The Palatka news and advertiser., 1903-04-03
THE SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEsT.


'"The timid and the weak that are lost can well
be spared. The brave who win the fight are saved
for great and noble things, and adversty may be-
come a powerful agency in the production of mans
best success.
That is what Grover Cleveland says in an article
in the New York World on Success"
In other words, Mr.. Cleveland is glad that the
law of the survival of the ttest is applicable in the
domain of sociology.
There is no room IN his philosophy for aid to the
injured. There is pity in his soul for the timid
who go down in defeat and the weak who fail in the
battle of life
Drive on the Juggernaut! If the helpless get in
the way, run over them. They can 'well be
spared" The Angel with the Asphodel is welcome
when he takes away the timid and the weak.
All hail success 1t covers multitude of sins.
But Mr. Cleveland are wrong when we aud
the age as altruistc? We say it is the age that sup
ports the weak lifts the fallen-the age of hospi-
tails and homes and refugees. Oh, it is we'll e2ough,
you say, to take care of the crpples! 1.-The timid
and weak that are lost can we'll be spared"
That may be scientific. But there is no Chris
tianity in your philosophy, Mr.. Cleveland. And
mighty little Humanity.
BETTER VIEW OF THE MOTHER-lN-LAW
The mother-in-law is more jested about than any
other woman in the world She takes rank with
the stovepipe, the banana peel the boarding house
hash and other staple materials of the iokesmithE
that have served through generations after genera
tions.
But the m0ther-n-aw is more than joke il
many instances. She has caused woes that are rea
and permanent, wrecking happy marriages and de
stroyng family peace.
1t has even been seriously proposed that ther
might be a law passed rendering it compulsory for
husband to take his wife away from his and he
relatives for the first few years Of married life
This would prevent the mothers from nterferin
with the relations of the pair until they had grow
into one another's ways.
Anything may be SAID against the mother-in-laN
and gain credence She is a sadly discredite
character. Most men, whether they have any caus
for complaint of their own or not, have become ha
bituated to regard her as a nuisance if nothin
worse.
But the long-abused mother-in-Iaw has suddenl
appeared in a role. She is Il leading characte
in the great Buffalo tragedy and any one followin
the developments of the case closely must admi
that she is the most admirable character among a
that are involved.
Mrs. Maria Hull mother of Mrs. Burdck, h0
proved faithful both to her daughter and to her hus
band, and she has been Il mother to their children
The district attorneys suspicious against her wer
quickly proved groundless. And now her paste
says that Burdick always was kind to her and that
"To me always, and, so far as l know, to other:
he always spoke of her in highest terms. Whe
urged to become reconciled to his wife on accoun
of his children, he replied that the grandmother ha
always had the chief care of them and that the
better off with her than with their mother
The grandmother knew this and knew that the chi
dren We're better off with the father than with tn
mother"
Here is Il revelation Of the mother-in-law in Il ne
light. People who accustomed to sneer tina
marriages are blasted by the mother-in-law wi
have to revise their sneer IN the case of woma
who remained with her son-n-aw after her daUgE
ter had been driven from home, and considered hir
better guardian for the children than the mothe
was.