Pleasantville weekly press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1890-1911, 1909-07-24

pull the string, we nave tle idu
tragedy, the murder Of Elsie Sigel
| It IS seldom that white turns blacl
into white, but black will smu
! white. The Christian girl coult
not bring the Chinaman to he
level, but he dragged her to hel
! doom.
Is it worth the price! Are We
sure that other religions have not
also, sufficient good in them to fol
| low, if the people will live up tC
| their creedg
Certainly by commingling with
other colors and breeds our own
race is likely to lose instead d
gain.
There is an undesirable morbid
| ness existent in those who seek the
slums and so enthuse over unusual
! fads. The Chinese have place
keep them in it. Some seek high
er levels, do not deprive them Of
what they seek, but not IN this
century may we hope to accept
them in our homes and treat as
equals.
We have ample work among oul
own people to do, plenty Of chari-
table work, and example is quite
as valuable as precept.
In the geological study of the
earth we find various strata which
give the history Of the different
stages of evolution through which
it passed to attain its present habi-
table condition. Then after man
arrived, the stone age and so on
until we are at present emerging
into the electrical age. We have
not reached the znith as we all
know. We are onY getting there.
The people hundred years ago
were in a semi-brbic state, re-
gardless of their numerous arti-
fees. We still haze, clinging to
us, remnants of baparism. Roose
7elt has iob-lot of he stuff in his
makeup. Gradually the people
have looped the lops of various
| stages of refinement until a stage
was reached where t wasn't nice
to be tillers of the soil. Every
parent wanted their Johnnies" to
De fitted for the proessions. They
| wanted them all to be heads of
something. Those ] the country
must leave the farmand go to the
;ity and hencefort snub their
country relatives. his brilliant
hought atom sprea, like an cpl
lemic Of measles util the cities
have been congestede md there ars
so many poorly paidbroken down
minister's, lawyers, professors of
isms and Isles an abandoned
arms that the sociosical plan Of
his planet has had a'Sjolt." Bacl
to the farm, back ! old, rough
| Mother Earth, backo Nature is
now the cry.
Artificial life hasapped the vi
ality from Americl humanity
| Dur great men, bor1m log cabins,
struggling with pinenots to solve
Euclid problems, o marvellous
statesmen and wondful men lih
lincoln and scores othat period;
are not propogated aDngst steam
heated surroundings, ,eside trolley
ines and high-notch ing.
| Gradually the DECORATING stat
has been recognized Id with on
accord the people areeeing to thf
| woods for simplicity,or re-vitali
zation. Abandoned fms are be-
ginning to be held al premium
) Agricultural collegesre increas-
ing at mushroom r. and farm
ing is being brought "a science,
useful art.
All this change has IN develop
d as an inevitable science of tn
volution of society. BY degrees
man is reaching a ne normal
sane state Of existencevhere sim
plicity and purity wiEule. HUI
, manity must work out own Kar-
: ma to be ready for thesgher state
In the meantime tlfarmer is
coming to his own andfew years
from now Pattens winot couni
very heavily when to of sparf
7 wheat will be in all thrainaries
The man who leavess wife on
the corner, in the bling heat
while he goes into the to get
drink and the man whofter driv-
ing miles, leaves his no to thirst
in the burning sun, wh he chas
]. es quencher down hisroat, are
Of the same brand. i, variety
of cad would do bo with no
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