1330 LIFE : OUTLINES OF GENERAL BIOLOGY 



both of players and of audience, and the former more carefully and 

 widely selected, without reference to their usual social groupings 

 and separations, and thus generally for these very qualities the 

 eugenist desires to see transmitted towards the future weal. Other 

 scientific societies can hardly but have their social limitations : but 

 the eugenists have all the social world before them whence to 

 choose: and so may again help to repeat the best pairings of the 

 past, even to bringing Cinderella to meet her Prince, and the knightly 

 scullion his Princess. But their needed Kingdom? After all, that on 

 the material side was often but a small one; and so may be this. 

 Though material dowries are no essential part of eugenic policy, the 

 wedding gifts so universal, albeit so largely wasted, might be in- 

 creasingly influenced by eugamic eugenists towards that real useful- 

 ness in the difficult start in life, from which they have only lately 

 been diverted to trifles, often not even decorative. The real endow- 

 ment, eugamic and eugenic alike, is, of course, in the vital values of 

 the young people themselves; and these as further evoked by the 

 love which unites them : and a brave young couple often desires no 

 more. Yet later events often prove they needed more : so here arises 

 that question of finding employment, which is not only so difficult 

 and ominous in the labouring world, but even more so for men whose 

 aptitudes, and corresponding social values, are in lines less easily 

 followed than those of the predominant mechanical and pecuniary 

 culture, or even those accessory ones which such standards can 

 employ. If so, our eugamic practice has frankly to face such diffi- 

 culties; and not only by considering special cases as they arise — 

 even if such can be truly recognised, no easy matter — ^but essentially 

 by turning again to those general social studies and endeavours 

 among which eugenics has arisen, and utilising all these can yield 

 towards increasing appropriate emplo3mient. So a sort of "Labour 

 Bureau" ? Again in name, no; in fact and of a kind, yes. 



In every practical discussion, the question of funds and resources 

 soon arises : hence eugenists have often already pled for endowments ; 

 but they do not appear to get them; nor will they, till the eugenic 

 faith is more widely and fully accepted. Meantime, however, we 

 have each our own occupation, and expenditure, so even if we can 

 find no openings in the one, can we not give some little employ- 

 ment through the other: as pictures are thus sometimes bought. 

 Influence every one has, in some measure; and co-operative organ- 

 isations towards all manner of useful ends arise and increase. Our 

 eugamic endeavours need to be strengthened along with employ- 

 ment of social service. Here, of course, we are far from suggesting 

 mere eleemosynary ways, albeit something of foster-parental ones. 

 Let these young couples rely upon themselves as fully as may be; 

 yet why not aid them towards association, conveniently of civic 

 or appropriate regional range, as (say) "The Brides of i930-'3i'". 



