Oxford Democrat., 1902-07-08
EVOLUTION.


is right we must also admit that th'
doctrine of evolution is coincident will
the same in all its relations, hence ",
should be content and accept whateyel
is meeted out to us without this ever
lasting kicking that is constantly goine
on in the world.
The man or woman who has dwelt t;
a half century on this planet has come te
notice great changes in manners anC
customs, religious thought and finally
almost everything that pertains to oul
we'll being.
1t is true, in the order of our makeup
it is beyond human skill to transform
the order of our being, but through ad
vanced science men are wonderfully
transformed. The complaint of the de
generacy of our age largely proceeds
from the aged who have spanned mans
allotted time. 1t is true, Old-timed
virtue receives tremendous strain al
times in the acceptance of the doctrine
we here proclaim, but We must accept
or lose cast.
First in the economy of nature comes
the child, and his status then and now.
In those days they tell us that the wish
and will of the child was subordinate to
the will of the parent, not that parental
affection was less than now, for in those
days the parent placed higher estimate
on their offspring than on the poodle.
The conception of duty of the parent
towards the child was vastly different
from that of the present time.
1t appears that the duty of the child
was to follow, whereas now the child
must lead. They tell us of olden time,
at the table, or the banquet, the child
occupied second place, where now they
are first at the feast.
Go to the village post Office for an
object lesson. The little "kid' by
virtue of his education must be served
first, then the young gentleman and
ladies who congregate to spoon as the
saving goes, come next, while the older
people and the more modest rural are
last served. Modest, did we say? This
is obsolete. Modesty does not count in
these days.
Not long since. we heard an old man,
nearly if not quite an octogenarian, COM
planning of being kept away from his
mail by a love-lorn young lady's insist
ance on perusing her missive at the mail
delivery. He appeared quite fussy over
the affair. He could not take into ac-
count the effect of evolution by reason
of his early training. How could she be
expected to move aside? Doubtless she
was entranced.
Then again comes the development of
the New woman" looming up in every
direction. They are forming themselves
into organizations for the development
of their powers, seeking higher eleva-
tions with view to supplant their form
er lords in bosship. Aside from their
clubs and lodges they are cleaning hon
ors from their ancestral sires by the way
OF the Daughters of the Revolution,
Colonial Danes, ETC., and some of the
young ladies aping the airs of conse-
Quential mothers are prone to pass the
baby by unrecognized. There are dudes
among young men, but it sometimes
seems that young men deal more cour-
teously, as rule, with those in the
humber walks of life, but this must be
charged TO evolution unprotected.
These may be counted strong and
overwrought assertions, but before con-
demning. please make observations. we
bar quality in the test, there are so many
who go to such lengths to cater to the
rich and consequential.
Not many years since sympathetic
writers would deplore the condition Of
woman gone astray, that the stigma
should last lifetime, while the man
would pass unscathed, but this is passed.
Evolution has done this.
The society woman may entertain
company of doubtful reputation, and
hold high place in society. If she has
full control of her husband, he is tolerat-
ed among the class, but if he is a man,
and demurs, the laws made and provided
in such cases are called in, and marriage
bonds are annulled in ten, yes, twenty
five cases, where there was one twenty
years ago, and yet there are professed
moralists who would bar these ill-mated
persons. What nonsense. Let us
eyolute. PROGRESS.