Show The Marriage l U Problem By Dr JESSE LYNCH WILLIAMS Abo 1 Wit War r as W Tit Td UI 1 th It Ita rr el f r c Caroll L. L Marriage Will trill Increase Not hot Diminish ItE are radicals who say and TUI even believe e that In the future there here will be no such luch nonsense as marriage at all There are conservatives conservatives con con- who soy say and try to believe belleve be be- lIeve that In the future there willbe will willbe willie be ie no change In marriage whatever Both Doth of course are wrong The They are jre merely voicing their preferences That Is all III most of ai us use our minds mind for anyhow anyhow as ns mere accomplices accomplices to our prejudices and desires So long long- longas as we have hue not only the mating Instinct but the gregarious Instinct we shall have bue to have bave an as organized society And so eo long as we ba have VI an organized society we shall hall have to have hue some rules and regulations for lor the control of of mating So marriage we shall always have hue with us Ul In fact In the future In my opinion there will w be more mar marS than ever and Instead of no marriage at all aU there will probably probably ably be at least two different kinds kind I will touch on that again But Dut first rt before we look Into the future we must take a glance at the past pastIn la In n order to understand the pres pre ent There Is la already today a tremendous tremendous tre tre- change taking place In marriage right under our very eyes eYel though hough some of ot os' os sare us s' s are not not- aware of It because as AI yet this change has bas not been Incorporated In la the rules rule and regulations of the game rame Sex has bu always always' been a bit of a puzzle to civilization a problem which It has hal never satisfactorily solved solve l and probably never will W. W IT no longer loner regard rard lAe Ise toe love oman o of man end and women woman a m en n un weakness Just w ei 1 a plain matter mauer of ic leer The old view of ot the matter malter Is t. Isnow now considered not only unworthy but as a kind of 01 blasphemy against the Creator who knew what be was w. doing when he be made these arrangements arrange menu ments for life Ufe and the continuance of It U. In fact tact In modern times Umea the rear rear- reactionary view of love ss II something purely or Impurely physical U II lIel ael eldom el- el dom dons proclaimed except by reactionary rear real young writers who strangely strange ly 11 enough consider themselves ad ad- The other and It still III more notable revolution which Is taking place In modern marriage and will be a tremendous factor In determining the new marriage forms form of the future fu tu ture lure Is due to what Is called birth control or voluntary parenthood This matter malter Is still In a controversial sial elal stage The moral Issue lesue Involved does not concern contero our predictions as a. asto to the future of marriage In the future there will be a suf sat sufficient number of childless mar mar to he be regarded as al the established habit of such uch a large class that special laws law will be ba required for them Let us UI see lee what will happen As matters mattera are arranged today youth Is II the time for love but not for marriage All AU of the forces of nature na ture lure say lay Cornel Gomel AH An of the forces of civilization say any But nut you mustn't I In the high tide of got youth comes the natural natural- mating time and It Is the actual mating time In all forms of life except the highest Among Amon professional men for lor example the average marrying age Is nearer forty for t ty than thaD twenty Tire The evils an and l misfortunes of this state of affairs need no expansion they thel suggest themselves Besides we see lee them all about us UL In the future fu tu ture lure I 1 see lee young people marrying at att t natural age Now the corolla corollary to early earl mat Ing is I. undoubtedly a considerable amount of and therefore there there- fore That will be unfortunate unfortunate tussle but Inevitable Easier Easler marriage mar legs must mesa mean easier teller divorce Regrettable Be- Be but true tree As Aa for the family marriage there her e will ala always be plenty plent of couples couple wh who 0 desire children Pessimists need Deed I never Dever fear tear In regard to that Parenthood will be regarded l as u such ouch an Important privilege pr that 1 It t will 11 be limited to a few few and they the y the fittest 1 And that does d not Dot mean meaD merel merely y the physically fittest but also alo th the mentally and aDd temperamentally most moat et ax t. t It Io 10 short hort we shall have hale an as arts aria of ot parenthood II mIG and It will wll be the greatest aristocracy and the only sound one ODe the world b. b has bas eve ever eyer r known e o XU lot |