Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-04-28
NO RULES FOR HUMAN MATING
Cupid scorns the Aid Of Science and
Weddings 80 ON Regardless
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The subject of eugvnlcs Is one which
a certain section Of the public with an
unusually fruitful source OF conversation.
1t has for some time past been the habit
OF those earnest minded persona belong
Ing to tho Ieisured classes who style
themselves "eugenlsts" TO prove their
fitness for the title by foregathering once
a week In drawing rooms to discuss with
other equally public spirited individuals
those matters dealing with tho future
of the human race, in which we are ali
more or less deeply interested.
Such questions as the relation OF heredl
| fly to society. OF the family to the state.
race suicide and other cognate sociology
| teal problems. which offer so wide a
| field to the Imagination and demand such
delcacy Of verbal treatment, are debated
] with degree Of frankness which Ii SIM
( gularly agreeable In an age when plain
/ speaking is no longer fashionable. And
however little We may understand CONF
plicated matters Of this nature, We ard
all sufficiently In sympathy with the the1
DRY Of eugencs to agree that II only other
people-and more especially those classes
to which We do not happen TO belong-
would exercise more prudence in the
choice OF their parents. the effect upon
society at large would be vastly bene4
fetal.
II would. however appear to be OF iittld
avail to attempt to inculcate such q doc
trlne into the minds Of the criminal
. la httf hal IN anita
Of all one may say to them upon tho
subject. the poor creatures display but
little inclination to devote their leisure
hours to the study Of eugenics. and con-
tlnue to select criminal fathers and
anemio mothers. regardless OF those
duties and responsibilities which as patril
OTIS and citizens they cannot possibly
evade
Instead. therefore, OF attempting I'd
proselytlze those who stand at the bot
tom Of the ladder. We are forced TO turn
our attention to those who have already
reached the tOpmost rungs. And IL. even
there. we find II a tedious task to compel
the children Of the well-to-do to choose
healthy and hlgh-mlnded forefathers, We
can at least try TO persuade potential
parents TO provide themselves with suit-
able mates.
Here again. however, We are met with
another obstacle. nobody having yet, APP
parently. discovered the secret OF COM
pIete suitability. One sociological expert
will produce incOntrovertible arguments
TO prove that the most successful races
spring from a mixture of different bloods:
and We are just on the point OF advising
our daughter TO marry the chauffeur
when another scientist supplies US with
conclusive evidence to show that only an
unmixed race can hope to survive in the
tense struggle for existence. The first
theorist points triumphantly 10 the down.
fall and decadence Of the ancient pure
bred French aristocracy; the second
brings forward the Jewish race as an
example OF that purity Of blood which
makes for success. Confused by these
various conflicting statements. We hurry
away and contract a matrimonial ALLIANCES
with the first person We may happen to
fall in love with-wfth what results mod
ern society plainly shows.
As yet we have not arrived at any very
definite new results for the selection OF
mates.-Detroit News-Tribune