Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-06-04

\ Peep History tells us that Roman
Into the agriculture declined until "A
Future. bushel OF seed brought only
iour bushels In the harvest
declined until the high civilization of
we Mediterranean countries passed
INTO the dark ages which covered the
race or the earth for thousand yesrs
uhtll the discovery of a now world
Drought new supplies Of food. renewed
prosperity, and new life and light Ia
western Europe; but the dark ages stlll
H S,s TOT most OF our own AryAn race
M RUSSIA and la India, where, as an
average, day by day and year by wear
more people are hungry than live in the
United states, where the average wage
OF man Is nifty cents a month. where
laihlne RACES always and where the
price OF wheat sometimes rises to a
Pplnt Where six months wages of "A
WORKING man are required to buy one
Dushel This Is the condition where
the absolute needs OF tho population
exceed the food supply; and lust So
sure as the intelligent and influential
men and women of America continue IN
ignore the material Foundation nnoo
winch national prosperity depends. iust
so sure VIII future dark ages blot nnt
american clvilization-Pr cyril q
hopkins OF the University of Illinois.
In Science
Needs men need religion. II is moi
Inc Men. less evident that religiou
needs the men. God made
mankind In His image. male and fo-
are me feminine qualities represent one
side OF the divinity that is in us ana
the masculine qualities another. and the
complete revelation requires both. 4
chuTch which Is two-thirds women
ouhhot make true Impression OF the
s sreat realities Of religion upon the
community IN which 1t stands. There
can be no doubt that the church has
been greatly enfeebled by this with
uraWal of large number OF men from
active participation In its life. II is
the discovery of this fact that has
awakened the widespread interest now
hhdlhg expression in the brotherhood
springng into vigorous life in all tho
Christian denominations The Broth
erhood Of st. Andrew in the Protestant
Episcopal church has long been an
efhcient organization, and the healthy
growth Of that communion is due In
large part To this agency, But all the
other denominations are now rally
ing their men for similar service; in
great conventions. East and West the
men OF the churches are coming to-
gether to cnvisage their tasks and
shoulder their responsibilities Some OF
the most enthusiastic gatherings which
have recently taken place In this coun-
try are these assemblies OF men. stir
red by the religious motive. and eager
to find ways in which they may pro-
mote the work of the churches. For the
most part their action has been entire
~ rational, they have not proposed
much new machinery; they have
usually sought to know how they
might apply their own power more
efficiently to the machinery already In
opera tion.-The Century.
If Women II a woman could have the
Would same liberty Of choice in
Propose the acquiring of a husband
as man has In the selec-
tion OF a wife, consider the change II
would make in the marriage problem
and in the divorce court 1t by no
means follows that because a man loves |
a woman she loves him. But he may #,
be the only man who loves her. or he |
may be the only man who Is eligible, or |
the only man her people want her 10 |
marry, or any one OF hundred onlies |
you can easily think OF for yourself I
And what then? There may be some |
man the woman really |
does love. but what can she do? Almost |
She is bound TO choose from |
the men who come to her. True. she |
can stay single. and many women do |
so. and ON this very account-that they |
never have happened to love the men |
who loved them. But 10 stay single |
Is not solution OF the question. and |
II does not appeal to the majority of
women, Nine times out OF ten the
woman locks up in her heart the ideal
Of husband she has formed, or the
preference she has inherited or ac-
luired, or the thought of the other man,
and takes the man who wants TO marry |
her whether or not he is the man she
wants to marry. II she is woman OF
character she persuades herself and
others that he Is the man she wants 20
marry. She lends herself TO whatever
'orm hts wooing may take, n ne is
blond and bearded. though she prefer
lark eyes and shaven face. yet you
would never guess IL from word Of hers.
She may have assured herself every
lay that she will marry only man OF