THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY, DECEMBER
3, 1937.
Light on Birth Control from Records of 30,000 Women
BETTER WORLD IF THERE WERE FEWER PEOPLE
By Louise Morgan
-Says Profcasor
Professor Raymond Pearl, one of the greatest living authorities on the world's population, is not at all disturbed
by the falling birth rate in democratic countries.
"My Individual opinion," he told me of his West End hotel, "Is that the world's people would be much better off if there were fewer of them.
"The illitaristic caste, however, naturally wish to promote the growth of population for the supply of soldiers."
Results of research into the lives of over 30,000 women will be disclosed in his lectures.
Their complete reproductive life histories were recorded in detall, and their social, economie, educa
M.P.'s Want
Better
Food
Sir John Ganzoni, Chairman)
of the Kitchen Committee, House
Quintuplets Nood
Mother, Declares
Babes' Ex-Nurso
North Bay, Ont. Mme. Louise de Kiriline, former nurse of the Dionne quintuplets, is opposed to their separation from their mother,
Referring to her past career as nurse to the famous babies, Mme. Kirline said in an ad- dreas here that "I came to un- derstand, as I feel certain that their mother does, too, that
has certain rights of the
mother-albelt most in- intentionally could never bring hoppiness."
"Therefore, a reunion of the Dionne family upon a sensible basis, stil under official guar- dianship for the bables, I am emphatically sure is not only the possible, · but might save babies from what tends to be
abnormal most
kind of childhood."
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donal and medical backgrounds as of Commons, has his worries, ROOSEVELT
well.
A generous private grant made the just like thousands of house- work possible. It took five years.wives.
The research workers were doctors, | Ifis kitchen arrangements are not | who were paid a fee for enchi ense-pleaning the "family." 833H the history. Specially trained men and Dally Herald. women supervised the work,
UNIQUE STATISTICS
"One of the chief alms In gather ing this unique body of material," said Professor Pearl, "was to discover to
what extent natural ferillity has been modified by birth control.
"Evidence showed that birth con
Some M.P.' want daintier dishes ...They don't like the way the fish is cooked it always looks and tastes. the same." And you should hear what they say about the vegetables.
What they want is something in the French style with lots of fancy sauces, trimmings an
and secret recipes. Mr. Louis Smith,
| AS WORLD'S
GREATEST LEADER
Columbus, O.
President Roosevelt is the choice
trol methods were a primary factor the Hallam Division of Shefteld, a work to-day and those most likely
in producing class differential fertil- ity, or the large number of births among the poor and the smaller among the rich.
"But birth control is not, es usually alleged, the sole factor, and further researches are planned to discover these other biologieat fac- tors. most of which mysteries to us.
are H
"One of the puzzles causing a good deal of excitement just now is the fall of the birth-rate in highly urbanised and industrialised coun- trics."
ZERO POINT APPROACHING There is considerable evidence, Professor Pearl declared, that zeig point, when births and deaths Just balance, is approaching not only for Individual countries but for the world
at large.
visitor to Continental
coun-
of American high school students of M.F Tory
for current events to lead the 10 most a important persons living in the frequent visi tries where they do fish and vegeta-100
be remembered by historians bles property will be spokesman for 100 years hence, Every Week, na- the the other discontented M.P.s when, tional high school weekly news- he suggests that Sir John send the paper published by the American leading House of Commons chet on Education Press, reveals, - a visit to European cities where they cook food in many, dainty ways.
Mr. Smith explained what is wronų with House of Commons lunches and linners:t's monotonotus, Fishi and vegetables always the sume. Now in other countries, France, instance, they can cook the thing in many different ways to make fook and tagle, better. That's what I'm after, more imagination."
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Ben Ipock, 24, farmhand near Springfield, Mo., fell in love with Mary Los Williams, 21, and wanted to marry her. Suddenly they learned they were brother and sister, orphaned as intants, placed in a county home at Jefferson City and later adopted Into separate families. Then they admitted they had already been secretly married. Their marriage has been annulled.
S'HAI'S
Here is the way American high TRADE AT
school students rated great:
the
1. Franklin D. Roosevelt..
2. Benito Mussolini.
3. Adolf Hitler.
for Ratne
5. Josef Stalin.
4. Charles A. Lindbergh.
8. Albert Einstein..
7. Henry Ford.
1
a. Duke of Windsor. 0. Chiang Kai-shek. 10. King George VI.
MERCY OF JAPAN
(By Earl I. Leaf) - The Firat Commissioner Sir Philip
United Press Staff Correspondent Sassoon also will be asked to consider
Shanghai, Dec. 2. lighting the stained glass windows of
Shanghai business. circles have the Lower House from outside instead of within the Chamber. Many ant 10 were; John L. Lewis, the Duchess that the foreign trade of the world's Closest contenders to the leading suddenly awakened to the realisation frequent complaints have been utter of Windsor, Pope Pius, General third largest port is virtually at the ed privately against the reconstruc- Franco, Mahatma Gandhi, Eleanor merey of the Japanese. ilon of the lightint system.
While greatly improving the gener-heroes of youth as J. Edgar Hoover, of peace within "France has nearly reached that al appearance of
Roosevelt and Madame Chiang. Such
Shanghal is no longer a little basis point," he said, "but there is no fear galleries, it causes glare
the root and
a .clrcle of flames and Admiral but head of the G-men, and on that account that the French
neutral eye-
zone behind the nation will vanish from the earth."
struin to the occupants ol
Richard E. Byrd also received the
Japanese lines. While diplomatic, galleries and tends to accentuate the heavy vote.
military and naval authorities of the Professor Pearl was a student atraditional gloom of the floor of the Compilation of numerical votes International Settlement and French University College under the late House. Karl Pearson 32 years ogo.
Capt. L. F. Plugge (Con. Chatham)
was impossible since some selections Concession concern themselves with will reiterate an old oft-expressed
were made by individuals and others the new political and military status of Shanghai, business men are sit- rievance in demanding the installare classes. tion of a radio set
survey was in the form of
ting up nights trading patterns on one of the com- n
the contest
reached students
wall-paper and figuring out) distribution of world news from Gene
-rooms-especially for the studying current events ∙milice-
and how they can penetrate the ring of Japanese bayonets that surround the and announcements on foreign palley lory in every state. made by statesmen in other
Awards were given to the three port. coun- students whose tries,"
selections most Most foreign traders here believe The arguments hitherto offered nearly matched the general opinion that Shanghai will never regain its against the installation of a radio set The awards went to Margery Ben- former commercial opulence. As range from the claim that it is not on, Columbus,
Edwin soon as the actual hosilities moved Arthur out of range of field artillery and which is not likely to be repeated-Laalls, Milwaukee, third.--United machine guns, various Industries to the suggestion that there room.
Most of his leisure time in London will be spent in musle shops, he told me. He has a unique collection of 10th century music, and his hobby is playing it on the French horn.
Boys Miss Chlorine Doath
Duncan, Okla.
generally dealred-on
argument Jacob,
Goat Mothers Pigs
Cheyenne, Wyo.
no
Press,
and
O.. first: Detrol, second:
Alabama Industry Gains
showed signs of revival, several for- cign vessels came up the Whangpoo
the Shanghai Bund, stores and shops were reopened and other efforts made towards recovery.
River to unload and load cargoes on
A group of boys who pulled hose connections loose from tanks near the city storage, depot here escaped death by a narrów margin, accordingt
Birmingham, Ala. to Chief of Police C. M. Taylor.
Employment rolls at the Tennessee Taylor said the lines connected" το A big brindle goat called "Granite" Coal, Iron & Railroad Company, one However, Shanghai without its tanks of chlorine gas used in the has taken over the job of mothering of Alabama's largest Industrial con- vast hinterland jg
stricken, treatment of sewage, Chlorine Rasa litter of 13 pigs. The goat purses cerns, showed on increase of 37 per paralyzed Shanghai. There will be Is an acrid, suffocating gas used in the suckling pigs and apparently cent. during the seven months of ittle purpose in ships bringing in warfare.
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1937.
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cargo or in mills reopening unless Gome outlet through the Japanese lines is provided whereby goods moy pass into or come from the interior.
The authoritative publication, Finance and Commeree, published in Shanghai, summarises the situation In this manner:
"From the trade point of view, so far as that trade; la concerned with the exchange of goods with the Inland markets, Shanghal is isolated, and Japan is in a position to pre- vent a resumption of commerce on anything like the former scale.
"She can do this without infring- Ing upon any foreign rights, or Interfering in the slightest degree with the Settlement's administration. A certain amount of trade is now be- ing done by bringing produce down the Yangize and unloading it into junks, which carry It round the Chinese boom at Kiangnin, but even this outlet could probably be stopped without much
to atop it exist culty if the desire
who
who
similar
Dssurances
Repeated assurances that Japan has no Intention of interfering with foreign Interests or trade provide little solace to most foreign traders
recalled during the Manchurian Incident in 1031.
An
encouraging factor, how- ever, was the knowledge that Hopel which has been under Japanesa domination for more than a year direct has not yet witnessed any Japanese offort to destroy foreign commerce.
Rattler Chasos Girl Comrer, Alla.
Being chased by an angry rattler was the experience of 17-year-old Florence Steenstra. The angko chased, her down a roadway to ber
hearing home. Her mother,
her cries, ran out and helped to kill the
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