Chicago eagle., 1902-07-12

marriage relationship. The formalities
of the law are Instituted to protect the
relationship In the interest Of society
and the preservation Of the race, but
they cannot sanctify 1t. As DIR. Savage
says, only love can do that. It follows,
therefore, as a rational deduction from
this view that many couples are mar.
ried' In the eyes of the law that nre
not married. The vows have been
spoken and the compacts solemnized.
but the union that represents the exalt-
ed conception of the marriage relation
does not exist. This conception Of mar
rlage gives added force to the plea Of
DR.. Savage and many others for social
reforms that will make II more din.
cult for people to get married"
A professor Of biology has published
his predictions concerning the future
Of mankind. He makes some strange
forecasts us to the characteristics OF
the race In the distant future. "Strange
men. far different from those now llv-
ing, will walk the earth In centuries
to come,' he says. "They will be n
race Of brainy, fOur-toed giants" The
brain. OF course, will be the dominant
organ, ana the body will be much larg.
or than that of the present man. This
future man will not suffer from appcn
dicltls. as the useless appendix Will
have disappeared, as will also the little
toe Of each foot and the floating ribs.
The chest and the upper and lower
limbs will be large as compared with
those Of to-day. All the diseases which
arise from the development OF microbes
will have been banlshed, and the first
signs Of old age will not show them
selves until the one hundrelth year
The blonde hair Of the future will bt
exclusively peroxide. as the extreme
types Of light and dark people will
have merged into uniform medium
type. Thus there will be no race prob
lem to worry any section hereafter
There will be no tremendous dentists
bills. because mans teeth will not de
cay. and no need Of disappointing nnt
perfidious hair restorativcs. becaus,
there will be no badness. There vii
he no, surplus women. because 1t vii
he practicable to preictermine sex, ant
the supply Will harmonlze with the de
mand. The future memory will be dis
eliminating. All the useless details
which 1t is necessary to learn In ordel
to master few important things vii
be discarded ana forgotten, while es
sentlal facts will remain as th0dyi
craven on enduring bronze. Evldentl!
the learned professor has not rea,
"'The First Man In the Moon" u seria
story which ran recently In one Of th'
magazines. According to this ingenious
tale the Inhabitants OF Mars. through
the operation OF the law of the surviva
Of the flttest, had little left but brains
Their locomotlOn was accomplished b!
means of machinery more adaptable
and inconceivably more rapid than legs
However, the time Is 30 far dIstan
when all these transformations are Z,
take place that the average man .,ee.
not worry respecting the legs or appur
tenances Of his immediate offspring.
President Eliot was right when h
said that. while churchess courts an,
legislatures have less influence thai
they had thirty years ago, the inhuenc
OF the school IL vastly increased. Thi
Is due partly to the increased ana IN
creasing opportunities afforded by tn
school and partly to the higher educa
ton OF women. Already the inhuenc
of educated women IN felt In tn
schools, not alone rs teachers, but a
women Of social Importance who's
word carries authority. In all larg
cities ana even In smaller towns til
interest which educated women hav
taken In public schools Is showing II
self In hundred ways and In the mai
unquestlOnably for good. Better san
tary conditions, more sympathetic an
more rational courses OF study, neigh
borhOOd conventions which bring tn
school and home into close relations
are only few of the results whic
the higher and broader education o
women have effected. 1t IL too earl
yet to determine what the ultimate Of
feet of higher education of women Wi
have upon the home, but the questio
is solving itself In practical way. Al
the higher institutions of learnin
which permit coeducatiOn have an IN
i crease each year In the number O
women. The University of New YOr
may be taken as an example. In 1S0
five women were admitted to tn
courses Of pedagogy, commerce an
law. In 1895 there were elghty.on
women students, while at present ther
are more than 800. Beyond questio
tho health Of the college woman vii
average better than that of the ignOl
ant, her home will be conducted NOR
intelligently. her children reared NOR
wisely. Divorces viii be less freQuen