, 1877-02-26

bnd u4 70 TIC past and reconstruct, SOclety
wlel, Is tue home. It II The most precious In
stituti0n humanity has evolVeI. See now how
It ls .hadowcd by the past, and how tic laws Ut
soctoloey may molify It In the future. Our
ton, built tl,er social fabric IN lie home The
!dcA Of ISOLATION possessed their minds. The
fafnlly came to Imply mt only distinct home,
oni dlstiilct hut or tcNt. Now all the civilized
~ ana have M % 5on The i. sins
ra1!ilcatIons has sct toward family Isolation.
u Humanity in tho Ocgldent startod differently.
The fninlly tie Was weaker Or the idea of con.
e59gntI9 M q1, as a., ,stt9,er. Wnat followedt TIE
ccorncr.ttone OF an isptnted 1,ol,n, but on tho
!dca Of coopcratton. Evolution does not roldl.
" change ita lines, and to whatever stage Amer
lem humanity deyei ped, It. carried With It the
Oregon, or New York, Or Msxico, or soutl.
AHertca,-whet1lrr 1t reared hut OF skins IN
tic banks Of thu Columbia, Of l.ut OF poles on
tho shores of Ontario " the Halls Of tic Mon.
ever 1t ilvcd It's hnuss waa a communal housc.
In Pcru and Moxco this red Indian rdss attain
I'll its hiEhGAt development nnd built structures
SO large tint III their r,'ius they have been mis-
Nov II this Peruvian or the Mexican had nt-
talncl to the very highest civilization II would
have been radically different from our own.
rns ,t. family would not i1aye been isolated: Tho
WIN HOliU HUI l!nf6 DEeH ENklNFcu Ut fHG
,lrudgery 9t housekeeping. Had the Aryan
known the laws Of evolution and been iilulnl-
mated to see tho ouiworktng OF Ills Idea Of social
ccopony tn the mthas Of his postcr!ty,
1its TRAIN or THOUGHT
might have been something like this: "Afy nn-
liare conFtcd my wife and we'd her. Tie woman
fs the clloscc Of my heart, not Tho captive Of my
nrm. Loving her, will guard her With q icaf-
Gus care. Will build a roof over her, which
lpirJu
He'll Or the mill. and she will toll under that
roof and bc not sn1y my vito but my housewife.
THIS secms wlso IN the present, but look down
through tho coming years and sec the l,o,ne-life
ever-wldrntng circles Of human, uccds and actIy-
't;es. / sec nlcn cooperating 10 build great
ships, to dig slllp-wafs between oceans, and to
grid the Elobc With ribs Of steel. in the home,
too. | see re- s;yc9.wideninE circles Of nsed, and
ing meal IL taken from the kid that playa In my
yard, and tho boet that grows In my gurden Oh
this table OF the coming man shall be yian'ls
from each hemisphere and every zone. Ono
~. ono loom for ol,o famIly-that Is tic way I
order my lie, md for my tlsnu 1t seems beat.
But q time will CONG when this family isolation
and Independence viii cripple and Kill. Long
SSeo soSelns touos 10 n " tae
animal grow to greater bulk md developed
larger covering boucs. Evolution went On
alouR these ]trca until there came an animal III
Ersat bulk aIa, a;d covering bopes dcssl9ped i1
glyptodon became rigid as nj, irul, rod. stIir-
cnea under Tho Weight Of its as'nor, tho glyp..
to'lon, pcrishcd; Now the wallis J. build
around NY faulty will develop Ideally In thu
when the family vii stazger anier Tic wciai.t @
OF tsolMtInx walls as tho glyptodon under It's
arlnor: T!c, time we l,ave Imagined III tic
provision Of tho Aryan has CONC. One loom to
Quo roof 10 one family our g Cites s we eSs; arc
dropping that. Quo kitchen to ono family, ono
laundry to one family, one nursery tn
one ,fnmily-notwlthstandtn all tho COM
= carry these, Sat t'e 's' n,sonpt not isss kseps
and bends tho form ii woman under Weight ot
lrudgcry.. How many, Of the sons Of toll own
where there T. no ownership Of homc' Aud
what II the solitary home to him who does own
~ Look at the llune of the farmer. II Ia isolat-
cd. And what are the
ATTRACTIONS or FAHM L1PR1 ..
Consult thn iast census tables; You will find
farmhouse sends more men aud women To the
ina,lhouse than Tho home Of any other class.
Tho second is thla: All orcrthc land, from Pas
sarnaqnnfdy. Bay to tho loot Of the Roxy
tng oil. In three townal,lns of Cook County IL
las 1allcn oil. In the whole Of Kendall County
It has fallcu on. III the heart Of New England
have walked 'ntle after mile over The wrccita
which Efty years ugo had a farming population
large enough to sustain church mid school.
When saw It its population was uti unscored
number OF chipmunks and woodchucks, flfty
sMecp an enc ND. man: The ma.i vas an IDIOT,
"fou catnot hold your mel 10 tho iariii. They
crowd tho overcrowlcd clties," You Cannot
iula ttcm to'tlie farm bceause the homo Il soil.