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THEY'LL BE WATCHED
"Watch ua!" say young bride and groom in Los Angeles who believe
they are up to the standards of physical and mental perfection required by
the most expert eugenists. They are going to be a perfect example of the
benefits of eugenic marriages, they say, after requesting the public to "watch
them." Thmk.of a bride and groom being watched, on invitation, by even
their friends, much less the public; their every move and act and look
weighed and balanced and perhaps compared with those of married hon
eiigenists! Every time Sally Ann, or whatever her name is, wants to do something
natural to the ordinary woman in the course of her daily life she must
pause and refer to a book of rules or memory lessons on what to do and
what not to do under certain circumstances. And if. HE thinks or plans
some ordinary act he must pause and consider the possible result of such
thought or act on perfect eugenic conjugal felicity.
Compare this, t,hen, with the old-fashioned marriages of folks who
loved for the loving. After they discovered and mutually agreed that tney
had been made for each other they never stopped to consider their size,
weight, age, color of hair, eyes or complexion. They just got married and
the man worked for the woman, and, when offspring came, born of their
love and devotion, he worked harder for his family. There were no cut and
dried rules of living and loving then. Nobody was asked to watch the re
sult of a marriage-, although, of course, the neighbors probably did.
It is to be hoped that even with the public watching, this latest "eu
genic" marriage will be a success, but not long since a youth and lass drew
up some sort of an agreement stipulating what they should and should not
do to keep peace in the home and now they are living apart. Modern
ideas may improve' laws, business and politics, but love and marriage
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DIARY OF FATHER TIME
AHA, PA!
"That young Blake stays mi a very
late hour, Dora. What does your
mother say about it?"
"She says men haven't altered a
bit.
It is proposed at some future time
to serve a mammoth punch at some
furiction attended by Hon. W. J. Bry
an. But there will be only one ingre
dient grape juice. That reminds me
of one of "the biggest punch brews I
ever saw. It was made Oct 25, 1694,
at the home of the Right Hon. Ed
ward Russell, commander-in-chief of
his majesty's forces in the Mediter
ranean. The bowl was a garden fountain
weher four roads met and in it the
following ingredients were poured:
Four hogsheads of brandy, 25,000
lemons, 20 gallons of lime juice, 1,300
pounds of sugar, 5 pound's grated
nutmeg, 300 toasted biscuits and one
pipe of dry mountain Malaga wine.
A boat was specially built so a boy
might row around in it and fill the
cups of the assembled guests, num
bering about 6,000.
