Improving on Nature 



been made along hygienic and even 

 eugenic lines looking towards the ap- 

 plication of principles that make for 

 the elimination of defects, and the 

 establishment of desirable conforma- 

 tion and characteristics; but the out- 

 look for progress is not encouraging. 

 Nature does her best to maintain some 

 sort of equilibrium and perpetuate the 

 species by directing Dan Cupid to 

 bring opposites together. A brunette 

 is apt, therefore, to seek the compan- 

 ionship of a blonde, and vice versa. 

 Those lacking in physical strength are 

 the greatest admirers of overflowing 

 vitality. A poetess is attracted by a 

 pugilist, and probably it is best that 

 such is the case. If athletes only 

 wedded athletes a race of magnificent 

 human animals might result, but men- 

 tal refinement would presently dis- 

 appear. If the artistic only inter- 

 mated with their own we might some 

 day have fewer "daubs" in our gal- 

 leries, less trash in our literature, and 



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