The evening world., 1911-03-07

atmosphere It processes TO supply. That
atmosphere is usually described as an
atmosphere OF love. and tiIs definition
should be sufficient to put any sane per-
son on guard against Il.
The people who talk and write as
II the highest attainable state IA that
or a family stewing in love continuously
from the cradle to the grave can hardly
nave given Ave minutes serious consid-
GRAFTON to so outrageous a proposition.
lhey cannot have even made up their
minds as to what they mean by love.
Or when they exnatiate on their thesis
they are sometimes talking about kind
ness, and sometimes about mere appe-
tite. In either sense they are equally
far from the realities of life.
All Low, a Nuisance
y healthy man or animal Is occu-
pied with love in any sense for more
than a very small fraction indeed OF
the time he devotes to business and TO
recreatiOns wholly unconnected with
love. a wife entirely preoccupied with
her affection for her husband, a mother
entirely preoccupied With her affection
for her children. may be all very well
In n book for people who like that kind
OF book; but in actual life she is a
nuisance. Husbands may escape from
her when their business compels them
to be away from home all day, but
young children may be. and quite often
are. killed by her cuddling and coddling
and doctoring and preaching: above all.
by her continuous attempts to excite
Objectionable and possibly as mischiev-
Gus as the worst tricks OF the worst
nursemaids.
"1n most healthy families there Is n
revolt against this tendency-the ex-
changing Of presents on birthdays IL
barred by general consent. II the re-
~lations of the parties are placed by an
express treaty on an unscntimental
footing"
But do not imagine for n moment
that the man who can cut more intri-
cate figures on thin ice than any other
fancy skater now before the public con-
fines himself long 20 such tame subjects
as the giving OF birthday presents.
Reasons for Monogamy.
: In a little while Mr.. Shaw establishes
TO his own satisfaction dat tho ;ounda-
tlon Of marriage as We understand II,
:. e.. monogamy. is not an Inherent
viciousness in a plural number OF wives
or husbands but to the hard fact that
men and women are born In abou.
equal numbers.
"EXperlencc shows that women do not
object to po,ygyny when It Is custom
airy; on the contrary. they are It's most
ardent supporters" he declares. The
reason Is obvious. The question, as 1t
presents itself in practice to a woman.
Is whether it is better to have. say, a
whole snare In a tenth-rate man or a
tenth share in a frst-ratc man.
Substitute the word Income for the
word Man ana you will have the ques-
ton as it presents Itself economically
to the dependent woman.
The woman whose Instincts are ma
%ternal, who desires superior children
more than anything else. never hesl-
tates. She would take a thousandth
share. IL necessary. in a husband who
was a man in "A thousand, rather than
have some comparatively weedy weak
ling all to herself, 1t is tho compara-
lively weedy weakiing. left mate.ess by
~polygyny, who objects. Thus, il was
not the womcn OF salt Lake city nor
even OF America who attacked Mormon
~polygyny. Il was tie men. And very
naturally. on the ot1c- land, women
object to ~pulytudry. h|ccllae polyanlry
enables the best women 80 monopoi!2o
all the me-, jus, as po'ygyiuy enables
the hes, u.nu 20 mluopyNze all the
. women T.Yf fs urIfF an Er.. .,1t..