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A place to appreciate the twentieth century comic character Everett True of "The Outbursts of Everett True." Feel free to check out the sticky.
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Hmmm good point. But I think the eugenics of the time was also based on class, ethnicity, and personal characteristics:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race_suicide
Note the 1903 illustration on that page "Concerning Race Suicide". Everybody seems to be of European descent, but the wealthier people on one side have no children but the people on the other side -- who seem to be coded as lower-class recent immigrants -- have many chidren. I think that is being presented as a bad thing, though everybody seems to be happy and well-fed (if a bit crowded).
Touché. I don't read the "you'd make a desirable tenant, but..." as insincere, so I tend to view it as the landlord saying he likes Everett fine but doesn't want Everett's children around.