The Washington herald., 1913-01-19
$ 'Matrinlonial College" in Texas Tom
Teaches "ProfesSion" of Wifehood
"Eugn Problem O1ectof School for Women
Strides Made TOWARD Instruction in Art of Marriage.

equal to every other man. Democratic
forms Of business. as well as democratic
forms of government, will be more prac-
ticable. The Improvement beyond the
present may be as great as the present
is beyond the Dark Ages"
About Human "Breeds."
The average man or woman Ia mor-
grel-bearing the same relation to the
ideal type of humanity as that borne by
the bsrnyard chicken and the dog of
dubious ancestry to the high-bred Ply
mouth Rock and the noble ST. Bernard.
Left to mate as they choose. the finest
domestic fowls soon degenerate to the
barnyard type, diminishing in size and
losing their beauty. Dogs. under like con-
ditions, become ragged. unshapeiy. and
wolfish. They lose not only their physical
excellence, but their keen intelligence and
high moral qualities. Human beings arc
governed by the same laws Thus IL
comes about that the average man Is not
a creature beautiful to the eye A great
majority OF men and women are under
sized, homely of countenance. ana more
OF less unsound OF body.
What Is wanted is the human thor
oughbred. Many people there are who
are recognizable at a glance as thorough
breds. II one looks back through their
ancestry, one finds that II Is purely a
matter OF inheritance: they are descended
from superior stock. But these are
notable exceptions.
Everybody knows about the Japanese
wrestlers. who. with their womenkind,
have for several centuries been a caste
oy themselves in their country, marrying
ana giving In marriage, but never out
SIDE or the caste or clan. As a result,
both the men and the women Of the
wrestler clan are remarkable for their
physical development. and at least a foot
taller than the ordinary Japanese This
is an excellent Illustration OF what breed
ing will do for human beings
Colony Has FIouri.hed,
Another illustration In point is Afforded
by the famous Rachatnikor Colony.
started by a rich landowner of that
name near Moscow, who adopted as a
fad the propagation of a beautiful race
of people. By offers Of money and cat
Tie he attracted TO his estate specially
handsome men and girls OF more than
usual beauty-both the girls and the men
being picked from a large number of ap-
piicants. The colony has fiourished be-
yon9 all expectation, and more than 100
children have been reared from the re-
sulting marriages. II IL the extraordi-
| nary beauty of these children that has
given celebrity to the Rachatnikoff en-
terpr1se- The case Is parallel to the ex-
pertinent Of the Kings Frederick William
and Frederick II, who. by marrying tall
women to giants of the royal guard.
created at Potsdam a race distinguished
by stature
II Is not inconceivable that a number
Of pairs OF human beings. superior physi-
cally and in Intelligence. might agree to
carry out an arrangement Of interrnar-
riase among themselves for generations
and adhere 10 IL. Those who broke the
agreement would necessarily drop out.
ipso facto. leaving the others to pursu.
the contract OF exclusive intermarrisee
10 its fultillment. Here then We should
nave new Adam and Eve in multiple
starting fresh race on scientific princf-
pies
What would be the result?
Why, simply this. II would mean the
creation OF new human variety. the
average representative OF which would
De far superior to any but the very best
types OF manhood or womanhood now IN
De seen on the earth. individuals within
the pale OF the variety would naturally
incline to choose partners Of their own
KIND rather than go outside for inferior
mates The variety IN the course of ttms
might even develop into a species such
species would be more highly dsveI-
oped intellectually and morally than the
mass of ordinary mankind, and the pra-
sumption Is that sooner or later II would
take into its hands the governing n, m.
world. prn.c,