The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1922-08-07
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DAILY THOUGHTS
By R. l.. H.
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Change, the Law of Nature

Cnange is me most potent Lllng III
life and nature.
And time is the vehicle of change
Every generation is different than the
preceding one. Today is different
than yesterday and tomorrow will be
just as much different than today.
Both organic and inorganiv things
are going through constantly new
forms. By day and by year the never
ceasing law of change is operating
to make the world and the universe
different. There is no standstill in
nature.
Even those thing which are not
changing toward the maturer are
changing. Forward or backward the
change nevertheless occurs. What
does not change in the sanse we call
| progressing upward, decays. but 1t
nevertheless changes.
Two very forcible reminders of the
daily variation in life were depicted
at the picture show last evening. One
was the illustration Of the evolution Of
life, especially man. The other was
! the advancement made in the picture
show itself
! The change in man was shown by
a series Of photographs and charts Of
the skull of man and his mos. anc1-
ent prototypes From the devonian
fish With a head the gradually evolv-
ing of the brain area was shown down
to the modern human.
1t was shown that the change III
man and his projenitors had most to
On with the development Of the brain
and the relation of the face TO the
train Iase. The forerunners of mar
had slnall brain capacities and it and
the face tended to run paraI with
the brain base, as the history, with
man was traced backward. Today |
mans head tends to feature tile cere-
bral area and subordinate the jaw
But the ancestors of man had small
brains and large jaws.
This differentiation has come |
slowly to man during the countless
millions Of years he has been upon
the earth but it has come gradually
and with it the super intelligence he
now possesses. 1t was no doubt
hard struggle for him as he battled
the elements and his enemies but the
use he was forced to make Of his
mental powers developed those pow
ers and slowly lessened the need for
a strong lower jaw with which to
tear and rend his enimies and foods
until now he is being OF the most
nervous system and capable
Of discarding the use Of the animal
characteristics he once possessed.
But the change is still progressing.
Today man is supreme in the animal I
realm Tomorrow he may be SUI
in, ,1r,IrY nc MN
extant.
AS be has dropped the use of tooth
and claw for the more advantageous
use of mind, he has and is continually
changing his activities. 1t is no long {
or his ambition merely to conquer the
animal and vegetable Kingdoms. He
Is stretching out to all the manifold
possibilities contained within the UNI,
verse
In the picture to which / referred {
as depicting the changes made In K
ohotoplay there was demonstrated a {
great change also even though but 9
.welve years have occurred since the S
3hotographing of the pictures, which t
was one Of the first filmed But in /
he brief space of time stage settings, T
light and makeup facilities S
lave vastly changed. a
The ancient product of the motion t
picture, as that play can be termed a
n the light of the modern play, was f
acking in many Of the points that n
make the up-to-date picture so inter- 6
,sting and so we'll screened. The act
ng appeared stilted, the scenes drab p
md the light extremely poor in com v
'arison to today's products. But the e
hange is still going on in the NOV fl
ng pictures.
We sometimes look back and think
f the marvellous changes that have tt
cen made in the civilization without e
ny thought that the change is con- Il
nual The advances blind us almost k
) the fact.
The earth itself according to theor-1
IS, of it's origin underwent a stu G
endous change before it was inhab- in
able by life as we nov know it. 1t ca
ad to cool off 1t had to solidify
ON vaporous state to the firmness
now possesses. Aud thousand
Their things had to transpire before !,
became tenable for man. -
And it is still changing. Shore lines
re disappearing Others are being u
lllI up. MOuuld1u ranges al z 81 du-
ally being worn down by erosion and
llleys are being broadened and built IL
}. Climates are changing. In fact
/ is changing. ~ ~
We think ourselves the elite in ?,
ings modern, but perhaps a hundred 81
,ars hence people will look back at ST.
and our ideas, actions and habits u
Id remark disdainfully about our
oeful ignorance. ~ ~
We have done wonders in all nv
anches of science, but we have
erely scratched the surface. y.
we think ourselves SUI %,
RIB specimens Of humanity. But what !
to be may so far eclipse what is, "
at we shall someday be deemed saw
es in actions and in features. Even ST
thin the last few brief centuries OF
3 ken of man he has changed won
rfully in these respects. He has
creased his stature and longevity Of
} and his comforts and happiness.
It is the supreme law OF nature soi
It all things must change and they aI0
lstantly do and will continue to do -
Solar systems have come and ~
l gone. Different forms OF life on on