The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-03-19
RESPONSIBILITIES OF MARRIAGE.
Shown in DIR. Ships Paper on Here
dity and Progression.

Shown in DIR. Ships Paper on Here
dity and Progression.
The following extracts from DR.. FL
lis Ships paper on "Heredity and
Progressionism," read before the Ma
tional Council of Women at Washing
ton, d. c., are well worth careful
reading.
Marriage should be made a pro-
found study Both man and woman
should use Judgment and wisdom in
their choice of life companions. for
upon this decision rests the veal OF
woe of the race yet unborn. Some
place the burden of this responsibility
entirely upon the mother, while others
assert that paternal influence predomi-
mates. One fact is pre-eminent, that
both mother and father WELD mighty
influence in the formation of the new
life.
when woman is sought in marri-
age what should be her train of
thought? What questions should she
ask herself? Usually the first Ques-
tions are: Do I love him? Is ne hand
some? Does he occupy a high social
position? Has he plenty of money?
Seldom thinking of those more essen
tial perquisites Of happiness involved
in those queries: Does his nobility of
character command my admiration and
most Of all my respect? Is he strictly
moral without any careless habits of
smoking, drinking, etc. Is there any
trace of inherited disease to be de-
tected in him or any OF his family? Is
he bright intellectually? Has he ply
steal energy and constancy of purpose?
And finally, is he the man, who above
all others would prefer as the father
of my children?
sSTo the conventional thinker these
questions may seem cold and too phil
osophical and to some over fasddious
oeople there may seem to be a tinge
of indelicacy in them. But let us think
what there is at issue. Here is
woman brought face TO face with one
If the momentous epochs of her exis-
fence. Two roadways are presented.
Which shall she take? Ali What
solemn question. But decide she must
and upon this decision depends her
fut1lre veal or woe, a lifetime of joy
~. nerchance an eternity of sorrow
Once again should she not consider
long and we'll?
Man is naturally more philosophical
ard less inpulsive than is woman. He
&c more likely to consider even affairs
of the heart from a logical standpoint.
If In the course Of his lovemaking he
should discover in the fair one i'm
pediment to marriage, either physical
mental. or moral, he is not long as a
rule in controlling or perchance trans
ferring his affections because he is more
subject to reason and judgment and
under the control of volition
How is it with woman? She loves
en- fondly. or we might better say so
hIindly. that she can scarcely discern
an in1perfectlon. Or should she note a
Flemish she vainly imagines her all
nasterful love. her gentle persuasive
;-f1uence. will soon allure him to per-
|ecfion's paths. But alas When
hIsoug1t to the test she finds to her
lasting sorrow how delusive her hopes,
how Unavailing her prayerful efforts.
eft is Impossible to change the laws
Of heredity That which is bred and
born i'm a man can only be annihilated
nv years of correct living and the full
benehts derived by those in the misty
ages OF futur1ty:
-.,oT,er be cautious as to whom she
scents as a husband, but men should
he equally careful in the choice of
ct iet MS ever bear in mind that mans
hest inheritance is good BIRTH and that
stha greatest part OF human felicity is
70 be well born
aft NAV take centuries to reach the
acme of Drogressienism, but every par
anf o;3o,,id feel an individual respon- !
sifilitv. understanding that children
Tef1ect again to the world all the good |
sn their natures, as well as the evil, |
even in the most secret thoughts and |
sensations. Mental, moral and physi- |
cal qualities viii all be reproduced
"Children should bear the impress of |