THE CITIZEN OF THE FUTURE.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 129, 24 February 1908, Page 11

THE CITIZEN OF THE FUTURE.

' THE SOCIALIST, IDEAL OF MR. II G . WELLS -- j :is j P.'. jls ' o.diis".-, still a mail's'-privatorattitude-tohij) ■ God-and to the small . group bound .to > him by tics of blood?.. Or does ho owe u debt outside his homo and lus buainosc ?■ ■'•>And, if- so, how much of tinie aud of thought should ho pay . to^hls /colnin'unity. if .he. wiuld.'.be a good' man?.-;-.j/JJhosq:■ are -some of - tho questions which 'soveral . prominent - Englishmen valid -to-day have endeavoured,- moro: or less satifefnctdrily, to answer in "Everybody's Magazine." . .. 'Mr.': H. G. Wells, whoso-socialistic ideals are so, well, known, makes an interesting eontributrori. to the.-discussion,- m tho courso of ■.< whtclf!'. bo- ; - describes ..-.with.' coiisideriiblo exactness,;tho ideal modern' citizen of tlie future. lii, Mr. Wells's \ ieu, ' s Ho-will-,ibo igood ito .lus .wife 'and' chdilrcii ]ie,.will«i)jo. good to?his ! friendsj' but ho • will be nonpartisan- -for Twifo;:: arid >« family againstjtho common welfare. His solicitud'o will bo for,tlio welfare of all tho childron -of tho. community, :he':'will^ : havo:,Eot beyond: blind? instmtfc, have*, tlio-intelligence to.understand.that-almost 'nny child in tlio world, mayjihaye. as large a share as his own offspring- in the . 'parentage of ■ his . great.His wife ho will - treat as-.lus .equalrrho will not: he .i'kind" to her, but-fair.and frank.and loving, as one eoual should bo ;with: another; he -will no'more have the impertinence to pet and'pamper her, to keep painful .-and-.laborious things out of her, Itnoijjedgo,to; .'.'shield'.'v her. from ,the responsibility,- of- political and social';, work, • than... he .-.wi11,; to., make it Chinese toy. of- .her and:,bind,-.her': feet; : Ho and she will,'love: that , thoy'may enlargo and . not liiiiit' each; other;; -i-V-Tv:'-:'v. -.. Moreovs,V''siiys Mr." Wells,: tho -good citizen): will'/iqqnboi.ijusly; -.and: 'delibdrateljf ,:,r seok beauty -.himself-, and;m:■ his '-.wajf of liv- ; He will :b6 : tlian tni'shly abstinent, and he will keep himself fit and in training : asan elementaryVdiity. !HHro r will not - bo a-fat.,nor-an emaciated-person.; .Eat panting ; men;"and . thin. enfeebled ones cannot possibly. be : considered good, citizens,-, any mpre: tliati; dirty, or "yerriiihous r people.--. Ho willabo just as find and: seemly in'his person a_s-he;'can-bo; , :not'from vanity-aiitl self-nsser-.toij.bo! pleasing': and -agreeable ■' to, his. fellows.. /:.h.:T'-v.-

Lastly,ideal citizen v/il! be a. student and a\ philosophoi r — , To, : understand "will .bo t one of. his ■ ncccs*ary ..duties. ~ His mind, lilcq his -body;-will □0 .fit and well clothed. Ho will not bo too busy, to, read and thinly though -ho may bo top .busy to. rush - about - to'get. and blatantly rich . 1 .» lie wilfnot bo a socroti.vo ■ man. '. Secrotiveness . and: secret planning-arG vulgarity,-and men: and-.women be^ and =ho; will- bo- educated, v out,.of.. 4 th6m.\ Ho -.will* bo mtensejytruthful in tho manner of tho scientific ; the- artist,. and as scornful of concealment:'., asthey..; truthful, V that is tothe;expression' of a ruling; desire to' havo things. made,-.plain and clear, -bccauno that so they are. most beautiful and life is at its finest.