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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. 1IEDFORD, OREGON, , THURSDAY, JUNE 2, 1932.
Mothers Reassured by
Dr. Brady's Exposure of
"Marking" Superstition
BJ Dr. William Brady
To tfc physlclsn human Uf is an
InseruUbl mjratery only In Ita be
ginning. Th tndlng oJ Ufa doe
not Impress him ao much, provided
It cornea to a natural end. No ona in
th fulnaaa of Tear envisages death
mora eaJtnlv and philosophically than
tha phvelclan who haa In countleaa
caaaa witnessed and aided tha launch
ing of new Uvea. Birth and death;
tha beginning and the end. Haa ever
a aermon ao deeply atlrroa tha aoul.
tha awe or tha Inner raverenoa of the
nan aa thli miracle of the coming
Into tha world of a new human life?
It may ba true in tha atateaman'a
aente that all men ar created equal.
It la not true In the broader aenae
Too many children are born defective.
nhv.iosJlv defect ve. terribly ana
eomatlmee bopelesely handicapped. :
am referring now to congenital ef'
facta, aa phyalclana call them. Con
renltal meana almply that the con.
Mien la preaent When the child la
born and haa no other aignmoance,
They a familiar enough to every
body and wa need not name them
her. They happen In every family.
WAhnrfv u too aood. too rich, too
atrong, or too healthy to bear a child
with audi a defect. It It the eternal
doom of lata, and that'a all wa know
about It.
A fair eeneral knowledge of em.
bryology enablea one to understand
how theaa congenital defecta happen
altho we cannot underatand why they
happen. We know, for example, that
so-called hare lip (a cleft or notch
in tha upper lip) la due to a ceesa
tlon or delay In the natural process
of development of the atructurea in
volved; every human being haa "hare
lip" and cleft palate anl varioua oin
ar potential defecta prior to birth.
Where knowledge or underaUndlng
la lacking, auperatltlon la rampant
Ona of tha crueleet auperatltlona pre
vailing among tha Ignorant and the
misinformed la that Of "maraing
tha unborn child, fiuch an elemen
tary knowledge of embryology aa
very schoolboy or achoolglrl ahould
have completely diapelj thla auper
atltlon, for the Ingenioua or fanciful
explanation offered for "marking" be
eomea too abaurd when considered in
the light of auch knowledge.
I aay thla auperatltlon la cruel be
cause It causes much needlesa anx
iety and worry for expeotsnt mothera
at a time when they ahould be cheer
ful and happy. Unquestionably the
effect of this emotion, fear, anxiety
or worry, la Injurloue to anybody
health, and the prospective mother
and her unborn child ar not Im
mune, On of the main reasons why the
incident or circumstance to which
the "marking" Is ascribed by the In
evitable old harpy fall to lmpreaa
Mi enlightened mind la the Incon
gruity of the explanation tha ma
ternal Impression occur at the
wrong time, either too long before or
too long after the development pause
or abnormality. Then beside, the
tales fabricated by these vicious gos
sips are too far fetched and the
manifestations In th ohlld too hazy
In character to aatlsfy a aenalbl per
son ven tho he have no knowledge
of embryology.
t single Instance will suffice to Il
lustrate the general run of caaaa of
alleged "marking." A child had con
genital "clubfoot." The parents were
on farm. Th explanation th
neighborhood flahwlf broadcast waa
plaualbl enough to the Ignorant; She
pointed out that the mother had ren
dered firat aid to her husband when
he apralnad his ankle In the fleU one
day two weeks prior to th baby'a
birth. But this explanation waa not
so good In view of th fact that th
defect showed a cessation or delay in
th development of th foot dating
back at least two months. That Is to
say th defctlv foot had developed
normally up to th eeventh or eighth
month of prenatal Uf and then for
acme reason that nobody knowa the
process of development in that foot
had been Interrupted or retarded.
Th wonderful part of It la that auch
Interruption or delay In th growth
processes occurs so rarely. Every hu
man being la "club-footed" berore
birth.
be remedied by plastic surgery If the
operation Is done In early Infancy.
The concept of maternal, parental
Impreaalona aa applied to mental or
emotional effects upon the unborn
child, tiju even less to commend It
than haa the fancy of physical mark
ing. What artistic, cultural or other
treads, talent or gift either the
mother or th father may have, aa
well as sny vicious traits either may
have, are as likely to be Inherited by
offsprings aa Is the personal appear
ance, or the type of stature, or form
of parents, but any such Influence
upon the unborn Is determined many
years tefor th advent of the llttl
stranger and th mental, emotional
or spiritual Uf or experlenc of th
prospective mother in th oompara
tlvely short period of her expectancy
has practically nothing to do with the
quoetlon of th child' disposition,
talents or traits.
Search scientific medical literature
ss minutely aa you wish and call to
the" witness stand all the authorities
tha country and you will not dis
cover tangible support for the Idiotic
notion that a mental or emotional
shock suffered by the prospective
mother sffects the mental or emo
tional integrity of her child.
At any rate, let us give the little
stranger a fair break, and the best
way to do that Is by keeping the
prospective mother In a happy, cheer'
ful frame of mind. If she has enough
brains there Is no reason why she
should permit the superstition of
"marking" to give her a moment's
anxiety.
(Copyright John F. Dllle Co.)
SALEM, Ore.. June a. (AP) W. O.
Campaigns for the speakership of th
nous or representatives and for sen.
at presidency of the 1938 legislative
aeaslon were already under way In
the capital city, although many of the
seats in both houses are yet to be
decided In th general election.
Three-way fights loom In each houae
and re-election of tho leaders of both
houses at the laat seiislon were being
sought.
Prank Lonergan, speaker of the
house at the last session, is again
being urged to run for presiding of
ficer. Earl Snell of Arlington la
candidate, aa Is Herbert Gordon of
Portland.
In tha senate friends of Wlllard L.
Marks are urging the Albany senator
to submit his name for re-election
a president of the upper house.
Fred Kiddle of La Orande, promi
nent Eastern Oregon senator, la like
wise high In consideration, and Sena
tor Sam Brown of Marlon county haa
also been mentioned ss a candidate.
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SALBM, Ore., June a. (APyJ-W. B.
Clark, 47, who ahot himself through
the heart In hla hotel room . here
yesterday, was Identified today as
William Dennlaon Clark, who for the
past quarter of a century haa been
shouldering the aole responsibility
for th defeat of the Michigan unl
veralty football team by Chicago a
to 0 In 1005.
Clark had been at the hotel for
aeveral daya and went to his room
about 10:30 o'clock Monday night.
He had been drinking, the elevator
man told th coroner who found
about two plnta of alcohol In hla
rooma.
Denny Clark. Michigan alumni
and football fans recall, made a mis
take In the 100ft game In attempting
to mak a safety In order to bring
the ball Into play further down th
field, but was thrown for a touch
Thar I no question more difficult i bark, causing Michigan to las Its
to answer than this one, which con
front me every little while: A young
mother's first born haa had some
such congenital defect. She la now
looking forward to th birth of her
second child and ah aska whether
th second child la likely to hare th
am defect.
Th truth Is thst any child born
to any parent may have a congenital
defect. Lightning sometimes does
strike twice In the same place. The
second child la aa likely to have a
congenital defect aa la any child ever
born, But how to answer th expec
ant mother'a question ao that ahe
may hav the greatest assurance
Any Injury or aever ahock Impairs
th xpeetant mother'a health quite
a much aa It would If aha were not
preparing for the coming of a baby.
But It Is absurd to Imagine that trif
ling Incident, which ordinarily would
not seriously affect th woman, as
sume grave proportions and causa
dreadful ooruequenoes if ah happens
to b looking forward to th visit of
a llttl atranger. It la absurd to Ima-
gin that casual mental Impressions
of th mother can altar or control
th Inexorable ways of nature in the
growth and development of th child.
It would be more reasonabl to fancy
surprising a neighbor pet anak aun-
nlng himself under our lawn awing
would caus you and m to grow
reie or a forked tongue.
Aa I write thla there comes an In
quiry from a girl who waa born with
cleft palate and harelip, which ahe
attribute to th 111 health of her
mother (of course hr mother's health
or 111 health had nothing to do with
It) and now ah contemplate marry
ing but h salutes for fear any children
bom to hr may hav the same de
lect. She aya trier had been no oth
er Instance af-lt In her mother' fam
ily aa far back as they hare been able
to trace. It this girl marries and haa
children her children ait no more
likely to have such a defect than are
your children or mine or anybody
else . Even If a child has hare lip or
slept palate or both, the delect ma
first gams In several seasons.
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JACKSONVILLE, June n.(SpD
vommencement exercises wer held
for th Jacksonville high school grad
uating class at the local gymnasium
Thursday evening. Nine students
graduated.
Diplomas wer presented Oeorg
Brown. Robert Forbe. Mnlcom Jone,
Marlon 8mlth. George Nunn. Barbara
Durham, Louis Johnson, Lula Mete
gar and Margaret Norveii, clasa offi
cer were; President, Louise John
son; vice-president. Lula Metrgar;
gar; secretary-treasurer. Oeo. Nunn.
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Seagulls Aiding
Farmers' Battle
Against Crickets
POCATELLO. Idsho. Jun 1
(AP) Sesgulls, which turned back
the graashopper peat that threat
ened th Mormon pioneer' crops
Vie year after their arrival In the
great Salt Lake valley in 1848, to
day cam to th aid of farmera
battling a cricket horde In the Ty
hee section nesr here. They ar
rived In Increasing numbers from
the American Fall reservoir and
Immediately fell upon the Insect.
Nature also lent her assistance
with cold rains and lowering tem
peraturea, which quieted the
movemente of the grasshoppera.
Publisher's Wife
Burned To Death
OLTMTIA, Wuh., June 8. (AP)
Mri. Pearl H, Vaughn, wife of Chat.
It. Vaughn, publisher of the Oakvllle
Orulaer, waa burned to death early
today when trapped by flamee which
destroyed their home and newspaper
plant at Oakvllle, In southeastern
Oraya Harbor county.
Forest Too Wet for Lesson
BEND, Ore., June 3. (AP) Be
cause Instructors were unable to start
forest fires In the ralnd renewed Fall
rlrer country, the opening of the
1033 fire guard training school of the
Deschutes national forest haa been
postponed. The course was to have
opened today,
Bandits Release Captive
W AS H I NOTON, June 3. (AP)
The release of Captain Charles Baker,
Oakland, Cal., man who waa captured
by Chinese band Its in the Yangtze
river near Hankow, January 10, was
reported to the state department to
day by Consul General Adams at
Hankow.
E6
Announcing their annual spring
fiesta, which opens here Monday,
members of the Hlllah Temple Shrine
Patrol today made known their plans
to have the Worth sm Shows, well
known carnival company, in the city
for six days, opening hers June 6.
Th carnival "city" will be located
at the Pacific and Eastern railway
grounds on East Main street, Just
across Bear creek bridge. The troupe
will arrlv here Sunday night from
Redding. Calif., In special trains, com
posed of thirty double length cars,
according to Tobe D. McFaxland, ad
vance man and purchasing agent for
the Wortham company.
Committee for the grand fiesta of
June has been announced aa Paul B.
Rynnlng, Albert fi. Peasley.'Rex Bur
nett, jack porter, E. 0. "Jerry" Je
rome, and Herb Grey,
Mr. McFarland, who Is making his
headquarters at the Jackson hotel
here, is busy this week purchasing
food supplies, animal feeds, needed
repair supplies for the carnival equip
ment, and miscellaneous Items nec
essary to carry on the operations of
the miniature village to be located
here six days.
The personnel of the company Is i
made up of 500 people, who assist In j
moving the show, and carrying on the
twenty divisions of the carnival. Nu-!
msroua riding devices, known aa the i
Urgest transported, will be set up at
the carnival grounds, and the vari
ous lectures, aide-shows and collec
tion of freak animals are expected to
Induce hundreds of valley people to
visit the big show being sponsored
by the Shrine.
The patrol is bringing the carnival
here to raise funds for the trip to
the shrine convention In San Fran'
Cisco next month.
Root Protocol
Achieves Favor
WASHINGTON, June 3 (AP) A
favorable report on the Root proto
col for American adherence to the
world court was laid before the sen
ate today by its foreign relations
committee. The report waa submit
ted by Senators Walsh (D., Mont.)
and Feas (R., Ohio), but no effort
was made to reach an agreement
for Itc consideration.
Agile Aged Lady
Succumbs at 102
ONTARIO, Ore., June J. (AP)
Mrs. Elizabeth A. Doty, 103, who had
celebrated her laat ten birthdays by
running a footrace, is dead. Rheu
matism and an attack of la grippe
brought on her death Sunday. Each
birthday ahe demonstrated her agil
ity by racing around her house with
guesta at her birthday celebration.
States Parade
Features Oregon
Oregon la to be featured In the
General Motors "Parade of the Statea"
radio program Monday evening from
6:30 to 9 p. m. (P. 8. T.) over sta
tions WEAF and NBC coast to coast
network, according to the programs
received In Medford.
Acquire Bank
MARSHFIELD, Ore.. June 1 .
(AP) Tme Security bank of Myrtle
Point today acquired the Bank of
Myrtle Point, with deposits of C121,
985. A. C. Schramm, state banking
examiner, aided in the transfer.
Aviatrix Trips
Light Fantastic
In Royal Arms
LONDON, June 3 (AP) Mrs.
Amelia Earhart Putnam, the first
woman to fly the Atlantic, proved
her prowess on a ballroom dance
floor laat night. She was one of the
most popular guests at a hospital
charity ball.
Mrs. Putnam agreed today ahe
"had a great time."
She waa escorted to the table of
the Prince of Wales, and after talk
lng pleaaantly for a few moments,
the couple swung away on the dance
floor. I
So pleased with the filer's dancing '
waa the prince that twice again he
asked Mrs. Putnam for dances.
The blonde aviatrix waa attired in
a most becoming evening dress of
green.
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Portland Sells
Big Jim Moore
of the club. Moore left at onoe for
Newark ci the International league.
He came here from the Philadelphia
Athletics this season but went Into
PORTLAND. Ore., June 3. (AP) batting slump.
Sal of Jim Moorfl. bin outfielder for "
tha Portlsnd Besvers. waa announced Portrait of distinction. The I
last night by Tom Turner, president leys. opp. Holly theater.
Pierce's Hothouse Tomatoes can
now be had at your grocers. Re
member they are vine ripened.
TO LAST REWARD
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore., June 3.
(AP) Major Watson Overton, cou
rier for the United States army at
the time of the Modoc Indian war,
died here last night.
When he was 14 years old. Major
Overton became a courier for the
army and carried the newa of the
massacre of settlers In the Tule Lake
country at the start of the Modoc
war. Following the wars he tdr ma
jor drove the stage between Klamath
Falls, then Ltnkvllle, and Ager, Cal.
He was Instrumental In having a
poetoffloe located at Topsy In the
Klamath canyon southwest of here.
Forty years ago he took up a home
stead on the Klamath river, and later
moved to Gold Beach.
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