The Washington times., 1904-10-16

/ dren today and takes the part or an ac-
/ tual mother. The orphan asylums and
reform schools throughout the country
I rear hundreds OF thousands OF children
II am hopeful that the time viii come
when al children. those Of the wealthy
as well as those OF the poor. viii be com
/ PEELED 20 have an Industrial education
provided by the state Nobody has a
right TO take from the great social fund
of the world without returning some
thing thereto and because a man or vo-
man be born rich does not exempt him
or her from this rule. Meredith's plan
would tend TO help in the general scheme
/ for the care Of the children by the state
"A an opp0rtunisu believe that every
man and woman should have a chance
In this world. Although / do not be-
ieve in all the teEets Of socialism my
sympathie have Tor years been with
. that party Many socialists want a com
plete change In the social status Of the
world Immediately. But my plan has al
ways been to take advantage Of the op-
portunities offered al the time and not
10 discard one chance because all is NOT
offered When the stare has the power
to see that every child born into the
world has an education II its parents
cannot Or VIII not we viii be rid forever
OF insane asylllns and penitentIaries.
State Never Helps Man.
AT present the state has not arrived
AT the just conclusion that an ounce of
prevention is worth pound of cure
IL win not lift a hand to get a man
work and So prevent his becoming q
vagabond. but it provides many institu-
lions for the punishment and c0ufine-
ment OF those men who do not get
Work. In the future We viii sOcialize
many of our institutions which are now
mOnOp0Iies owned by private indiyidu-
ais. and then work win be provided for
ALL
Socialism is becoming q. power In
nearly all lands, and as il makes head
various social relations OF men il may
touch upon marriage. Socialism is by
no means committed TO the free love
system but il has recognized the evils
OF the present marriage system. OF
course. all love should be free. IT .
would not be love otherwise. But free
love has become the usual name for
unions between men and women which I.
are not sealed by a legal tie SuCh a /.
system would never prove satisfactory /
if only Tor the reason that some legal /
status must be given children for the /
inheritance OF property"
W Quiz LEAD 20 CAdOS-
Chaos would result from the adop- /
ton OF The periodical marriage as sug-
gested BY George Meredith said DIT. \
Wallace Radclife. of the New York .
Avenue Presbyterian Church. ITO put /
such scheme into operation would be
10 destroy the rails OF the civilized /
world"
DIT Radcliffe said that he did not
think Mr. Meredith could have logically
arrived at the conclusion necessary for
the advocating ,s a system of marriage
which permitted the termination of this
most sacred o. contracts at "a period
determined by the caprice of the parties
involved.
Mr. Meredith is a literary man and
should be a man of education. But of
one thing L am sure, that he is not "a
Christian man. II is my belief that he
gave the interview on periodical mar
riage 10 the press merely as an adver-
tisemeut. Many men find il necessary to /
do such things 10 keep their names from
being forgotten by the public. The eX-
preston of views such as those given
out by The English novelist is bound to
give rise TO talk and hence notoriety.
other plans similar TO Meredith's
have been talked of from time 10 time
but they have never and viii never re-
?
thinking world. Does the tendency OF
the times warrant the proposition made
by Meredith? No. it does not
In the Minority.
There are men who rail at marriage.
but they are lost in the millions of men
who believe in the sacredness of the
tie. Il Is a pity that man OF
education and refinement such as George
Meredith should lend his name 10 such
scheme. But IL only goes 20 SHOW that
sducatiOu is not everything. There must
be- something OF the brute about a man
who would advocate plan which would
give greater license 10 the physical pas
sionE
During the reign Of terror after the
French revolution, when the brute pas
si0ns OF the mob were the power that
governed the country, there was the ut- .
most license as TO the relations between