THE FAMILY'S DETRACTORS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 222, 18 September 1940, Page 6

THE FAMILY'S DETRACTORS.

Tfaur correspondent "Mother of Three," discloses an attitii''- on the part of a section of the public . '-\ if • general, would show that degeneracv had reached the point where w e should properly give place to a more virile and decent people. Women who say "How disgusting'*' when a young mother has borne three children in natural succession carry the infamous banner of race suicide. Let "Mother of Three" take heart of grace. For such as her the pride of our manhood are not dying in vain to-day. For her detractors, our men'» deaths are a bitter and useless sacrifice. FATHER OF FIVE. ■ I am a young mother of five children, all under nine years. Cheer up, "Modern Mother,** we can take it. I consider all the young mothers "hard up** or wits' plenty for their babies are streets above all these so-called smart and disgusted ones. I can only clothe and keep ary children dean and try to cultivate in their little minds the right from the wrong, and by doing so I know God will reward us, even though now this generation look the other way. So cheer up, "Modern Mother"; your children will be welcomed when thev can shoulder a gun. DISILLUSIONED.