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n:z czzzz:i cu:;dav joit..::al, tcz.il ; B cvmtt wo,' by wv: i h ,wf SEEMS, a Jtalr .division of ..labor - I that aa vornta have -drtas;q , J. to do what um formerly to os ' . -considered men's work, moo claim : right to invad the nursery, a domain which hitherto baa beta hold to be es- pecially aaered to woman, and n now freely criticises the method of feeding, clothing and - educating children,-'- and ethar matte ra about which iben are sup. - poaod to ba inherently Ignorant .Nev ertheless, children ..have t found their ' champion la men. who . seem to be thoroughly conversant with every phase of child lira. y.Wv'.Pf., ; A delightful book on 'The Twentieth -Century Child." thoath .written by a man. betrays an amount -of knowledge which muit put the average . mother . to shame. In the opening chapter the , author makes a, statement which will,. I think, appeal to the common sense of ell who read hi book, t ' Tha question, ha aayal. Do 'you tike . children r takae high rank In my mind among the foolish remarka of dally lire. Men and women Who entertain the mora .- agreeable of their contemporaries, culti vating tb society of royalties, million aire, actors, peeraTor ladles of the bal-r, let, aa the fancy take them, are not ' naked Do you like , grown-up people f And then hot goes an to show that you . find a kindred spirit In a child by ex- ' aetly tha nam method aa you do In an adult.; and you recognise tha bond.-' '. Immaturity Is not delightful almply because It la an essential of young life. There are a thousand types In childhood aa In age, and eyery child belongs to some one of these, -aa does erery grown person, and, therefore, each child must make a different- appeal and be Judged Individually. . -But the main thing Is to remember In dealing with, the modern child, aa this author wisely polnta out. la the rapidly Increasing development In nursery Intellect '.. Tha 'child -. of today thinks mora,' knows more, quWrtions mora, talks -a hundred times mora than Its contempo rary If years ago; it la a yet mora ad vanced being than, the child In whose company I viewed Christmas trees and did Jsasona IS years ago. - Laws of growth and change do not spare tha spirit of the nursery any mora than they spare its individuals. Tha reason fot ' this particular change la very obvioua Fifty, years ago children were unknown In society life; a hundred years ago, ' they were unknown la any grown up Ufa at Sitr, . ' . This , modern feature ' : - applies, ' of course, only to the children of rbe-rteu. Tha development , of tha street , child, If contact with elders produces increased Intelligence; dates from Its birth, for aa 'soon as tt can toddle It mlnglea with the crowd, and alts on the doorstep as one ' of an audience, to witness every street brawl and learns Invective before Its alphabet. ."' . . v:.-.-; -..'" Tte Step . Lailders of v V (Ospyrtsat MOB, by ev mr 13TAPHOR la to thought What rVi ' step ladder la to man, X"X f Van helps himself of , a . - ladder to climb heiarhta which he would find very difficult to reach by employing only his, anna and legs. ' By means of metaphor, thought finds ah' . easy manner' of explaining - facts - and Ideas -very difficult to comprehend and explain otherwise. ' ', ; - ' In the same way that wa have found tngealoua means to avoid tha necessity of bodily efforts and fatigues we have : found resouroeev to- avoid mental efforts. -ThesftrreaouroeaareeUphonL and anaJogiaa. which have so other object tbaa tax help man to assimilate aa Idea or to- master a phenomenon wltbooti '- ties. ' a rr 'A "" ' ' V: : By means of metaphors and analogies, for example, a sociologist ' can . easily , snake himself . understood by those of '- his readers whose knowledge Is not. suf- ' flesant to enable thorn to understand the -. eonfUBed and obscure technical lan--.Cuaga of science. ..'",' Let us auppose be wants to explain to his readers tha" close relationship ex , , lstlng between capital and labor and the , reason why the .one cannot dispense :''jrlth tha other, ' Y i Xabor - and capital, be would say. -tare like tha two blades of a pair of ' Bxuaaors-'. gepa rated tbey are useless; put together they are of .Immense use- 5 fulness,' ..--, V - n :" , - "' ' ' vf' ;.', ' - xt ' . V v. 'ISO lrue By COUNT LEO . TOLSTOI. IHATX bean accoaed of denying the '. existence of God. That aocuaatioa Is not true. It Is a misunderstand tng. I recognize nothing bat what Comes from God. - . All I know I know only because God exists and I know Him. Only on that can we bund, as well in associating ' with men aa in Intellectual snd spiritual ' life. Not only do I not find this mystic, but I consider It aa radically opposed ( to mysticism. . ' ' I have once before given my definition '' ef God and told what answer I would , give If asked: .What Is Oodt V God Is everything. Is the Infinite .uni verse of which I am a small part and I recognise Him ta everything. This Is no empty phrase It Is the only reason . why I live. : .C-..: o ' '' Oe4 is te me the goal towards which I strive, and ray ..whole life consists In Striving tn that direction and still I do ' not understand Him. If 1 did under ' stand Him I would have reached Him and I would .no longer .need to strive , and struggle. - ' -' ' - ' I do not understand Him, but f feel , viriserabta without Him and I am happy I, only when I feel that He la near. . . , It la also strange that there ta no heed f knowing lUm better or' mere inti mately than I do now. I can get closer to Him and. also wish te do so, for In ' that way my wbole lire consists, but in j getting closer te Hint I do not learn to know him better, cannot leant to know 1 Him better.' - "" ' 1 i, , - And even more strange It is that I , eea love only Him with a lova far . stronger than that of my own parson or ,vea of any own family, with a love that .never - aeor eases out ' wnica grows ' atreager. a love In which there is no rant m. no aensuallam, ne , fear, no ,,-ount. but a certain kind of self aatls isotloa. -.- . 't :. '. Ail. UtaljU.0o47peecAlvthxouxh LADY V ' HENRY ,SOM?R3KT. " Te my mind, however, the moat im porant modern phase which will affect the well being or cmiaren ia wa awak ening Intelligence hae come, not to the child, but to the adult, wno is Beginning to grasp for the first time taat the care and education of children la a aelence as different aa' higher: mathematical as neoeesery as reading and writing. 'There is no subject enoui wnicn m greater amount of sickly sentlmentalinm Is talked than, about mother love., be cause ao little discrimination is exer cised between what la the mother-Instinct shared by tha whole brut crea tion, and what Is. the 'Intelligent unael- fish devotion of a responsible woman. who has undertaken the aolemn duty of bringing a child Into 'the world. . Every creature which gives birth to its young has a passionate love for Its progeny,-. la the jrreat characteristic which-we share with all creation, , . ' Animals, we are aware, have ao great a devotion for their helpless offspring that often only through their death are you 'able te secure tha little ones. A partridge will pretend that she Is wouna- ed and risk being shot In order to mis lead- the sportsmen as to. the " where abouts of her nests. The only method of killing a whale is to harpoon the lit tle whales, .and then the mother has no love for Ufa. - Indeed, If we analyse the Intensity of tula passionate . devotion, humanity by no means takes the first rank, and the greater tha civilisation the less ardent Is this Instinct. . : , - i : But - the' mother love . of the animal ceases when its young can take cars of Itaeir, and when she Is no longer the medium through which tt takes Its nour ishment and derives Its warmth. Wlta the Intelligent woman, - love becomes more devoted as responsibility increases, and animal wants are supplemented by Intellectual requirement. And here it Is that tha too commonly accepted Idea of what a mother's duties should be falls hopelesaly ehort of adequacy. Motherhood Is the only great career Into which human beings will enter with light-hearted and entire Ignorance. ' For every other calling there must ba study d examinations, and proficiency, but foe this momentous work absolute Ignor ance of all physical and mental laws -la considered not onjy excusable but quite natural. . . ' -' .. v .' - How ' many young women take the smallest trouble to read books on edu cation, to attend lectures on tha health and hygiene of children T . we are be ginning at last to collect some reliable literature on tha subject, but -n -is--In demand generally only among school teachers, and not among women who are mothers,- or who are likely to become so; ret tha gtn or liberal education can learn nothing which will bring greater ill being to the race. The child of humbler circumstances can acquire no knowledge at tha publie school which wm fit her te meet the problems of her dim cult life. ... T .By, CK8ARE LOMBROSO . tt pa suppose nbw that ha wants to demonstrate - that were It' not for the intelligent work of- the farmer the earth would be less productive, and accord ingly it would not be aa valuable as it la. The sociologist would compare tha earth to a Stradivari u violin, - which, unharmontous la the hands of an ama teur,, would become a veritable treasure under the fingers of a Paganlnl or a Joachim. - . .';.'' '. . . i The resources of the metaphor- are In finite, for It Is easier to apply aa Image to a theory than to represent a theory by-atr-tmage.': 7 ' ,' Sometimes metaph6r has for Its origin a scieBtifio phenomenon, whlch has" b eome, popularised snd axiomatic. Darwtn's theory offers aa example Of the metaphor helping aelence. " The Strugglef or life amonglheaif ferent styles of literature la referred to, and a young literary man an Italian goes as far as declaring that parody ia a parasitical class ef literature , which Uvea. and flourishes on Ve body and at the expense of the blood and vitality of all other literary forms, and-compares it to Helminto nourishing upon the body of a superior animal. By saying this the young writer makes his thought clearer and more comprehensible, con veying to the mind of the reader the Idea of a parasite, such aa it has been explained and vulgarised by the natural aclencea, , : t.. following this system, a genial au thoress. Mme. Stetson, In order te ex plain how the natality of the ancient Greeks, notwithstanding how great and powerful It mlgfaf now appeal;, was not nostics this law and at last you only seek what Is good and live only to Hun and through Him., . '..''''.,' ''- . ;. v ' ' We do not know God through our rea soning power, net' even through our heart, but because we recognise that we are thoroughly dependent on Him, just as a nursing baby is dependent on K mother's arm. It does hot know , who carries it who, feeds it who keeps It warm; but It knows that somebody does, and It loves the person who does It vOod 1 Jove. Therefore love those who have done you sara and you will be amply rewarded." ;., '''',".' .''i Why have I come into this world T To whom shall I turn, 'whom shall I ask for an answer to this question? It Is ef no use to esk men, because they know nothing and laugh and reply: "Nevet mind why; you are here. ' Therefore, en joy life as much as possible.- Uve" - -- But they do not deceive me. I know that they ' do not believe their own words. . They often aak themselves the same question and i fear death fear what la to come after death and fear the wrath ' of " God, ' whom they' "have never worablpped. ' - Once when I sat alone, having Just ftalahed my work, I" asked myself-what I should take up and I had no personal wish exoept trifles, such ss what to oat and what to drink, and snddenly th feeling came upoa me as strongly as never before, that I needed nothing snd that I was ready te carry oet whatever was the will of God.' ' ' -I -: - Tills feeling came beeanae t bad asked myself the question: "Who am I an why do I liver . And as plainly as pos sible earns the answer: "No matter who I' am end what ' my occupation I hajve been sent te' the world by Clod to per form certain" duties, to fill a. certain alsraJ . . .'..,.;, -...-".- v- , The -Strictest ajd-ncaAhnTstrntias4 71 .. It 1 the one essential subject in the education, of women, and the ona about which women up to. the' present time have been practically' taught nothing. For instance. It Is ' currently ' believed among women of means that tha car of the earliest years of a' child's life can be safely coos 1 sned to nurses, and it ia al most, hopeless to endaaver to persuade them that education begins la the cradle, nd that .this' duty cannot be entrusted to a woman whom, in every respect, the mother regards as aa Inrertor. '; ;- .. V The Infant needs something mora than rocking and nuralag and feeding and dressing, , it needs watching, and with the very dawn of Intelligence tt needs training, . and yet thla all-Important -duty is ' generally deputed to one with -whom. In her wildest dreams. the mother feels aha could bate no In tellectual affinity. ' '-'f ' '.'. -. The reason ia not far . to seek. Tha Idea of education is aaaocleted with the child of it to 20. but we 'rarely-grasp the fact, that from birth up through -the first three or four years, a child's' mind and character are educated. Tbey look at theae little atoms of soft, pink flesh' as -delicious toy a, to dress and undress, to fold in filmy laoo and delicate gar ments, to kiss and fondle, and tha hav ing bent "Over . the ' cradle for a . last look, to go their -way- to take their full of amusement and pleasure with a quiet mind, firmly believing that they have dona their . part, and that -during - the next few yearg they need have no ears. THE WORLD M E S Wrtttaa by the Aathor ef the "Battle Byma .- J" ' . WHO comes -with tidings from afarr' i ;;- yy What say the peasant," what the Czar? . In farthest EastT where fearful strife j T'?TfTs' ?,"! , Pours Nations' blood for Nations' life V ; ;.t ; . How fare the' armies madly matched? ( i-! '.:.i J "What new, conspiracies are hatched f' In that dark house where cowards lag ' ''fVw -While iiercarebellioa waves her .flag I XL ' CJTILL does complacent Europe Smirkj 2- At "the pledged promise of the -t urk, v As fruitless as their sympathies. ' V ' -WhoMraif at is iniquities, . . ? " T ' ; ;' But more yet ha?e plucked up heart, ; : ; .'To act a valiant champion's part? ) !Xliou Superior to the mentality of1 the modern, uses a singular paleontologlcal meta phor. ' They can be compared,' . she says, "to the Icthfoaaorus and the meg atherium, whose bodies were larger and more powerful than tha bodies of the animals of today; yet they are inferior to them In the, soo logical scale." . - In order to explain a very complex and. delicate phenomenon the mechan ism of habit- James, the great Ameri can psychologist, employs the following metaphors : .,.; -The-waterThatrung-dowir hlH forms a stream, which becomes wider and deeper with distance. When the rain ceasea to f all the waters of the 'stream cease to run, but as soon as It starts again tha waters begin once more to flow, and they pursue the same course which they had formerly followed. The same occurs with the nervous system when the- nervous -current opens itself a course, thla ona course Is always fol lowed by the nervous currents whenever they-are reproduced.'-. -.. ; It cannot be expected, of course, to find in the metaphor the estegorical ex planation of a fact The metaphors are like those plank bridges which engin eers build to help them in the construc tion of the solid steel structure. . Uke these,' metaphors may ba consid ered ephemeral; - nevertheless. It - must be admitted that they respond most ad mirably to . their object which is no other than to serve aa Intermediaries, aa plank bridges, aa stop ladders between human Intelligence and a system or aa Ides,. " - -.' ' - ': noetic, no matter whether he wants te or not, recognrsea the existence of God. He must admit that there is a God, be cause he sees beyond all doubt that there is a law of life which he and everybody else must obey, and thla law IS uod and the wfll of God. ; '- '',:. v7 What raaaled the Little Otrt. ' From the Philadelphia Public , lodger. . A gentleman whose nose had been lost was Invited to tea, "My dear," said the good lady of the house to her little daughter, "I want you to be very par ticular, and .to make, no remarks about Mr. J 's nose." Gathered around tha table everything was going well; ths child peeped about looked rather puxaled and at last startled the. table: ' :..'. "' '---'-! ' "Ma. why did you tell me to say noth ing about Mr, J 's noseT He hasn't got any." .. -' . v ' . - , :' .....,' r. ; v - " rDivorcea ijiii 1 1 i n i ii i -ii ra " i ' i - j r . n r ii -i i . i- - --i.. i .. m r i i -i.mn. -ii .r .- i - n n i nn n - KK '. number' of 'petitions filed In TSngland and Wales , for dlsso- ' . lutlon ot marriage In ISOt was 1.000, against W in 1901, The annual average number, of petitions filed tnfrf yrs--05r-ijce): was tax ' Th number of petitions filed In 1901 by hus bands, was (OS; by wives. 441; total, J.0RS. ; The reports show prompt action of the courts "In that of these LOCO eases tw were set for trial during the year, as follows: ' For dissolution of marriage. TO; for Judicial separation, 75; for nullity of marriage, B); for restitutien f conjugal rights, fa. -y-y .-'. r- .,,. Judgmnts ' were rendered aa foDows: For husband, plaintiff In $91 eases; .for wife,. pialsUff In SM eaaes; for husband, respondent in IT cases, and for wife, re spondent In It cases. , , The causes for -which -divorce were aaked are nearly entirely, the Biblical ground. The ' wife was accoaed la SSS casus, hrtsiiinils.ln .l?0-haarai enaayl for baby's education v. U t , 1 soon enough. ,'. , V ; But if women are ignore jt of their duties from tha ,educatiotnolat they are squally se from tha physical. It la, quite true that it tha baby is taken Ul. If she cries and moans, a mother WlU generally . threw ,' aside all other calls, and will sit patiently watching the child, feeling that her mother heart 1 torn at the sight of the baby's suffering. but it 'does-not. occur often , to her that If she had watched it food, attended to Its clothes, and studied the first princi ples of a child's health, tha suffering could have been avoided. ? ... '.. We have to accept the fact given us On the highest medical authority that 60 per cent of the Juvenile death rata is among children under ft years of age. and It .per cent under 1 year...: How are we- to account - for tha fact - that - the mortality la greatest when women have the most ' undivided- care of children? For thousands of years women have fed afid dressed their babies, without giving any, real attention to the - irrational metboda which are too often at the very root of the disease. ' What .wonder that men have stepped Into her domain, and are endeavoring to demonstrate that the ears of little chil dren is a science, that aa pertain laws govern the body they also govern the mind, that a child's physical and mental development must be . considered together.-, and that It ia time the state undertook, to watch ever the children In order to ' give them the, . best . possible Inheritance. - I . must maintain that the "beat work for . children, during the last If years has been dona- by men.' Man has awakened to a new sense of responsi bility, and has realised all that healthy, happy children mean to the welfare of a nation, -and a new understanding of the Infinite Importance of tha child ,1s possessing modern thought v ,Br-JULIA ' WAR&. HO WE. ot the Kepeblie" ea the Oeeaalea ef the Aaaivaraary ef the Fwrodins et Bearst'a ' AastwTiCslaaS t -' ' WHO is it that thus daily reads - The. riddle of your human needs? v; v., . What giant with ' t million han ds, , . -' With feet familiar. in all lands, ' Tracks through this world, the flight of Tame, ., Rehearsed to" us for praise or blame? v-r v " Who is this master-servant? Guess. What is it but the Daily Press? . Gentle Justice By LAN DON CARTER ITli aoma, gentleness Is an . inborn quality, while others only acquire it through x periencev and -frequently great suffering; however, Ota fact that It may be acquired should, be of great encouragement to those whO do not pos seas it,, for there la. no more beautiful characteristic. In the examples of those who have grown old gracefully, than the gentle Justice with which they . view everything, and such examples should be great incentives for the, young to emulate their ways. "A soft answer turneth away wrath. and. In ro&sy instances has gained friendship - where logical - reasoning would only have provoked bitterness. Jlq man Is made hitterforbeingtold that he ta bad, and no man Is so bad but that a proportionate reform Is poe slbls; the pendulum, when It swings too far one way, always swing correspond- I Ingly far In the other direction. ' , . The most permanent and effective in fluence are always those tempered., with gentleness and, mercy, and so far from those qualities being effeminate, rather may it be said that the bravery of man. hood la Incomplete without them; for a lack of physical fear does not constitute bravery a ruffian may possess that but in -the recognition - and pursuance of one's higher duties toward one's fel low man, oblivious of self -interest, then the heart muat necessarily dictate, and there was never a heart without gen tleness. . Holland has said: v The heart is wiser than the Intellect And moves with surer hands and swifter ' feet toward Just conclusion. " -' We do not hear that Memnon'S statue gave forth its melody at all under the rushing of 'the .mightiest wind, or la response to any other influence, divine or human, - than . certain short-lived sun beams of morning. And so we must learn .to aocomraodate ourselves to the discovery that some of those cunningly fashioned , Instruments called human hearts and souls have also only a very limited range of -music, and at times will not vibrate in ' the least to the Sternest - pressure, whereas the' insin uating qualities of gentleneaa. Tike the moVntng sun upon the statue, are neVer without effect, although at times, the response Is not alwaya immediate. Through the anffertngs ef this world, which . must - com to all those, who rightly live, one unconsciously learns a sense of gentleness, even though In some the fact is not ealf-evident but in the Influence of the examples set as by older people there is always a greater effectiveness when refinement, gentleness and Justice are - the moat conspicuous results of life's experience. .., i , . With youth rivalry and competition frequently grow into passions of hatred and revenge, and ' the success of one's Ing this offense and deeerUon aad 7 -com plying It with bigamy. , . . . - -.- . NoUng the length of time that the ap plicants for divoree had been married. it is-round "that but two cases were where the union had existed ' under 1 year. It between 1 year and a, lit between yeara and t. Hi between i years and 10, MS between It years and to, and 131 over It years. ..-.-.:. ,. If the past condition of the married person has any reference to connubial bapptnesa, the foUowing facts will be of Interest i - Ot the total applicants for divorce, there, were 77 bachelors who were under the age of M years at the tMre ef marriage and Mb of the applicants were spinsters aad under 11 at the time of marriage, while not a single widow under this are at tha time of marriage asked for separation from the second husband. There were no of the ap plicants who were over tl years and a ba nbelor -when, married, and tat spinsters. whilav -but-U addoeucs, ,&sV.4e jasrs' w 'V? (CoerrwhC. MOJ. by W. , Hi. Hearst. )t N: EVER since the .beginning of history was there, such a- spir itual awakening In the minds nf men aa has takea .plaoa In the last few yeara. t Is not a sudden emotional phase, - but a growing flame of desire for greater knowledge and for freedom of ( thought v It affects all classes, and Is to soma degree felt and understood by the most Ignorant as well as by the most frivolous. . While it Is certain to bring humanity to a higher standard eventually. i U causing many abnormal phases to dis play themselves in tha . meantime. Most abnormal of alt Is the phase which strikes at the root of domestic life and destroys conjugal happiness In the name of religion, 'n '-'-.:.,, ; t - - t am constantly In receipt of letters from women who believe they have been "awakened" - spiritually, 'and . who 'are convinced by their teachers" first, and afterwards, that love should exist only On tha spiritual plane, and that men and women should live and love aa disem bodied spirits are supposed to Uve and lOva. ' -7 -- - ! From reliable sources the astonishing and almost Incredible Information has come that an order of '"religious'' enthu siasts exists which employs the mutila tion of the body as a means of spiritual ising the mind. Thla is not among ear- S ENGER ,1 ON 6nr own shores what new surprise? , What forecast, both of fools and wise? What overt heaping of the soil? " f 1 What protest of world hewed toil? s What Sunday sentences of Rood ? What Monday floating with the flood? - -Questions like. these, and many more, r Are answered at our rery door. , . Br Britain Bights Baserved.) ITH the usual pronenesa of ' Americana te keep ham- mertnsr at a thing when it is once suggested, the ques tion, ot divorce' has for some time been one of frequent discussion. '' ' , Ia a sense we are glad this U so, as it may lead to needed legislation on the subject, the passage of more rigid laws and fewer illegal marriages. ', ' ' The proper place to begin a reforma tion ia at the root of the whole matter. If there was a license Inspector whose duty it was to Inquire Into, the character and eligibility of appllcaata for licensee, there would be fewer iiceuses Issued to ineligible persona. , Publication of the bans of matrimony from the pulpit and dally "press 'Would give an opportunity for persons who know reasons why the parties should not be joined - in wedlock to file objections to the ceremony and thereby prevent evildoer from Imposing upon the innocent ' The severest punish ment should follow violation of the laws ream la ting marriage,-' Persons would not under such dreumstanoeg enterltgfatly Into marriage contracts.? If, ia the be ginning; people were made to understand that they would receive the aame pun ishment for the violation of the marriage laws that would be Inflicted for the vio lation of other laws, we should hear less of hasty marrtageo. divorce . and - the abandonment of husbands and wives for trivial causes ,. v Nothing affects a nation more seri ously than that consequences of " mar riage. Therefore the strictest possible opponent la considered a pereonal in sult whereas, with those who have really lived and been tried in the pruci Me of years the same causes, ss well aa effects. would be investigated, and no man, no . matter, hew impetuous and unreasonable, can fall to respect the standard which demands genua, gener ous and Systematic InveaUgatlona, and for which standard these upholders are willing to suffer and fight for. - Gentleness has no more unconquerable fee than the inordinate and insatiable ambition so prevalent among the rush ing, whirling masses bf today, and not until a universal recognition of thin fact can there be eny genuine satisfaction tn life; and what characteristic Is more conducive to this end than "gentle Jus tice' Te aot the friction or argument more likely te generate 'heat thsn prog ress T whereas, is not faith , and trust and gentleness a more satisfactory way to accomplish the highest form ot edu cation? r v : v. -i-. over & at the time of .the second mar riage Sought separation, If the new argument of. the Chicago Social Economic club Is being studied. It will be of Interest to observe that of the' total divorce eaaes," there were but 415 applicants who wars parents of chil dren, SS who had but 1 child, let with t- children, IM with i. to t children aad M with ever I children. v ' .,. The population of Eagland and Wales Is about S3, 000, 000. showing that there Was one petition for dissolution of marriage In some form filed In the courts In IMS for about each tl.iOO population.- - Ex-. pertmental or trial marrlagea, seemingly, are not encouraged by the ease of secur ing divorce. ' The sentiment of the peo ple,' sustained by th. .courts, I clearly against divorces or . the' divorced. The established church is against performing the marriage ceremony ' where either party te the proposal marriage it a. di- ELI, A VHCCLS R V 1 L CO age or Ignorant people, but among the educated and refined -women of tha land, 'mind you. . . -..'., .. ..,'.' Could there be a more Insulting act shown tha Creator T CoUld there be a tnore utter abandonment of tha Divine power and will and self-control which are the God qualities gives ua to use in the development of. character? j . Theae same religious devotees will tell you that the Hindoo who holds his arm In one position until It becomes par alysed, to show his love ef God. or that tha IJiaea prleat who disembowels, him self .alive for the same purpose, Is a pagan and a savage. Yet common aense 1 uA i unvruwi iwu inuaiunu Ftnethoda of life followed it thajnarne of I religion are of the earn schooL and thl scnoui oeionga o un realm or unoai a need minda. God doaa not want and does not approve of any method of life which upsets His divinely planned order of human existence. , It is Just as great a crime 'to starve, torture and mutilate your own body as that of another. Every organ. Impulse, appetite, affection - and passion was given you to conserve for the highest purpose Just aa your hands need the 10 fingers.' and your feet the -It toes, and. your face two eyes and ears and a noaa and mouth, to be a perfect human body, ao you need all your emotions and appetites and desires to be a perfect being. - Just as you need to use the or gans of ycfur body for noble purposes, and your hands for worthy service, and your feet for willing Journeys at the bidding of good.' so you need to turn all your Impulses tp the development ofja perfect character. . .- . The erase for fasting has become a dlaease In America among many orders of religious fanatica. . Without doubt an occasional "fast of a day la excellent for the overtaxed man or beast Occa. slonal seasona of living upon milk and raw fooda are good for the body and mind. . But the long Agonising fasts and the Idea that we muat exist like the air plants on our respirations and as pirations, and never , eat anything which we like In order' to become -spiritual" that la a pbaae of emotional Insanity; The wlf!'who loves her husband and who knows that ha Is her loyal lover and friend.- yet who la carried away by her i religious mania to the extent ot believing that ahe muat live only- in the realm of tha spirit with htm she. too, has become Insane and needs a specialist to look after her condition. ' She Is sin ning against God,. who .made men. anl women te be not only spiritual and men tal, but physical matea. ..,. . We have no right to attempt to over turn God's' kingdom on earth an to starve and mutilate and crucify -ourselves. 'to establish eny . order of life which Is unnatural and premature. ' Live the best and highest order of this life before you attempt another. Be Tte aQuestioh of- Divorce MRS. JOHH A. LOOAH. law for tha perpetuation et the race should be enacted and executed relent lessly, The relation Cf the saxes ia a vital master morally, mentally and phy aloally. - Those who eater Into the mar riage contract upon any other basis than sincere affection and a -desire -to live together after God'a holy ordinance are criminals in the sight of Him who established ths sacred laws under which men and women twain should live as one and multiply their species to replen ish the earth.- . Holy writ has made it plain that living together under any other cireumatances Is. adultery, ' one of the most heinous of Crimea ...Z In high and low life one la constantly confronted with the saddeat eases of humafl misery brwght about by- aban donment and divorce. . .Half the eaaes of divorce listed ia the newspapers give abandonment aa Che cause. Men all too often aeek innocent girls sad women whomi their . lecherous natures fancy, snarry them, .live With them a few monthe or yeara, as they happen to be Inclined, end then desert them, leaving the women to eare for the children who are tha fruits of Such marriage. Ia moot Instances of this kind, the women are r broken in health and unable to work and aa a result -the publie must assume the burden of the support ef the woman and the children, while the man goes to aome other locality, and with or with out divorce decrees proceeds to marry another woman, only to repeat the cruel ties and outrage upon the Innocent and the pubtie. " -'...,. Such men ehould have aa Indelible a brand put upon.' them aa that put upon Cain, aa they are murderers In every sense of the wordV; THE nursery world, says the' au thor of -a recent book on the ' 10th century child, may be 4U , i : vided Into three parts the neg lected child, the actively ill-treated chUd and the child who is tended to the very best of Its parents' ability. , ';: ; Now, as far as these first two classes are concerned. I thlpk that there has been a. great -deal of exaggeration, Al though many remarks . as to the mis management of children in fashionable houses sre-Juat the abnormal child life la to be found In a very small portion of society. , It is a bad business, but a very restricted one, I am afraid that where it exists it Is beyond hope of redemption. i'-.'V ;-v:- - Many of these children would be bet ter broaght up It they could be left,, to the deputy-mother, the guardian with plenary powers.'. - ,"r -'' - r:- r- - The guardian must be a refined lady of experience, tact and patience. If such a deputy can be supplied It is not neces sary that women who have social antl Intellectual demands-. ba their , time should spend half their lives In the nur sery. v -.:-'...' --.'.'. ; But there are too many busy women very often unneoasarilybusy woman who cannot afford this deputy. Their duty la to make their children their first charge, instead of wasting their time at bridge and afternoon parties. The really buay .woman ef serious occupa tions need never neglect her children, even If she cannot afford the highly trained nurse or governess. It is merely a matter of arranging her time. , I am fairly busy myself, but I know every detail of the daily routine; food. clothing and occupation of the nursery. Wlthrwi.Ofr tafisnat.na mainrc V. B j th .COUNTSS8 O F 'ARWI CK'J. ;-. j j . X. the best wife, the bast mother, tha beat friend, the beat woman possible before you ' try . to become the best ' saint or anget - . 1 - ' . -; To be the best wife te the good self, controlled huaband Who respects your . womanhood, you Bred to be human, , as God Intended you to be .whea he made human beings. He made the trees, the plants, : the' animals , and the . human family all with sex Impulses, and had He not respeoted these Impulses enough to make them universal they would not exist.', 1, ''?."' ,. .'' -: t. ' ; To starve .or i destroy: by "unnatural methods, this part of the nature Is as wicked aa to abuse and. misuse It Tou have ao right to brand as base or Ignoble what God created. ' To be the best mother, friend and wo man poaalbla. sympathy and charity and ' understanding ol the everyday 'life . of your kind must be cultivated. You must be human and wholesome and natural and loving. - You must not attempt to stand upon a pedestal and pose for the admiration of those below you..: Instead of trying to call people Jip to a chilly , height . you must go along with them, and U you atumble and fall now and then, show them how quickly a human being' can rise and brush off the dost and go on higher. . ' This will do tha world tenfold more good than all your ' fastings and soarings and all. the cruel-, fylngs of your normal nature. , When God is ready to take you out,' of the body It will then ba time for you to practice wholly spiritual methods of life.'- v.-,, -",' .; r'. While He indicates .His desire that you remain in tha body live ' like a good, sensible human being and make - every one about you happy and comfortable, -Of course humanity needs -bigh Ideals to lead it away from ealf-Indulgence. ' - But this Is a poor way to try and cuae ' a man ot gounnandlslng by,' starving btm to death.' The wiser way la to make hint understand tha delight of self-control, and the purpose for which the appetite was bestowed by the Creator.' To re move his dtgeatlva organs and sustain his life by hypodermlo . uueotlons of food might relieve . htm of hungers , pangs, but It would not develop his char- acter lute helping bun to conserve hi appetite for the sustaining of Ufa and the normal pleasures of the table, arrery time we control an abnormal or unwiee appetite ef any kind we grow in mental and spiritual powtr and In the develep- ment of character. But that doaa not mean that we are tetany 'the body food--' upon all occasions or starve tha nature at every turn. '" '','"- -. i' -y , To ruin your home life by trying to prove yourself a spirit la a sin against God. yourself and bumanltyv ' - ' Heartless women guilty ef a like of fense should suffer - like penalties for such crimes as desertion ef huaband and children,-'-- Until there-: id legislation which authorise proper prosecution ot such offenders there must be divorcee, es both . men and women must be freed from incubuses, or they cannot auoceed In anything. .- ..: - I have la mind eases where good, aad true women, who were loyal wives and tender and devoted mothers, have been erweily abandoned, tor no other reason exoept the total depravity of their hua beada. Also instances where men. noble men, have endured the tortures of the lost en account of -the vicious tempera ments, intemperance or. drug ha bit a of tbetr -unworthy-wives, Will any ona claim that there should not be at least a legal separation, with equitable provi sion .for the support of the- dependent Women and children, by the husbands and fathers In such caasaT One hae only J . t n, - il 4k .k. -4. K1-, 4M, (,, f tlons to knew-tha Suf farina entailed br 1 mesalliances and the divorce courta. Where parties are wealthy and have ' come to dlsasTeernent through too much Indulgence In the dlsslpattona and fri volities of Ufa there is little excuse and they should not be held guiltless be fore the law aad allowed te be off with the old and on with the new at their pleasure, thereby prostituting the holy ' relations ot men and women to the base purposes of vitiated mind. Im- 1 mediate attention should be given to this , class, aa they are the' most reckless of fenders against society and the preeer- : vatioa of the heaeen born inetitutlon of . marriage aa it wag, iirtended lt ehould , be observed. .- .- ', ' be sure that the beet deputy is taking her plaoe when aha is absent front the nursery, , . (.-,. - Nor must the . hours that .' the busy woman gives her children be the "fag ' i ends", ef the day. One cannot bone to -j gain a place in their Uvea unices one -gives them the beet ef oneself. , The chief point la -never te be "tired" when . i you are - with ' your children. It Is a ! difficult task, but you will live to re gret it In tbetr. mercpess criticism If you grudge the time you give. And so on should never let anything interfere with certain hours of companionship, rides or walks, or evening talks.. , How ever busy one has to be one oaa fit them In somehow if one makes ua one's mind to do so, . . ' " ' ' Most homes. X am glad to think, are arranged for the children's welfare, aad If only people would understand that the simpler and more human ehildren'e Joys and pleasure are the haooler thev arer -parents -would more often make. a. suoeeas of their P nisei lea ' .. . It Is not In hot rooms, at dances and theatres, but in "God's out -of -doors." that a child becomes one's real com panion In garden or stables or la ramb ling walks, where nature's book show thrilling pictures att every moment of the year. Children need no teaching to be thrilled with excitement at the first snowdrop. . v . All -the wonder of opening leaf and flower, aad the mystery of new birth are theirs ss they search for primrose daffodil and watch the young lamba at play. No time can dull the memory ef the keen Joy of blrd-neetlng, of the first hunts for baby rabbtta and dormice and dappled fawns. The pond at tadpole time is a world Of woudeia, full of liv ing mystery. And then in winter, what lesions of simple kindness ean be taught' by caring for the birds and making: friends with. robin and thrush h ri J tlnfctmasl r,., ' . r-'V'-- ' 'v',:rJ:':.::"'- . -. t . '. ": -f , -'.' ', '.", ' ' " ' . i v.t . - 1
