Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-10-06

her natural chastity to assert itself.
perhaps, lessen the chances of mat
that to the depopulation idea is a long
cry. 1t depreciates the chances OF mar
riage among the classes that fill our
our almnouses and our
home for incurables.
Time was, not so many years ago either,
when the only way in which a poor girl
could escape from being a burden on an
already overburdened father. was to
many, to exchange one form of depend
ence for another. Youngsters. mere chill
dren, girls ignorant of every law of ma.
ture, took upon themselves the cares or
maternity. brought into the world puny
infants, the quantity. perhaps, akin
for the absence of quality. but ac-
cording to the views advanced by those
who are worried over the possible de-
idea. the parents had fulfilled
their destiny: they had multiplied. The
young woman of today who. by her own
unaided efforts can retain her indepen-
dence. can afford to. and does, wait for
the law of natural selection to assert it
self. for the wisdom which comes to us
all with the years of discretion. and
which shows us that we W something to
pOsterity; that We, possessing certain
physical qualities and mental attributes
in excess should marry some one having
other qualifications which will counter
balance Il own and produce a healthy
and well-balanced mental condition IN
our progeny. The women of today are
just as willing to marry-When the right
man" comes along. as were those OF so
years ago, the only difference being that
the women of today are not in so great a
h~urry-they do not marry out of the
schoolroom, they do not now. as formerly.
recognize marriage as the end and aim OF
life. but merely as one Of the many eX-
listing conditions, which condition they
realize they can do much toward render
ing a happy one.
If the offspring are not numerous they
are healthier, more perfectly formed and
have a stronger mentality. AS they grow
older the same income which would keep
10 children in the bare necessities of life
will provide half that number with a
great many comforts; will give them OPP
portunities of education which will fit
them to tioht successfully the battles of
life, and will make them law-abid!ng
under-fed lawless individuals. who would
in their turn 'multiply and replenish the
earth with others of their kind.
1t is perhaps true that the death rate is
far in excess of the births. That is only
an unavoidable TRANSITIONAL condition
which a few years will equalize. There
is a natural aw which declares that there
constitution of matter. and the law is in
as full force throughout the life of a
nation as in the domain of organic or in
organic life.
With every pulsation of the heart a
portion of the cardiac tissue is decom-
posed, but in it's place. ready for the work
before it is a new substance. The death
rate of the old. the birth of the new go
forward in the life of nations as we'll as
of individuals.
Under the old regime woman was con-
sidered very inferior to man in every re-
spect. and the ieda that the wife should
be subservient to her husband in all
things did more to bring marriages into
disrepute than anything else.
1t was SO difficult for her to feel sure
! whether she really loved her husband.
for there was so much fear intermixed
! with the possible wifely affection. This.
Of course, had it's natural effect upon her
children. both by example n the laws
of heredity.
Woman is not naturally more deceit
full than man, but her worst traits have
been developed by her bondage. What
right had ma to expect her to be frank
and magnanimous when he himself re-
fused to exercise equal franhness toward
her-and kept her in the dark regarding
the larger portion of his life-hls business
and 'other things Such condition in
cited her to seek to accomplish her ends
secretively, until deceit came to be ex-
pected of her and was considered a
woman's own special nrsrogative. No
one blames the fox for being sharp
Witted, and no doubt those that are the
greatest adopts at chicken catching stand
highest in vulpine sociology.
The tendency of fraud in these ami
mails might be graduated by kindness
and careful training continued through
many generations, just as woman viii be
improved in the years to come by like
treatment. When the equality of the
sexes is more nearly an assured fact,
Cupid will continue to have his abiding
place in the hearts Of men and maidens,
but under the new conditions which are
! arising. as surely as day follows night
the little coy god will stand upon a much
higher plane. marriage will be idealiZed,
the wife will be a companion to her hus-
band. and neither having anything to
gain from the other, the union will be one
of pure affection. of mutual attraction.
Dun legal lights who now bring the
weight of their mighty intellects to bear
upon the changes which may be rung in
the pleas for divorce. will have to turn
their talent to other account. The way
to abolish divorce is not TO prohibit it, but
to allow the conditions of marriage to be-
come so pleasant that under the inn
proved conditions no one will wish to an
null them through the divorce courts. The
old conditions must give way to the new
but as long as the earth will support ami
nal life there need be no fear that she
will become depopulated.
SAM WANG'S WATERMELON.