Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 153, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 July 1918 — France Welcomes Babies. [ARTICLE]

France Welcomes Babies.

Babies are welcome in certain 'apartment houses in Paris. Reversing the policy prevalent in apartment houses, the owner of one of the newest houses in the French capital will not take in a family which has no children, and the size of the suite obtainable depends entirely on the number of children rather than the number of dollars a family has. A list of qualifications has been prepared by the owners of these arid tenants must meet them. A family with one child will not be permitted to have the largest apartments in the house. It will have to take one of the smallest suites. A family with two children will be rented the next largest apartment, three children the next largest, and four children any of the larger suites in the house. A family must contain at least four children to lease the largest suite. There is reason to believe that the government is interested or will be Interested in these houses, as France has encouraged in every possible manner a higher birth rate.