The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-06-06

| were superior to al ether animals n
| that they possessed the first rudimen.s
| OF q language. and they very soon began
10 decorate their persons. and after an
| indefinite time they put on the frs;
| shreds Of clothing.
/ EVOLUTION OF MARRIAGE.
The commonly accepted theory OF the
evolution OF human marriage among our
best authorities has been that the rela-
| tons % the sexes were al first. during
| long periods OF time. promiscuous; that
! after q time. men formed themselves
ITO tribes and then followed tribal mar
/ riage; the women were the wives in
| common % the men in the tribe. This
Sas followed by polyandry, in which
several men were married TO the same
woman: then by polygamy. in which one
| man had many wives; and. finally. by
| nioEosaIly. the marriage OF one man
and one woman.
4 most exhaustive work has recently
been published by Edgar Weston
iaa-ck. Endorsed by Alfred Wallace. in
fact. prepared with his ass stance. which
throws a new light upon this history OF
marriage. He shows that the above the
cries OF marriage are erroneous, and
proves that the marriage OF one male
and one female was already established
in the animal world before the appear
cace OF man. Ornitholosis:s have found
that birds usually choose their partners
Tor LIE and are constant each 20 the
other.
Among animals generally the relation
OF the sexes is more p-omiscuous. but
the naan-apes. the nearest approach 10
tie human animal. choose their conpar-
ions and live with their off-springs in
one family. Wes,enmarck. after great
research. concludes that the human an
imal. the earliest man, lived in much the
same manner.
NOT ORIGINALLY SOCIAL.
Mar was not orig nally a social being:
thc difficulty encountered in getting
supply OF food alone would make II i'm
possible for these men 70 live in promis-
cuous hordes His conclusion is that
they lived in separate families much like
the apes; that the monogaTc was the
earl;es. form OF marriage. and that 9TH
c. forms OF marriage have been the ex-
ception. Polyandry has existed in GER
tain times and places. but usually in
the form of brothers marrying one wo-
man; this has usually existed where
there has been a scarcity of women.
Pclygany has been far more common.
Concerning the condition OF women in
be said; they were the property OF the
men who claimed them as their wives.
secured by capture or purchase: their
condition was one OF slavery. in some
tribes more AFFECT than others. But
we must not attribute 10 her the delicate
sensibilities OF a refined womanly ma
ture; her sufferings were largely phys
cal: she suffered as an animal rather
than a woman. The maternal and other
womanly instincts were not, however,
entirely dormant; in addition 10 her
physical pain, there doubtless was. in
her soul. in the pickering light of an
awakening intelligence. dull con-
SC business Of the terrible outrage OF her
womanhood.
In the lower condition OF society.
where the brute in man rules supreme,
untemperei by the gentier forces OF hu-
man nature woman is weak and help
less. Though in her undeveloped state.
herself a brute, she is inferior TO the
savage that chases her down In the for !
est and makes her his slave, she viii |
find her power in that distant day when |
the brute in man and in woman Is con- |
quered. and they, their natures chasten- |
ed and refined. leave the wid passions |
Of the forest, and enter into the new |
world, governed not by animal impulse. |
but by intellectual and spiritual forces |
under the guidance OF reason.
MARRIAGE TODAY.
This somewhat extended investigation |
of the relation OF the sexes in their ear |
Ter life Of the races brings US to a con-
sheraton OF marriage as it exists to- !
day in our own homes and In the homes |
OF the most highly evolved races OF men. |
The present marriage elations have |
been evolved out OF the sex-relatioas OF /
he Urcivilized races. In the long ages /
lying between savsgsry and civilization.
the woman nature. as also the man ma
tuTe. has experienced a wonderful IN
Il zed tribes is much further removed
from the woman in the modern homes
than she IS from the animal female be-
low her. The woman OF today IS DO lon
Der a creature OF blind impulse and pas
sion. Forces unknown in the earlier
life OF the race. have unfolded within
her nature; these have given her a new
position in the world o, man and new
power over over this. She IL CON-
ing 20 knowledge OF her
self, and. also. what IS o. equal
10 a possession OF herself
Tn new woman IS a great surprise 70
new woman is not fully evolved; when
the present evolution Is complete new
world viii result. for woman IS destined
70 rule the world. Sh. is the center ard
fountain OF Us lie. The mighty force In
nature os man, che male. which Is SIX
1ai passion in unrehned animal nature.
becomes love n men whose nature Is
more highly evolved. III 3 force draws
men irresstabiy 20 woman and places
him n her power. When woman knows
her power and now 20 yield L.. she viii
nod IN her hand TIE destlries of the
word. Tais is not an imDGisiye stale
nent; I; 8 supported By the testimony
u the most careful scientific inves.igs-
tors az the age. T5cy saox Us that fl | :
Ia the intention Of nature 20 rule life |
through the female. L IS noE generally
admitted that ne law of natural seisc- ,
Hon and survival o. ne httes; deer ,
mines the evolution O: NE In he AM
nal world ID % man. without exception.
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