New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 14, 1922, Page 12

ASKS IMPROVEMENT OF MARRIAGE LAWS Hiss Beale Would Bar Those Mentally and Physically Uniit New legislation regulating the mar- | rluge laws of Connecticut are vo- cated by Miss Cora M. Beaie in her quarterly report submitted to the « rectors of the New Britain Welfare assoclation last evening. Miss Deale, whose work brings her into contact with the so-called “subm ed tenth” of New Britain more so probably than anyone cjge with the exception of the Salvation' Army claims that the Con-! necticut laws are entirely too lax. Marriages of feeble minded and epileptic persons are permitied, she alleges, much to the detrimeng of co- ciety, such unions bringing forth off- spring which are both physicaily and mentally defective, The report reads as follows: To the Directors of the Welfare Association: {y mother didn’t work last we —-it was ‘Chicken Day’, said small 1\|» bert on a recent morning . And while she stayed at home she had the joy of performing a real New Iing: land Thanksgiving dinner, for the| night before when the tiny toddler was cxhibiting the cardbe turkey made at kinderkarten and bigger sis ter was proudly explaining why they should be thankful at this particu'ar time and mother fo't discouraged in-| gtead of full of gratitude.—in came! an unknown friend with a 'nvge bas of good things for tho ho'i Sueh a wonderful dinncr they had, and| there was cnovgh to help out for days afterward. This hanpy mily ! was one of 75 whose names were sup- plied by the W Associat to! churches, clubs, classes and indivi-| duals, The Confidental nge | showed that a'togcther 175 fami.ies | received a Thanksgi irg dinner, I rcnu funds donated for that purpose, dinners were purchascd directly h the Welfare association to the amount | of $45.07. “During the last few months \\'0’ were thankful that the need of n | terfal aid was so caar i In| September it was nccessary to issue only live groce dur'ng Orto- ber the to [ bills siood at zero and in November but seven or- ders went ont. “The reief Lifs on the cxecutive secretaty’s speninl emerpency count amotint to §41,04 for the past two moant During that time $63.10 has comz'in, cither for special relief or was rofinled frgm oans ¢ “As soc'al workers to pos: more " sy X pathy, but a friend!y, understanding spirit along wilh gible ggestions aids greatly toward accor purpose. 4 Drops (n With Her Pap. When an elderiy woman found herseli stianded hore one rainy da she presented herself and a bedrag gied pup at the office door raying, ‘Is this the place I'm looking :or Lvidently it was. She was look for eympathy and necded it sore along with somconc to act as te porary conservator. . In ek many- | hued costume plus her dilapidated hat with which s fused to part even wiile scrubbing the offic: ‘loors in payment for a dinner turn she presented an amusing extr '8 routine, As she plied the mop in “Aunt Sarah Peabody’ “fashion * boasted of her three lus- bands now deceasod, of one especially Whose rcmains were hequeathed to a neighboring university ror seientitie purposcs. No information concern- fng her own home town was orth- goming so when cit 1 and tie town home was sug she proud- ly stated that she not born to end her days in a poor house, A sister was finally located in a nearby fown and the woman and her dog were escorted to the cailroad station, & ticket purchased and the two, not without considerable trout placed together on the train The sister, evidently not at all anxious 1o mreet her, beyond the reach the telephone so the Ramily W s0- eiety of that town was notified of the arrivale and a request sent to have Rer befricnded and prevented from wandering abont ‘he country. Family welfare societies in con- ference on the homeless man or transient problem have fovnd after careful study that local communi | now on. | strict marriage laws has begun. | contemplating marriage to submit to a ! present law, among the poorer classes | less divorce suits, | ties can accompiisn practicany noth- PEA( L B\ XMAS I ing in controlling the eituation until| I the matter s taken care of and ap- [ proached as a state problem Improvement of Marringe YLaws, “IFamily welfare societies » also | deeply interested in the betterment of | the present marriage laws which ase | defeetive and through their poor ad- ministration are the reason for the , establishing of muny families e ! | ought never to exist, to legaliz [ birth of scores of children whe i Lould « the never be horn, *‘John Doc' for a long time has been known to public officials, pri- | vate socicties, churches and - indi- viduals, Several years ago, being in- temperate, shiftless and incompetent, he married a feebln-minded woman. | After three children were neglected, | ill treated and an expense to the | publie, they were committed to the! County home, The couple, being, !man and wife, continued to live to- i gether in squalor and poverty and | brought forth other children-—the man physieally unfitted for father- hood by drink, the mother a (‘IlHllI in mind, trying to bring up a mily. | Always in rags, always in nded of | extra “matetial aid ‘and constant su-| pervision.: Had the couple been re- | quired ‘to undergo a mental and| physical test hefore marriage and a standard of requirement set before ! stich marriage could be allowed, how | mueh suffering, expense, time and energy—all spent for naught-—could be e'iminated. ar stronger Conneeticut mar- Jaws and morve determined en- | forcement o their administration | must soon become effective if the family is to be protected and cher- ishe “Family welfare gocicties. from throughout the state are co-operat- | ing th the Connecticut Tederation of Churches in making the passage of | such laws their principal task from | Committess have been ap- | pointed and the work toward more Correctives Hoped Tor “Some of the specific laws hoped ~A period of at least five B it between the obtaining of | the marriage license and the marriage | ceremaony for every person \\'hr'thor‘ resident or not, the appearance of | both the man and woman to he mar- | ried, where they obtiin the license,| Knuteml of but one as is now the case; and o law against not on'y forbidding | the marrioge of any conple of whom | one is fecbleminded or cpileptie but . also against the granting of their | lincese, wihich would control and pre- rent such moting the present law does not, feebleminded and epileptics | being quite anily ried, Along | with th's wro societies are | of the opinion thet Conneeticut must adopt a law compelling all couples complete physical examination as to theis fitness. The Connecticnt Feder- 1 of Churcies are also of the| same mind and believe that a physical examination for prospective husband ind wives is in the line of progress ond will be included in the coming action of the present campaign., Work- in all the social wellare organizo- right he in Dritain see repeated instances of suffering, physi- cal and moral, of misery untold, of backward children, or diseased and crippled ones, due to the effect of the sure but not alone there, Homes fuxuries abound have also felt the results of marriages which never| wonld have culminated except under | the present lax system. Of far more | importance is u new marrlage law than a divoree law. Improved mar- ricge laws will result in markedly Marriages contract- ed all tyo hastily-on short acquaint- mee with young people ill fitted to ch other, ill fitted to estabiish a amily, ill fitted because of abnormal | physical or mental conditions, must e prevented because of the ills which ure fortheoming in the offspring, must be’ controlled because the ill moting of couples unacquainted w each other's weakn, IIH;z\ and temperaments necessarily result in broken bones and disorganized fami- les. Give Connecticut the right Kind of marriage laws and New Britain as we | as other cities will find its suffering lessened to a marked degree “No hasty suggestions or plins wili be presented by the committees from the eéombined Pamily Welfare Socie- ties and the Conncetient Federation of ‘hurches, but an extended, careful study will be followed from many angies before any legal form is pre- sented for legislation.” You can't afford to overlook the eousibilities of a Herald classified ad I factions in Ireland iy HOPE OF Sinn Fein Faction is Reported as | inting for Settlemegt of Differences Dubiin, Dee, 4.-~(By the Associated | between nu" Press)—Tulk of peace increasingly heard as Christinas time approaches. Action takeh by the new senate of the State Tuesday in appointing a committee to work for the immediate cessation of hostilities had developed some indications that a considerable sction of the reputation party is ling to treat for peace and that the rank and file is moving in that direc- tion, The summoning of all the Sinn IPeinn clubs in Dublin city and county to debate the question was pointed to as a significant. Although the clubs | are composed of both treaty support- | ers and republicans it was the repub- licans who sent out the press notifi- cations for Sunday’'s meeting. The unwillingness of the irregulars to surrender their arms may prove an obstacle to peace. London, Dec. 14.—An Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Dublin says that delegates of the Sinn ein branches in Dublin city and county will confer here Sunday with the ob- Ject of establishing peace. 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