Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1910-11-10

know. Fools deride; thinkers inves-
tigate. II Darwin proved nothing. he
at least raised the question, which to
science is next in Importance TO proof.
Perhaps nothing is proved in this
book. but the question is before you:
are these things true?"
There follows a poem entitled The
Mystery" in the closing lines OF which
Mrs. French modestly explains that
the glorious mysteries of the occult
heaven are at last made known.
Her Views on Marriage.
or greatest lay interest to the fol-
lowers OF the strange romance sur
rounding the life of Fritz Augustus
Heinze and his alleged fall before a
ter on marriage.
Marriage Is an institution by the
people, for the people and is as neces-
sary TO evolution as humanity at its
present stage" writes Mrs. French
las are all other laws and rules laid
down by men to govern nations.
But the time will come when there
will be neither marriage nor giving in
marriage. However, no force can
hasten this ultimate condition, for
long roads to intellectual and spir-
itual development stretch out before
us and we must individually and
alone find our way along these roads
Of mother nature and apply It.
when we can grow as the flowers
and love as the sun, who gives his
warmth and light to every animate
and inanimate thing alike, then only
are We able 10 discard the present
necessary system OF matrimony.
When we have reached this point in
evolution all human passion and emo.
ton will have been subdued and ruled.
instead as today the majority are
ruled by them. which present condi-
ton is also necessary at this time for
the development of the true self.
Time was when polygamy formed
part OF the belief OF the old worlds.
but we have intellectualized and spir-
itualized out OF this condition of be-
lief; nor was polygamy wrong at that
time. as all things are right and
necessary in their proper time and
place, and our inability to grasp the
stupendous plan Of human evolution
causes us to look from a narrow, dog
NAUTICAL point Of view.
True, there are some who run out
ahead OF their field. not knowing
whittier or why they go, only that the
impulse moves them. and there be
those who this day come forth with
statements concerning the useless.
ness OF marriage, giving no logical
reason. nor offering a substitute sys.
TEN more acceptable.
"Ueeiessness" Of Marriage.
1T requires peculiar and highly
developed mentality to grasp the real
reason OF the useIessness Of marriage.
and humanity as a whole has long
way TO go before il develops the
necessary attributes to the attainment
of such knowledge as will az IL 10
discard the present marital relations.
The fact that day by day marriage
Is becoming failure is proved by
the divorce courts, and shows we are
approaching a thing higher and bet
ter-a condition where jealousy, envy.
selishness and pride OF possession
sits at the feet Of love and does her
bidding. nor ever rises up In rebellion
against her--a condition where pure
unadulterated love rules supreme and
liz empress OF the whole wide world
And that love Is not the seleSh
love OF one individual for another. but
the love OF the sun for the earth. the
love or the mother for her children.
the love OF mate for mate, who will
sacrifice his or her all for the other
and glory in the sacrifice. When the
human heart is capable OF radiating
such love we will have no need for
marriage laws or any other laws. and
we are surely moving toward this
condition, however fer away the goal
Radical O-inion.
There are undoub eddy thousands
OF couples tod living happily and
performing their duties to society, 70
whom the marriage ceremony is
mere form which could neither bind
nor compel them 10 share the same
abode did they not have real love for
each other. On the other hand there
are thousands Of couples bound to-
gether and sharing the same abode
with no semblance of love between
them simply because the laws OF
church and state have distorted the