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TITE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, NOVEMBER 10, 1912. A QQCIETY VOAAA efee, i?jcoc2 c CcdiizonJMmoj. If the Home Is to Survive, Marriage Must Be Modernized. All Our Modern Intelligence Must Be Brought to Bear on the Subject. WOMAN has found a rivisector in Professor Earl Barnes. Profes sor Barnes has been of the feo- ulty of the State University of Indiana. hnd later he was a professor In Leland tanford Junior University. The vivisection Is not such as to ln- bur the enmity of "Life." however, as kvoman does not suffer under the seal pel. Professor Barnes analyzes aa wen is vivisects he reviews woman, be argues woman, he approves woman, all a Just a little different manner from lall of his predecessors. Two centuries from now, family life bs at present constituted, wun us sacramental significances," its lack of 'eugenic conscience" and its medieval hthlcal standards, will be almost lncom Vrehenslble. declares Professor Barnes V bis book on "Woman In Modern So Professor Barnes maintains that the nly complete realization of life for both men and women Ilea In romantic ore "under conditions of domesticity. nd safeguarded by free divorce. He tands for the complete modernization f marriage. His thought In many 1-ays la Identical with that of Ellen .er. But where the treat Swedish oman's philosophlo writings are some- hat vague and open to misconstrue Ion, the American professor makes a lean-cut and conservative statement. Waea Law Is Wot Just. Two centuries bene he goes on to pec if y: ' "Who will understand how church nd state could have licensed and con animated marriages between young nd Inexperienced people, marlages hlch were to be binding on their lioughts, feelings and actions for life lthout requiring some time, however rlef. between the application for a cense and the final binding vows "ho will be able to understand how hurch and state could nave sano- oned marriages between a broken- bwn old noble and a young ana in- rperlenced young girl of seventeen? ow will the future student explain te fact that in New Jersey state and lurch combined to sanction and bless ie marriage of an Imbecile woman and ' her offspring until they had pro iced 14S feeble-minded children to rse the state? Who will then believe at In the year 1911 an English citi n oould go before a court and secure 1 order for legalized rape, under the lame of restitution of mar Hal rights? Change of View Needed. "Meantime every Issue of the dally rese counts among Irs items stories the shameful and soul-destroying ays in which men ami women are ylag to live their lives In spite of la medieval Institution. Eo far-reach-g Is the unrest that at each new frvelation of marital heresy ""society els constrained to rash forward ami antlcally denounce the heretic in der to prove Its own orthodoxy." Our attitude toward marriage, Pre ssor Barnes says further, must be dlcally changed if the life of the mlly is to be re-established as the eat vocation of men and women. We kjst bring all our modern intelligence. bear upon the problem. What Pres ent Eliot has called "the conspiracy silence touching matters of sex" List be broken. A eugenic con vene should take the place of the Her theological conscience. In stat- ? the case for free divorce, upon hlch. In the writer's opinion, the suc- ss of modern marriage largely de nds. he points out that though at- Among tke Poets THE RIO CRUDE. Rio Grande is a stream That some folks rhyme with "band;" ho wouldn't dwell anigh its gleam? Adjacent life Is grand; he cowboys clatter up and dewn And weep because, you know. tie Government's inclined to frown On trips to Mexico. he regular is there In camp The bugle sounds each night: nd all day one can hear the tramp Of men armed for a fight: he river bank with metal teems Tbe tents are in array. it such the river's charm. It seems. P.O one can get away. nd on the other side one hears The pop-pop ef the gun; ne guesses, from the groans and cheers. That Death is having fun: jt such the magic of tbe stream That all our men must stay nd linger by its silvery gleam While brothers slay and slay! Denver Republican. THE MA.V WITH THE GROUCH, e got a grouch. When, on the cars. I almost break my collar-bone T reading of the worldly Jars In paper some one else may own. never start a tale that's good But what the chap turns down the page .-id wrecks my mental attitude- It makes me rage: e got a grouch. When I was young A peal of thunder shook the air nd stopped a woman's wagging tongue By reason of enormous scare. ome men are lucky, I have cried. Knd In Luck's lap they seem to crouch"; o thunder scares my wife tongue tied I've got a grouch! . e got a grouch. I scraped and saved To pay a debt I owed a man; Irei. an animal depraved. And piled the economic plan. c last the debt I chanced to pay. That nlffht he died. Oh, it Is sad! voroe is increasing steadily through out the world, and most rapidly in the more progressive and enlightened com munities, stm It Is difficult to secure Intelligent " thinking on the subject. so closely Is It bound up with our deep est rooted prejudices. Professor Barnes presents as follows the three main ob jections which he finds current against free divorce, together with the ans wers from its advocates: Objection to Divorce Aaswered. "The first is that organized society rests on the family, and with free di vorce anarchy would ensue. In reply, It is pointed out that the same argu ment was used to support kings, aria tocracles and a universal church. All these have been set aside In many parts of the earth and society seems even more stable than before. The love of men and women is probably more powerful and less In need of advent! tious support than either patriotism or religion. "In the second place. It la claimed that children will suffer when parents separate. It is replied that this Is true, but they were already suffering when parents had ceased to love each other. The fact that children are involved In only two oat of five divorces seems to Indicate that children hold parents to gether when the opposition Is not too strong; and when a separation occurs those who favor divorce claim that a child is better off with either father or mother alone than with both If love is absent. "In the third place. It Is pointed out that often only one desires the divorce and that this brings tragedy to the other life. In reply it la claimed that many of the tragedies Of life have al ways gathered around the love of men and women, that when marriage Is declined tragedy often follows, and that compelling a person to live with some one whom he does not love, and may even dislike, is more tragic than any separation.' Danger of Idle Parasite Moreover, the advocates of free di vorce claim that their proposals are not radical, but, on the contrary, pro foundly conservative, in that they tend to bring marriage back to its "eter nally binding realities," Under our present-day conditions of more or less reatrlctel divorce, they further main tain, we have a consequent widespread prostitution. Irregularities that are tolerated and condoned, and a danger ous number of divorced people who are prevented from remarriage. With free divorce, and all excuse for Irreg ularity v-.-icnt, these advocates say, the unlaith. man or woman would sink to the emical level of the thief and liar, and most of them would disap pear. The love of men and women. to quote Professor Barnes, "and their mutual love for their children would then be free to bind -families together in permanent trust and open honesty." In a chapter devoted to "Family Life as a vocation Professor Barnes con cludes that in the midst of present dis satisfaction and unrest and the revolu tionizing of our deepest conception of life "the family, too, must change must find Its ethical and social re adjustments. It is not, be insists, the militant agitator, but the idle parasitic wife whom those who uphold the fin est family ideas of the past should fear; not any subversive philosophy, but overwork and the desire for lux ury; not freedom, but unthinking ac quiescence In - antiquated marriage laws. "But the monogamlo and persis tent union of lovers, surrounded by their children, will easily survive all the mistakes of a time of transition." Womea aad EAlrat sree. "Woman," asserts Barnes, ' "as she actually appears in modern society, is also less subject to variation than man; she Is much less liable to be a genius or an Idiot than her brother. She offers greater resistance to dls ease, endures pain and want more hn mnutds wn hxtunnt of the Daily Press If I bad waited one more day It's made me road I New York Tribune. THE NEW ARRIVAL. They nuvver wuz a baby 1st Es smart es ours naw. slrl An" my paw yes, an' my maw, thinks a boiui lot uv her. Sumbuddy foun' her, my paw sed. In a ole holler tru- An' they 1st tbo't they'd bring her home. ca cumjjuc, ibj me. Her teeth Is all wored eff they are i A-chewln' bark, paw sed; An' they ain't hardly enny hair A-tail upon her hed. She likes f squall most enny time, But when it's nlte th' best; Cos then nobuddy in th' house Kin git a bit uv rest. Unless she is a better gurl Nen you 1st bet she'll see Coz she'll 1st git put back Into Annuther holler tree. New Orleans Picayune. AN ETCHING. I wandered through the streets of an old town When night had let her dusky curtains down. And in a doorway, tall and fair and slight. Framed by an Inner beam of golden light. Beheld a maiden of Madonna face. Pensive and sad and with a nameless grace. Presage. I thought of the unfolding years That hide some things that are too deep for tears. Clinton Scollard. GETTING THE FUTURE MEAL. (Scientists declare they soon will be able to extract food directly from the atmosphere. News item.) All circumjacent atmosphere is packed ana jammed with food. But means for Its extraction are at present writing, crude. Potatoes haunt the Autumn air, and corns on every breeze If ik&?&K 4iw 1 stoically, and lives longer; so that while more boys than girls are born in all parts of the world, where statis tics are kept. In mature years women always outnumber men." The vlvlsector makes this statement in drawing his contrast between men and women. He tempers his compli ments to men, and lest men become too satisfied at being more liable to genius he promptly states that their probability of becoming idiots is equally greater. He does not try to explain this pe culiarity; he merely states It as a fact based upon statistics. "Most women think In particulars compared with men," says Barnes again. "The individual circumstance seems to them very important; and It is hard for them to get away from the concrete. On the other hand, a man's thinking is more Impersonal and gen eral; and he Is more easily drawn into abstractions." This tendency leads them Into habit Are onions, though invisible, and, quite unseen, there s cheese. The pancake In the azure floats, and maple syrup, too. While from the sephyr steaks may fall as gently as the dew. When science has contrived the way. reach forth with either hand And from low-lying strata pluck "soft boiled," -and eke "ham and." The future rain will be of tea, or coffee clear and hot. And heaven drop, of cake and pie, the kinds that hit the spot. New York Evening Sun. INSTRUCTION. By hard experience we learn. Whatever our position, - And pay, whichever way we turn. Right dearly for tuition. Before we walk we have to creep; We rise with many a tumble; Before we learn life's road to keep . How often must we stumble Ere we can learn to think we grope Through much fantastic folly. Our smiles of friendship and ef hope Are earned through melancholy. And so It Is with every man. And so with many a nation; It is a part of nature's plan Compulsory education. Washington Star. IN NEW YORK. Hank E. Noodle came to town ' With whiskers odd and funny. A hold-up man he knocked him down And ran off with his money. He called a cop and bade him atop The reckless spoliator. "Oh, there's no hurry," said the cop, Til get my divvy later." "But what'll I. Hank Noodle do? And what'll I tell MandyT" Tell her to come to the city, too; Her money'll come in bandy!" Fuck. REO.UIESCAT. I Johnny. In his r-stless roving, Found a pot of liquid glue; John, the maple syrup doving. Thought the glue was syrup, too, J. no longer now is roving He is stuck upon tbe blue. Life. ual action and we find that women are the con servers of tradition; that rules of social relationship appeal to them. Societies such as the Daughters of the Revolution and the Colonial Dames flourish on the scantiest foundations of ancestral excellence. "Women express beauty in them selves; Jewels are for their adornment; and rooms are furnished as a setting for themselves. The lives of millions of workers go to the adornment of wo men." Is another of his striking state ments. An instance of this is the way that many of the great women artists use themselves as models. ' Madame Le Brun does her work best when she is painting herself and child. Angelica Kauffman, when she would paint a vestal virgin transfers her own features upon the canvas. Roosevelt and Mr. Barnes are heartily In sympathy with one another on the question of marriage the bachelor ob tains no sympathy. "Men. when alone, become selfish. Quips and Flings Dancer What did you put that man out lor? Floor Manager He claimed to be one of the city firemen, and he was wearing a celluloid collar. m m m "What are the wild waves saying. mother?' "I do not know, my child." "But why do they dance all day long?" "Well, my child, they eannot play bridge. Boston Traveler. The second day drew to its close with the 12th Juryman still unconvinced. "Well, gentlemen." said the bailiff, entering quietly, "shall I, as usual, or der 12 dinners?" ' "Make It." said the foreman, "11 dinners and a bale of hay." Judge. "Sometimes I feel sure," ' said Bll klns, "that I once sat on a throne and waved a scepter." "And now." remarked his cheery wife, "you are going to stand on the back porch and wave a rug beater." Cleveland Flam Dealer. He What do you consider the best way to propose? She Promptly Boston Transcript. , Dyer I have no trouble .keeping awake during the sermon. Ryer How do you manage it? Dyer By playing golf. Life. Summer Boarder Don't you ever come to see the sights of a city? Farmer Medders Oh, so; we see em every Summer. Judge. He I have a compliment for you. dear. She What is It? He Mrs. Jones says you have the handsomest husband In town. Life. "What punishment did that default ing banker get?" "I understana nis lawyer cnargea him $40,000." Louisville Courier-Journal. .. . Harassed Prisonei1 Pray, great chief. why do yon keep your servant tied up so long? Cannibal King A thousand pardons. coarse and reckless; their Judgments become extravagant and their pursuits remorseless," he insists, "while women become emotional and unbalanced and tend to develop certain hard, arid qual ities of the heart and mind If they do not wed. Men and women should sup plement, one another In life if they wish to get anything out of it. They are only half creatures, each being the complement of the other. To live alone is to live an incomplete life." If he practices what he preaches, Mr. Barnes should make an ideal husband. Be believes that as a wife woman Is unjustly treated. He says: "In the past, the partnership of mar riage has been Incomplete on the prop erty side; why not complete It? Why not reorganize our laws and our pub lic opinion so that two people who es tablish a family, putting into it all they have, should pay out of the Income the necessary family expenses and di vide all else equally between them. Property acquired before marriage, and all inherited property, might well be held in Individual right, since It should never be a prise for prostitution, not even when It is euphemistically termed a 'good home.'." It is unjust that she should put as dear missionary, but we are waiting for the consignment of paper bags from Sydney. Sydney Bulletin. Lucille Oh, you can win Maries heart easily enough. All you need do Is to give her all the money she wants. Jules And do you call that easy? Le Rire. - The big responsibilities of marriage are the little ones Dartmouth Jack o' Lantern. Megaphonist (on sight-seeing auto) "This is Bunker Hill." Golfing Briton "Ah, that was a bunker, to be sure!" Boston Tran script. e e "Johnny, what are you doing?" Tryln' to learn the fish In this here crick what they'll git if they bit on Sunday." Houston Post. . i i "Yes, smoking-is an expensive " When one gives his friends cigars all u VA.- o T-r... n , fe'- loss is no little "Do you mean In cigars or irienasr uik. , TtlnVn "T hone this Balkan war will ... TiiT-klch strAcitlea." Jinks "Ditto here. I never could smoke the blamed things." New York American. m w vu . i. . .... -.ith h ! i i some men can master great difficulties!" sighed the sweet maid. 'rv. ... t ---A navels, too." com mented the young man. Brooklyn Life. Crawford "I hear he was operated on. What Old ne navei Crabshaw "Money." New York Times. . Silllcus "There Is honor among thieves!" Cynicug "Nonsense! Thieves are Just as bad as other people." Life. In the mirror to see If it's clean. Don't you? Bobby "Don't have to. I look at the towel." Boston Transcript. lnn (sternlv) "To what do you at tribute your downfall?" Culprit "The first drink I ever took was one you bought me when you were trying to get my vote." Puck, n much time and In many oases as much money Into the task of supporting the family and then have no control over the profits that arise from the hus band's business. State Mainly ooaecraed. Th. nmtnt marrlace system la de feetlve. We fall to realize how greatly the family has changed rorougn aevei ppment. Marriages should no longer k. nOTiia h th, ehnreh. but should be turned over to the state, which It more vitally concerns, liwi snouia a passed to prevent marriages of those afflicted with disease, between Imbe ciles and criminals. Marriage should al ways be a matter of definite and open record In the archives of the commu- i . . aw.M km a A vmrtiumA six months in advance. In this manner hasty contracts will be avoided and the marriage of unfit persons prevented. tt. j v. - ..nU. fnrm, of civlliza- UUUDI IHO """f " tion that have prevailed in the past it was comparatively a simple matter to find the complement of any particular man or woman. Now marriage has be come lnflntely more complex and we provide free divorce. After a long struggle In the past to ....... .mini nnnnrtunlties for an edu- cation, women at the present time practically control it. Most or our teachers. In other words, are women. It is owing to this monopoly that culture Is rapidly becoming feminized. In education this means that more emphasis is laid on languages, liter ature and history as opposed to mathe matics" physics and chemistry and civ ics. A oonsuint increase In the study of the former and decrease in the lat ter is very noticeable. This feminiza tion is indicated In the augmented movement among women in forming clubs, their enrollment in college courses and the thousands, that flock to Chautauquas every Summer. Growth of Woman's Interests. It is also evidenced in magazines, newspapers, literature and churches. During these past few years hundreds of Journals have sprung up devoted to women's speolal interests. They are almost all of them showy, fragmentary, personal, concrete and emotional. It Is difficult to find one that represents gen eral or abstract interests. At least one of these Journals which boasts a fabulous circulation Is spported by its women subscribers and readers to oppose the larger interests of women in education. Industry and political life. At least. If it does not oppose these Interests, It does not aid them. Imagine a million German women - i in Anllar and a siiuiie m ..... : half a year to Induce him to tell them onoe a month to go back to their kitchen, churches and enuarenj ..,n,Mri nr America nave steadily changed during the last three decades in the same oireciion. r.u torlal pages and news columns have . mAtflAri 1-n the direction uoeii Bttutj of fragmentary, egotistic, personal and sensational, or at least nooiw peals. These are the qualities of chil- t .4 - nf iinHAveloDed minds everywhere. The change is, of course. a part of the larger aemocrauo inure ment of our time, and many causes ....Knt tn brine- it about. Had women not been so active, some thing of the same sort wouia nave Hap pened; but if women were all to for- . i n. nvArnisrht there Is little doubt that the newspapers would find It advantageous w prim iu statesmanlike editorials and more gen eral and abstract news. We find the magazines changed in -v. j-.Attnn nf miA.lltles that char- Lll O u.ldjww.- w. . - acterlze distinctively women's Journals. A new personal and egotistic element has crept in. Even church service, if not entirely tied to set forms, must seek to Interest those who occupy the . t.r.ji n nhmrver P.AY1 fall to note in both England and America a move ment toward ritualism on tne one nana, and on the other, toward popular, per sonal, concrete and sometimes sensa tional preaching. The same general changes are taking place In libraries, In the drama, in concerts, In all group men Terse Tales From COIN OVERCOMES SENTIMENT. A stray American tourist, while on a fishing trip in Glengarry County, On tario, happened upon a decrepit spin ning wheel In the home of a venerable Scotchman, Donald MacTavlsh, says the Saturday Evening Post Priding him self upon being somewhat of an an tlquary, the American asked htm to name - his price. The old man slowly filled and lighted his pipe, while the American waited expectantly. "I'm thlnkin'," said the Scot at length, "that ye no ken you auld bit o' Junkie Is varra dead tae me. Ma gran'mlther, when she was but a lassie in Dunferm line, wur-rked her bonny fingers nigh tae th' bone tae buy It, an' when she lay deeln' she said tae her eldest boch ter, ma mither: 'Kirtsy, I wudda tbocht ye suud ever palrt wr it. The tourist, quickly contrite, apolo gized. N "I'm no blamln' ys," went on the Glengarrlan. "It's not for a stranger tae knaw that every nicht I have sat an' smoked ma auld pipe wl' ma eyes on th' wheel, thenkin' o" ma mither bendin' over It at wur-rk, an' her mither before her, till I can see th' heather an' th' hills like when I was a laddie In Dunfermline. Th' auld wheel is as a palrt o' mysel', an' tae let it go wud be like tearln' ma auld heart oot." ."I repeat that I am very, very sorry," said the thoroughly penitent American. "Had I known of these sacred asso ciations I wonld never have made ths offer." "Ah. weel. let it pass." said the old man with a sigh: "but, after what I've been tellln' ye. ye can see I wudna be Justified In lettin' it go for less than six dollars an' a half." And the deal was made, v ' EARLY TO RISE. A young chap of the city bad been going the route, and his father re solved to correct him. He was Shipped to uncle's farm to work along with the hands. He had been In the habit of going to bed at a couple o'clock and staying activities connected with learning ani the fine arts. - Professor Barnes raises some inter esting points in regard to woman suf frage: "For purposes of political life, does It not seem strange to bring up a gen eration of boys and girls who are to be the futtire citizens of a democraoy under the exclusive leadership of peo ple who have never been encouraged to think about political life nor allowed to participate in it? Let na by all means enfranchise women; but even then they cannot hope to quickly catch up with those who have some thousands of years the start, even after allowing for the fact that girls Inherit from both father and mother." Political life is education, and wo men should not be denied it. It la Impossible to obtain a proper appre ciation of politics by merely "looking on." Participation is 'ne only meana of learning. Citizenship gives one a continuous laboratory course of train ing In the art of right living. In the past no one learned. "The Bourbons learned nothing and forgot nothing, and the -common people were too dis couraged to think." Do we wish to put women in the position of the Bour bons by denying her suffrage? How oan female teachers train safe citizens for the future if they do not under stand the processes involved well enough to use them themselves? It is idle to claim that equal suffrage will make no change in women. Value of Mature Women. We shall lose something in the pres ent transition, but one must be content to lose Louis XIV and Versailles, if thereby one finds modern France; one muat be satisfied to lose an Institution which gave us the tragically pathetlo death of Alexander Hamilton, if it in creases human Justice and saves fath ers to their families. We must even be content to lose the languishing, cro cheting and confiding maiden of the eighteenth century, if we gain in re turn fair-minded cor-.rades in daily living, devoted partners in family life, and strong, intelligent mothers for the coming generations. The sex instinct needs no fostering; it has led us to our best developments In civilization and its work has only begun. Professor Barnes brings forth an in teresting point. "Wom- Is truly the mother of Industries, and it in no way detracts from her credit that her motherhood is here, as elsewhere, mainly unthinking." Persons who have been serene in the belief that men have originated practically everything will be greatly surprised at hearing that the development of agriculture, for example, is due to women. While her mate was out hunting, the female savage of early times devoted , her hours to cultivating plants. Her spin ning and weaving Industries resulted In factories which took over this work. Since the eighteenth century a great many industries originated Dy women have left the home for the factory. We shamefully waste the last third of a woman's life, from 50 to 75 years of age, the professor believes, because we have failed to free egal limitations and popular prejudices, so that we may secure these best years of her life ior private and public rervice. If one at- . tends a state federation of women's clubs one will find nearly every dele gate of this age. They are women of mature understanding and ripe Judg ment, still possessing abundant health and strength, and where relieved by economic conditions from the necessity of manual work they have to live such Irregular and uncertain relations to life as can be maintained by mothers-in-law. grandmothers, club secretaries and presidents of town improvement societies. Remove all restrictions on woman's activity and these strong ma trons would vitalize our schools, give us decent municipal housekeeping, su pervise the condition under which glrla and women work in shops and facto ries and do much to clean up our pon tics. Debarred from direct power as they are, they are still making us fe cent In spite of urselves. Humorous Pens there until noon. His first night at the farm saw him in the hay at , and it was some time before he got to sleep. He had not been overpowered by work at that time. Around daybreak he was aroused by uncle, who came into the room and stood over the bed. "Come, come, my boy," he said. "You've got to get up. You're on the farm now, you know.'' The light was not secure and the sleepy city chap raised himself on his elbow and rubbed his eyes, x "What's up?" he asked. "We're going out to cut the oats." "Holy mackerel! Do you have to sneak up on them in the dark?" Cbli cago Post. NO GIFTS ON EXHIBITION. Jimmie had been a naughty boy, we presume, but there Is a note of pathos with the humor of the conversation he conducted with the little girl next door on the day after his sixth birthday, says the Cleveland Plain Dealer. "Show ma what you got for youi birthday, Jimmie," begged the little girL "I won t do It," said Jimmie. "Oh, please. Ain't I nice to youf "Yep. You're all right." "Then show me what you got" "I daresn't honest. Marsret, I daresn't!" Investigation revealed that the pool kid had received nothing but a spank ing. DARWIN AS GIRLS READ HIM. Miss Elizabeth Marbury, the dramatU agent of New York, said at the Colon Club the other day, according to th New York Tribune: "It is an error to think that the In. tellectual girl is dowdy. Look at tht girl graduates about you. Those wits the highest marks wear usually tht nicest frocks. "I said one day to a Bryn Mawr girl! " 'How beautifully your pannier gow fits, dear. I thought you grave reverend seniors were above such trifles. 'Oh. no.' said she. We all believe hers in the survival of the best fitted.' "