provided, shall be punished by tne revoca tion of his license to practloe his profession within the state. 6ec. 3. All fees and charges of any physi cian making; the necessary examination of and issuing; the necessary certificate to any one party, as herein provided, shall not exceed the sum of $?.50i Sec. 4. The county physicians of the sev- eral counties shall, upon request, mak tho necessary examination and Issue sue certificate. If tho same can properlv Is sued, without charge to the applicant. If T AN impressive and beautiful ceremony last night Mies Una Linehan, daughter of Mrs. H. R. Linehan, became the bride of Dr. E. Nelson Allen, D. D-, pastor of the Hol lywood Presbyterian Church, near, Los Angeles. The marriage was sol emnized in the home of the bride's sis ter, Mrs. IJoyd Smith, of Mountain boulevard. The rooms were elaborately deco rated in palms and choice roses, tiger lilies and other garden flowers. The Rev. Frank DeWitt Findley officiated. The only attendant was little Bar bara Jane Smith, the 6-year-old daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Smith. She was an attractive picture in a dainty French frock of pink and white and carried Cecil Brunner roses. The bride was pretty in a gown of white embroidered net, with long, filmy veil depending from a wreath of orange blossoms. Her shower bouquet was of lilies of the valley and white pond lilies. . Mrs. Lloyd Smith wore a becoming gown of pink silk apliqued with velvet. Mrs. J. Harvey Johnson was attired in apricot brocaded satin. Mrs. Linehan was charming in black lace and chif fon over white satin. Other relatives and guests were beautifully gowned. Atter a supper Dr. and Mrs. Allen de parted for their- home in California. Dr. Allen is a graduate of the Uni versity of New York City and of Co lumbia University. He also attended Lebanon College in Tennessee. The bride is a gifted musician, a graduate of the American Conserva tory of Music, Chicago. She has been soloist and director of choirs in some of Portland's largest churches. She also is prominently identified with the MacDowell Club, having been one of Its charter members. She is socially popular and will -be missed by her friends in Portland. Dr. Allen former ly was pastor of Hawthorne Park Presbyterian Church, of Portland. SEATTLE GIRL WHOSE ENGAGEMENT TO PORTLAND MAN IS ANNOUNCED. . - indigent. CITY TO KEEPJTS PARKS Tracts on Highway Will Not Be Given to County. The city will keep Benson Park and other parks along Columbia River Highway. On motion of Commissioner Baker, the Council yesterday discon tinued all proceedings started recently looking to tho transfer of the parks to the county. The purpose of the transfer was to enable the county to improve and main tain the parks. Inasmuch as the city at present is without funds. So many ob stacles have appeared that Mr. Baker has decided the city should remain in control of the parks. An approaching wedding of interest. to take place next Wednesday, will be that of Miss Ruby Shearer, formerly primary supervisor of the Portland public schools, and J. Sloan Brennan, business man of this city, formerly of County Monaghan, Ireland. The marriage will be solemnized at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Shearer. Miss Shearer has made a success of her school work and also has been greatly in demand as a lecturer. Mr. Brennan was an Importer until the war made a change in his business affairs necessary. He is member of a representative old Irish family. ... Miss Constance Taylor has set next Monday as the day for her marriage to William. Cass. The engagement v announced recently at a luncheon giv en by Mrs. C. Oehler. sister of the bride-elect, who entertained at the University Club. Mrs. Jonah B. Wise will entertain on Thursday. August 17, In compliment to Miss Stella Wolfe, bride-elect. ... Miss Lila Sengstake and. Fred Young will be married on Wednesday of next week. Miss Arline Botsford, a cousin, will be maid of honor. The bridesmaids will be Miss Elizabeth Cowden. of Sil verton; Miss Norma Redman. Miss Jane Knox. Miss Marjorie Maguire, Miss Mabel Korell and Miss Florence Norvel. Katherine and Elizabeth Dearborn, of Corvallis, will be attendants and Cord Sengstake, Jr.. will be his brother's attendant. Rev. John II- Boyd, will officiate. a a . Mrs. L. E. Hooker and sons, Richard and Morgan, are guests of Mrs. C. L. Reineman and Mrs. B. L. Stanford, of Ladd's Addition. . . Mrs. J. Sherman O'Gorman is visit ing Dr. and Mrs. Trommald (nee Thora Poulsen) at Bay Ocean for a fortnight. Miss Edith St. Clair Johnson, a pop ular belle of Bellingham. Wash- is the house guest of Miss Claresa I. Cand lish. Extensive plans are being made for her entertainment while in Port land. Mrs. M. H. Clark and her twin sons, John and James, left on Saturday for a visit with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. J. w . Gray, at Halfway, Or., and a month's camping in the Blue Mount ains with a sister, Mrs, W. B. Robin buu, whdso nusoawi is superintendent of one of the Eastern Oregon mines. ... Klamath Falls, Or., Aug. 8. (Spe cial.) Miss Elsie Hazel rem. of this city, and Professor Charles J. William son, of Salem, Or., were married here yesterday at the bride's home in the presence of only the bride's family and bridegroom's parents. The cere mony was performed by Rev. Ernest C. Richards, pastor of Grace M. E. Church of this city. The bride Is the daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Horatio Orem. of this city, and is a graduate of Klamath County High School and Oregon Agri cultural College. Mr. Williamson is an instructor in the High School at Salem. Or. The couple left immediately after the ceremony for Salem, where they will reside. Mrs. A. King Wilson entertained yes terday at Wilsonia in compliment to Mrs. George Cleland. Mrs. Ella Peart and Mrs. Julian Francis Gracey. A few friends were guests at luncheon. Society folk who want to be sure of good seats for "Veda- the Vampire" are reserving the loges now for tho parties they will have next week at the Majestic. So great will be the rush at the last moment, it is anti cipated. that an effort is being made by members of the People's Institute to interest all who wish reserved space to speak in advance. Among those who so far have re served loges are Colonel and Mrs. H. C. Cabell. Mrs. E. C. Shevlin, Mrs. A. E. Rockey, Mrs. George Reed. Mrs. J. G. Edwards. Miss Failing. Mrs. Helen Ladd Corbett, Mrs. Henry Ladd Cor bett. Mrs. Elliott Corbett. Miss Bar bark Bartlett will come from Neah- kah-nie for the event. Miss Helen Ladd will come up from Seaview, Wash., and Miss Lucius Allen Lewis from Ecola. The greater the sales the greater will be the sum that will go to the in stitute. The splendid work done by the People's Institute and the diligence of the young people who participated in the making of the film makes the production one of wide interest. Mrs. George Reed will give a dinner party on Monday and, will take her pnip;te to " orti-- pTtr tne recast. I r-N 1 v I- -A ih i X " ; x ill From Seattle has come the announcement of the engagement of Miss Garnet Marie Swartzbaugh, of that city, to Frank George Waterhouse. of Port land. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Munroa Swarts baugh, and the bridegroom-to-be is a. business man here. suppose almost anything Is, after all. only what we make it." "In what way can money be an en lightenment?" queried the Woman-From- Across- the-Street. "I was thinking of Susan Herkness," said Mother. "Her sister died, you know, and left her quite a lot of money. She Is a different woman." "Most of us would be under those circumstances. If I had a lot of money, I would show you a very different sort of person from what I am." "But," objected mother, "she could have been this sort of person all along if she had only known it- It isn't the actual money that has made her dif ferent, but the lifting of the dread of poverty. She was fairly obsessed with the idea of making ends meet." - "That's a bit of work that sometimes takes about all that is in one." "That is the way Susan took it. "She was always thinking and planning and contriving how to save a little or make a little. She would never read. Tou never saw a book or magazine about the home. She would never go to a concert or a picture show. She would never take any trips. She just lived in a little world of economy." "Probably she had to." "But lots of the things she Is now doing really do not cost a cent. It Is simply that she has let go of the Idea that was shutting her in to such a small realm. She gets books from the public library and she goes to the free art exhibits and open-air concerts a-nd such things. She is beginning to see a lot more in life than she knew about before. That s why I say money can be enlightenment. Just the possession of money has so eased up her thought about living that she s beginning to realize how big and wonderlul lire Is. If she lost every cent now, she'd never go back to the old. narrow circle again. Money to her has been a great deal more than the possession of mere ma terial things, though she has bought a lot of furniture and clothes. It has broadened life for her. "Chat's why I say she is a different woman. She's just really beginning to live." I wouldn t mind in the least having a little of the life principle injected into me in that fashion," said the Woman-From-Across-The-Street. "Life is here," smiled Mother, "as big as the whole universe. In Susan's case, money opened her eyes to it. But she could have seen all the time as she is seeing now, if she'd only known it. So why wait for something that may never come to help us enjoy what is already here?" "I think," said the Woman-From-Across-the-Street, "I'll go home and study out what is already mine with out money and then go forth and pos sess it." "Do." advised Mother. "Tou'll find you have got a far more delightful world to live in than your present one." lBlllllllllSilllllSSIBIIie3iKKsSiiie3MllllG31111Il Si 191 K. T. C F. Go. 8 8 8 "On Thursday I receive my friends, I've nothing else to-do." T TO make-believe refreshments good I i milk , and Kellogg's Toasted Corn f M 8 Flakes. Children love to share things they like best with their chums. You always, hear them shout "Goodie!" when they get a big dish of Kellogg's. Packed Waxtite Look for this signature. the Si S l!lgJP Imitations come and go! They change' their name. They change their form. Some do both. Kellogg's the Original Toasted Corn Flakes remain as original as ever light, and dainty, appetizing in fla vor with a melting crispness on the tongue, '. when she has outgrown Astoria. The busy life she leads at her fisheries leaves little time for study so che prac tices at her work. Other fishers have declared that she lures the Msh by the power of her voice and while the theory is generally accepted as a myth. It is nevertheless true that the singer In her boat is more than usually successful. Miss Kennedy came to Skamokawa with her parents from Olympia about two years ago. Until that time there had been no need of her doing any thing but devoting her attention to the cultivation of her voice. Already she had attracted much favorable atten tion and predictions were ripe of spectacular career. But the family met with reverses and moved to Skamo kawa where for a time it appeared that Margaret would be obliged to discon tinue her studying. But in addition to a voice she had a determination to succeed. The little town offered little in the way of re munerative occupation but she had a strong physique and determined not to be idle. Others were crawfishing on a large scale and -although no woman had ever done it she decided that there was no reason why it could not be done. She procured a small boat and some bait and went to work in Sep tember of 1915. She set her traps along the banks of the Columbia River and awaited developments. Each morning she dons her overalls and rubber boots and rows, out to pull In her catch. She has found no diffi culty In creating a demand for all she can supply, and while she has necome by no means affluent she has at least been able to meet the expenses of a musical education and save a little for study on a larger scale. T - r - . T- T LI WOMEN WrtOLaEAD The Vay- by Marie Dille Margaret Crawfish TfISS MARGARET KESSEDT, XVX only woman crawflsher By .Mrs EAJa&lker. TRIP EXPENSES REFUSED Council Won't Give SSOO for Mr. Coffin's Safety First Journey. Appropriation of 300 by the City Council to pay the expenses of H. P. Coffin, chairman of the Public Safety Commission, on a trip to various East ern cities to attend Safety First meet ings was refused yesterday by the Council. Request had been made for appro priation of the money from a fund of $500 given the Safety Commission by the Council the first .of his year. Snapshots BYBflRBiSRABaYD. Mother Fhllosophlxes on the Enlighten ment of Money. "l.TONET is great enlightener, lYX . isn't ltT meditated Mother. "I don't know," objected the Woman-From-Across-the-Street. "Seems to me some people who have money are the most narrow, hide-bound people im aginable. They think that just because they are wealthy they are superior to everybody else. I do not call that enlightenment." Perhaps, then. Z bad better say money can be a great .nligatynmeat. I Kennedy The Prima Donna. the on the Columbia River, is known in her home town of Skamokawa, Washing ton, as the Crawfish Prima Donna. Her fame has now reached far down among the villages and towns along the river and whether it -will spread into the rest of the world depends entirely upon he number of crawfishes she catches. At her present rate of suc cess her friends declare that it will not be long until the rest of the world has heard of the singer of Skamokawa, not as a crawflsher but as a musician. Twenty-three dozen crawrisn repre sent one trip to Astoria. 20 miles away, and one vocal lesson there. This is the sole object of ner work. The craw fish are sold in the restaurants of As toria at 20 cents a dozen and she aver ages about 130 a month at her fishing. Unusually successful weeks she has sometimes realized J 12. At the less fortunate times she has made no more than 3 in a week. Three dollars of each week's fishing cays for her lesson in Astoria and 1.50 pays her fare there. The remainedr of her earnings go to swell the little store of money from which she will con- Unue her musical studies in the East Grandmother Rabbit'. Story. LITTLE Patty Rabbit sat looking at her story book with a- very dis satisfied look on her face. "Why. Patty dear, what is the mat ter? You look as If you did not like the pictures or stories in your book," said Grandmother Rabbit. T-e-s." said Patty Rabbit. "I like it sometimes, but I get tired reading all the time about Peter Rabbit and Jackie Rabbit and Beanie Rabbit and looking at their pictures. I should like so much to read a story about a little girl Rab bit. "Don't little girl rabbits ever do any thing that would make a good story. Grandmother? "Of course, they do, my dear. Didn't I ever tell you about Susie Rabbit that ate her doll?" asked Grandmother Rabbit. "Oh. Grandmother, do tell It to tne!" said Patty Rabbit. Grandmother Rabbit sat down on the steps of Patty's house and took her knitting out of a bag and as she knit she told the story of Susie Rabbit, who ate her doll. "Once upon a time," said Grand mother Rabbit, "there lived a little girl Rabbit named Susie. Uer father and mother were poor, and they did not live as you do, where they could get plenty of food, and she didn't have a book with pictures in it. either. "Susie Robbit never had anything to play with. She was lucky if she had enough to eat. "But one day Susie Rabbit saw little girl with a doll going through tne woods where she lived and ran home to her mother and cried for a dolL Her mother couldn't get her a doll because they did not live near a store, and If they had she did not have any money to buy one; so Susie cried and cried, and when her father came home she was still crying. " 'What Is the matter with Susie? he asked, and Susie's mother told him she wanted a dolL " After Susie was in bed that night her mother said to her father: I have thought of something; we can make Susie a dolL' " "How can wo make a doll?" asked Susie's father, looking surprised that his wife should suggest such a thing. " 'I'll tell you,, said Susie mother. you go over to the garden at the farmhouse over the hill and get me a big carrot and a head of nice crisp lettuce and I will show you how I can make a doll. "So away ran Susie's father and got the carrot and the lettuce and brought them home. Then Susie's mother cut the top of the carrot for a head and made the eyes and the mouth and the nose with ink; the doll didn't have any hands, and then she made a pretty dress of the lettuce with a ruffled skirt, which was long, so it did not matter If the doll did not have any feet. "She made a cape of one lettuce leaf and a little bonnet from a small leaf; the clothes were fastened on with little sticks which Susie's father whittled from twigs. "There! I think that looks nice. said Susie's mother, holding It up. for Her husband to see. " Tt looks nice enough to eat. said Susie's father, smacking his mouth. Susie's mother sprinkled the doll with water, so it would keep fresh and put It by Susie's bed. Tn the morning when she awoke she saw it the first thing. 'Oh, I have got doll! I have got a doll!" she cried laughing and running to her mother with the doll clasped In her arms. "Susie played with the doll for a while, but. as I told you. Susie did not have nice things to eat as you do, and whole carrot and a head of lettuce all for herself was something new to poor little Susie Rabbit, so after a wh she just niooiea & on oi tne cape andthen she nibbled ona ruffle. " 1 guess she will look just as well If she had only one ruffle on her skirt,' said Susie, so she ate one leaf of let tuce. "After a white she ate the bonnet. and by and by she ate the other ruffle and the cape. "A doll without a dress isn t any use. said susie. so sne ate tne carrot. and that was the end of Susie Rabbit's doll." "Oh. grandmother: that was was lovely story." said Patty. "I think that Is good enough to print in & book. Won't you have it printed? Please do, I know lots of little folks would like to read about a girl Rabbit as well as about Peter and Jackie and other boy Rabbits." So Grandmother Rabbit did as Patty Rabbit asked and that is the way you happened to read this story. CCoDTTllEht. !!, by the MoClur. N papu Syndicate. New fork City.) & Get the Round Package Used for Yl Century. Ask For and GET Read The Oresronlan classified ads. 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