Valdez daily prospector., 1912-10-04
FRIDAY, OCTOBER i, 1912.
NOT EVEN ORIGINAL.

AllItu tN lIlll Ndllu'IDlll ullu the young people in Los Angeles who entered into a prc-nuptial contract whereby all of the con- NrntionS of society were set at defiance and all the traditions uf humanity were violated, were not sn much wicked as they were foolish, not alone because of the treatment that they will receive al the hands of outraged society but because they have failed to understand Ihr teachings of his tnry.
 In IhiS prrnupiial contract, ', these fn"liSh young persons who seem ln imagine that they are blazing a path through new ter ritury. agreed that each shall have absolute liberty of action and that each shall be allowed lO follow his or her own prcdilccl ions re- 1arulrSS of the other, even to the extent of entering into the par rnial relation with others, and these young fools seem to think they arc domg something origi- nal, whereas they are committing inc same sort of folly which at times has been perpctrated by mentally unbalanced social re- formers so far back as history cx- tends.
 Lycurgus, back in the days of the greatness of Sparta, cOnceiv- rd the idea that if the nation should take charge of the culture of the children it would bred a race of warriors that would be inrinciblr. It was the idea of the lawmaker that the ties of fam ily would interfere with the lies of nationality and that by de- sirOying the home the people would only look to inc nation which would be the ultimate rule of the Spartan. When the second generation had been reached, the Spartan youth broke loose from ihr rigid regime of I.ycurguS. and seeking individuality and the SanctiIy of the home. deserted Sparta and the nation. losing it's best blood. soon bcrarur rnfrrbIpd until il was easy prey tn iIs neighbOrs.
 The Los Angeles prrnuptial contract was preached a genera fiOn ago by such women as Vic tnria Woodruff and Tennessee C.. brainy men as Henry Ward Brrchrr. Colonel Blood and ThcO- dOrr Hilton were carried off their feet. The immoral tendency of such prrachmcntS soon became apparent and today two of the preachers of the cult who are alive. look with horror upon the doctrine which they sought to in- cuIcafc.
 The experiment of ignoring the marriage and home relations was tried by the Shakers and ulllrr re- iiGiouS cults, and each of then,
 
 isl colony of nearly thirty years ago. located in the slate of Sina- loa, not only carried the ordinary SocialiSIic doctrines iu the linn it, but sought l0 set aside the family relation. Ii was not long before the SinalOa colony became a thing worse than dead.
 The family is not only the true basis of society but it is the very foundation of the nation. Any thing that looscns the tics of family deals a destructive blow 10 society ond eventually will lead io the downfall of the nation. Wherever inc family relation is held in high regard there you will find real men and real women; ihcrc will bc found all of those excellent qualities which go to make up society that is worth while and nation which can withstand any blow that might bc lcvclcd at it.
 Fortunately no ono else will h. influenced by the wicked and fool ish action of those young idiots who believe that their petty minds can formulate rule of living thai is opposed to all Inc teachings of history and all the experiences of