February, 1026 Twenty Cents BIRTH CONTROL Fewer Children Better Born HAVELOCK ELLIS: BII H. L. Mencken John Haynes Holmes Raymond Pearl Franklzn H Giddings and others THE AMER Headquarters 104 FUTH AVENUE, NEW YORK CITY Telephones Chelsea 8901 2 34 OFFICERS MARGARET SANGER Prendent MRS FRANCES B ACKERMANN Treotursr MRS LEWIS L DELAFIELD Vtce Prersdent MR J NOAH H SLEE Asrtatant Treasurer MRS JULIET BARRETT RURLEE Vwe-Pverdent ANNE KENNEDY Ezecuttvs Secretory BOARD OF DIRECTORS MRS RICHARD BILLINGS REV WILLIAM H GARTH MRS F ROBERTSON-JONES MRS DEXTER BLAGDEN MRS THOMAS N HEPBURN BENJAMIN TILTON, M D MRS GEORGE H DAY, Sn ANNIE G PORRITT JOHN C VAUGHAN, M D NATIONAL COUNCIL CLERGYMEN Rev Ernest Caldlcot, N Y Rabbl Rudolph I Coffee, Ph D ,Calif Rabbl Sidney E Goldstem, N Y Rabbl Louls Mann, Ill Rev Phdlp Frlck, N Y Rev L Grlswold Wdhams, Pa Rev Karl Redand, N Y SCIENTISTS Dean Thyrsa W Amos, Pa E C Llndeman, Ph D, N Y Walter B Pltkln, Ph D ,N Y Leon J Cole, Ph D ,WM C C Llttle, D Sc ,Mlch Horatio M Pollock, PhD ,N Y Ph D ,Mass Wdllam MeDougall, Ph D ,Mass Lotbrop Stoddard, Ph D ,Mars Edward M East, B S J E W Wdm, PhD ,Ohlo Frankhn H G~ddmgs,PhD ,N Y Jam- G Needham, Ph D ,N Y John B Watson, PhD ,N Y Samuel J Holmes, PhD ,Callf Wm F Ogburn, Ph D, N Y Walter F W~llcox,Ph D ,N Y Roswell H Johnson, B S ,Pa Raymond Pearl, Ph D ,N Y A B Wolfe, Ph D ,Ohm PROFESSIONALS Allce Stone Blackwell, Mass Slnclair Lewa, N Y Mary Shaw, N Y Herbert Croly, N Y Judge Ben Lmndsey, Colo Florence Guertln Tuttle, N Y George Blumenthal, N Y Owen Lovejoy, N Y Ruth Vlncent, Colo Mrs Belle De Revers, N J Robert M Lovett, Ill Theodore Drerser, Wf James M Maurer, Pa Mrs Albert Walker, Texae Florence Bayard Hfles, Del Everett R Meves, N J Mary Wmsor, Pa PHYSICIANS Joseph L Bacr, Ill. Donald R Hooker, Md Abraham Myerson, Md Amelm R Kellar, Ind Wm.Allen Pusey, Ill H B Bramerd,Wf Reed, S Adolphus Knopf, N Y Ralph Ohio James F Cooper, N Y Aamn J Rosanoff,Cahf John Favfl, Ill Lawrence Lltehfleld, Pa John B Solley, Jr ,N Y Allce Hamdton, Mass Earl Lothrop, N Y Hannah M Stone, N Y Frederick C Heckel, N Y Adolph Meyer, Md Kenneth Taylor, N Y LAY MEMBERS Mrs Ernest R Adee, N Y Mrs Kate Crane Garb, Callf Mrs Stanley McCormlck, N Y Mrs Oakes Ames, Mess Mrs Robert B Gregory, Ill Mm Wllliam A McGraw, MI& Raymond H Arnold, Cahf Mrs H G H~ll,Cd~f Mrs L Newman, Utah Mrs Robert Perklns Bass, N H Mm Fenley Hunter, N Y Mm Enoeh Rauh, Pa Mrs Walter L Benson, Ill Mrs Wllltam Swam JR~PF,Calif Mrs C C Rurnsey, N Y Lowell Brentano, N Y Mrs Plerre Jay, N Y Mrs Homer St Gaudens, N H Urs John Scott Brown~ng,N Y Mrs Otto Kahn, N Y Mrs W F Spangler, Ind Mm W E Cannon, Mass Mrs W W Knapp,N Y Mrs T J Swanton, N Y Mr and Mrs Thomas L Chadbourne, N Y Mrs James Lee Ladlaw, N Y Mrs Charles Tlffany, N Y Wdham Hamlln Chdds, N Y Mrs Arthur L Lawrence, N Y Mrs Shelley Tolhurst, Calif Mrs Stephen Clark, N Y Mrs Frank M Leavltt, N Y Mrs J Bishop Vandever, N Y Vrs Frank I Cobb N Y Mrs S~nclalrLewrs, N Y Mrs Henry Vlllard, N Y Mrs Slmeon Ford, N Y Mrs Edward A Lmngenfelter, Iowa Mrs Pope Yeatman, Pa BIRTH CONTROL PRIMER What Have We Learned About Birth Control? (1 Last month we defined B~rthControl as the Conscious Regulation of The B~rthRate (I We showed that there were three means of regulat~onand that the best of these for the greatest number of people was the use of harmless chem~caland mechan~caldevlces called contraceptives (r We showed that the forces of Ignorance, md~fference,prejudice and superstltlon prevented by law the spread of th~smethod of Brrth Control (I We showed that B~rthControl was a preventwe of Abort~on,and we gave Reason No I-The Health of Mother and Chrld In answer to the questlon HERE ts somethrng pathetrc m the spectacle of those who are stdl only able to recognrze the anrmal end of marrrage and who pornt to the example of the lower anrmals as worthy of our rmrtatron It has taken God--or Nature rf you wrll-unknown mtllions of years of pamful struggle to eoolwe Man, and to rarse the human specres above that bondage to reproductron whrch marks the lower antmals But on these people rt has all been wasted They are tn the anrmal stage strll They hawe yet to learn the A B C of love Thrs comes from the blmdness whrch cannot know that beyond the prrmary anrmal end of propagatron m marrrage there rs a secondary but more sprrrlual end It rs needless to rnsrst how rntrmately that secondary end of marrrnge rs bound up wrth Brrth Control -HAVELOCK ELLIS WHY IS BIRTH CONTROL NECESSARY? (r We glve th~smonth Reason No 2-THE HAPPINESS OF FAMILY LIFE (r Bmth Control wdl Increase the happmess of the w~feand mother by freemg her from the hauntlng fear month by month of a pregnancy that 1s undes~redand unprepared for It w~llenable her to have chddren when she wants them, 1s strong enough to bear them and knows that she can take care of them It wdl glve her tune to know and enjoy her chddren, to hold and des~re her husband's love and to develop her own personal~tyboth rns~dethe home and In the world outs~dethe home (I It wrll enable the husband and father to keep and enjoy hrs wife's love mstead of feelmg hunself to be often the object of her fear It wdl do away w~ththe discontent and rrr~tabdltyfound m men whose sexual 11fe 1s ~ncompleteowmg to dread of large fam~hes It wdl gwe the father an opportunrty to do h~sbest by the chrldren he has chosen to have, mstead of bemg ds- tressed and harassed by the thought that he cannot properlj feed and clothe the unendmg stream of chddren sent by bl~nd natural law (r It wdl assure the chddren a welcome, the affection of both parents, held to each other and to them by a love that can freely express rtself w~thoutfear and able to prov~dethem a calm and safe home, health and mater~alwell-belng, care sluted to the In- dl1 ~dualltyof each, a good education and a fau start In lrfe (r It will glve to the home peace, harmony and love and ~t wdl, by encouragmg early marriage, lessen prostltutlon and pro- mote moral~ty Four Steps to Our Goal - Aghhon, Educabon, Orgamzatron, Legdat~on FEBRUARY, 1926 (Copyright, 1926, Ameman Brrth Control League, Inc ) CONTENTS EDITORIAL 41 A TRUE RADICAL, by P W Whshng PhJ) 66 AU MAITRE, a Poem by Fvancowe Delwle 43 A YEAR'S PROGRESS 66 SOME ADDENDA TO THE DANCE OF HAVELOCK As reported at the annual rneetlng of the Amerlcan ELLIS LIFE, by Iaanc Goldberg 44 Blrth Control League MAN OF SCIENCE, ARTIST AND GENTLEMAN, A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF HAVELOCK ELLIS 68 by H L idencken 46 The compller comments on the breadth of bls knowl- edge and the unlty of h~swork THE OUTLINE OF MARRIAGE, PA~T11, by Floyd Dell 47 DOES AMERICA HAVE TOO MANY CHILDREN? by Frank H Hanktna Ph D 60 A TRIBUTE, by Franklm H Qlddtngr Ph D 49 Certaln popular objections answered THE POSITION OF HAVELOCK ELLIS, by John 61 Haynss Holmer 60 PERIODICAL NOTES HAVELOCK ELLIS AND HUMAN BIOLOGY, by YOUTH SPEAKS IN THE CHURCHES 62 Raymond Pearl Ph D 60 CORRESPONDENCE 63 HAVELOCK ELLIS, AN APPRECIATION, by Leon FRIENDS IN THE FIELD, by Anne Kennedy 64 J Coie Ph D 61 NEWS NOTES MAPRIED LOVE 62 New York, Callforn~a, Colorado, Maryland, South Letters whlch show how ~t may be starved to death Carolma, Texas 66 WHAT SHALL THEY KNOW? A SKETCH,by Hugh New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vlrgmla 6h de Selmcourt 54 West Vlrgma, England, Sweden, Chma 67 A GREAT TEACHER, by E C Schwan 55 Indla, Japan 68 BIRTH CONTROL REVIEW OUR CONTRIBUTORS LEON J COLE 18 Profearor of Genetws at Wwconrm PWLlsHED BY Unsneratty THE AMERICAN BIRTH HUGH DE SELINCOURT w author of "One httle Boy" CONTROL LEAGUE, INC and other booka and erraya FRANKLIN H GIDDINGS holds the chaw of Soctology NEW YORK CITY and the Hwtory of Ctvtlwataon at Columblo Untver 104 FIFTH AVENUE r~ty,New Yorlc, and w author of many bookr ISAAC GOLDBERG w an eraayut an edctor and author of a fo~thcommng btography Hmelock Ellw, a Bto graphtcal and Cntscal Burmy" (Stmon and Bchu&zr ) FRANK H HANKZNS w Professor of Sonology at Bmtth College, Northampton, Matt JOHN HAYNEB HOLMEB w a Unitaman, pattor of the Communsty Church of New York H L MENCKEN w an erraywt, a phdologtat who hat The BIRTH CONTROL REVIEW L. pubhhed made rmpo~tant contnbutrona to the atudy of the the Amencan vernacular and co-edttor unth George Jean on the first of month. Nathan of "Amenoan Mercury Smsle Cop,-Twenty Cent. Two Dohper Year RAYMOND PEARL, Proferaor of Bsometncr at Johna Gmoda and Forean $2 25 Hophim Untvsrr~ty Dalftrnore idd w author of Studsea m Human Bsology" the Bwlogy of Popula twn Growth" and many other bookt E C SCHWAN w e lawyer, a pubkcwt and rcholar of Cleveland Ohto Entered an Second Class Matter March 11,1918, at the Post- P W WHITING w Profesror of Genetwr at Uame ofice at New York, N Y,under the Act of March 3, 1879 Unsverstty Birth Control Review VOL X FEBRUARY, 1926 No 2 EDITORIAL NOTHER year has passed and the BIRTH opposed, a fourth too long to prmnt th~smonth ~s CONTROLREVIEW offers the greetings of an- dmvlded m its opmon The wrmtei so well recopzes otherA group of wrmters to Havelock Elhs on h~sthe force of the arguments on both s~desand the blrthday Bmologlst, socmologmst, eugenist, men of mmportance to the movement of the two classes- letters, men of the law and the church wmth such those who can only be reached on the street and unan~m~tyas to glve almost a sameness to them those to whom street sellmg 1s obnox~ous-that he messages agree that hms great contr~butlonhes m even suggests two magazmnes, one for the People the fact that he saw art and scmence as parts of one and one for the Intell~gentsma,one boldly dlsplay- whole and both, not as