The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-05-17

Polyandry is even now common in Tibet.
the Aleutian Islands, with the Hottentots
and the Zaporogian Cossacks.
Polygamy, on the other hand. has eX-
listed at some time, in almost every race
known to history.
Whether polyandry. polygamy or pro-
miscuity was the original practice of the
human race, il remains a fact that the
progress OF every people. from savagery
to civilization, has been accompanied BY
a development Of marriage relations in
the direction OF monogamy. and with II
the establishment Of the family and the
home.
Socialists Would Abolish Family.
Socialists do not deny this. 1t is on.
of the things they blame for all our
present evils. (See Engle's 1.-The Origin
of the Family, Private Property and the
State" Practically every socialist writer,
from II. G. Wells, with his cold scientific
analysis of marriage and the New York
State. to Jack London, with his hot red
blood" stories Of human "progress'-to-
ward original savagery-maintains that
communism will ultimately compel us tn
abolish the private family and the home
Feminism is a twin sister to socialism,
IL not its first-born daughter. It boldly
proclaims that free love-" easy divorce
anu are necessary j
woman is not to remain slave" and a
parasite"
The history of civilization refutes both
socialism and feminism. Poets. novel;
lists, and historians though many promi-
nent socialist writers are. they have
failed to grasp the fundamental fact
that, since promiscuity. polygamy, poly
andry, and communism are sanctioned
and practiced extensively only in savage
tribes, these things must naturally re-
tard or restrict civilization. With ia
matte vision centered only on the phantom
Of communistic Utopia, these dreamers
or in wives and husbands, has been
abandoned by every civilized race in his
tory.
Not only that. but every communistic
association that has ever been estsb-
lished by enthusiasts to demonstrate
these theories under the most favorable
conditions, has ended in disaster, from
Brooks Farm to Mr.. Sinclair's Arden
colony. However. the repeated failure
Of these vain attempts to force socialism
and feminism, even on small communi-
ties of devout and selected believers
teaches these dreamers nothing. and one
can hardly read a weekly paper without
learning that some new ''halcyon half
~ 4Atc ioNC COlOhy pcIlbntu Oh
the rocks of human passion Usually,
these communities, whether they are or
gained primarily to share property or to
share husbands and wives or soul
mates" meet the same fate. Some one
man and woman instinctively follow the
natural law of human progress, and
leave or break UP. the colony to be happy
with each other in a home Of their
own"
Monoaamy Natural and Necessaray.
The love of one man for one woman,
and the desire Of both to have a private
nome and bring up their children to-
gether' Is either the natural human in
stinct toward monogamy, or an acquired
characteristic of progressive races that
cannot be abolished without sacrificing
civilization. Most scientists are inclined
to believe that monogamy is the normal
and natural relationship of humans. as
II Is known to be of many species of
birds and animals. Christianity also
has always taught this, and made siren
uous laws to safeguard ana sanctifv
marriage.
Morality and civilization depend on the
continuance of homogeneous marriage.
Divorce, much less easy divorce, In an
unmixed evil. A man and a woman who
know they will have to live together al
ways. learn to forgive and forget minor
differences, practice self control, and de-