FAMILY IMPORTANCE.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 625, 30 September 1909, Page 3

FAMILY IMPORTANCE.

-;'::-lf-it , 'Wre/i-hot,(says'/ the '."Ladies', Pictorial') ■'-. ■ for tha/'occasional support' of; the drama ahd.the' ; ; Burvivingicustom'-of'• the.'n'bvel,'^there would,bo, ';• it' seems, almost inevitably,"'.an alarming': prospect 'of-the total eclipse of ■ tho • importance of ,/, family; relationship.'-.: .In:: certain .social circles, ;/" particularly'.rtlie/change-,whioh has-come'oyer ■•-.' the'prestige/and/.power ,of. the <near relation'.is ■'-: /' •. oa'p; of/the'most-'.remarkable:, of, modern domes-. ■ tio; developments. /■-It':'is'-'perhaps; unnecessary /.to/prbduceahy'eyidenc&in- support of itho'.asser- ■,'■' tibn ..that - grandfathers -and/- grandmothers.' are ''. -no ; ronger.'-looked.lAi'p/. tb:.witn.'a" /: considerable ~: amount.-.0f.-aiWo.as;:.well';-a9' respect,'"or that -■'.;'■ - ..able' of .revealing, characteristics/and- peciiliari- /■/;■ ties.fburid .in-no: pthe"r''.type.of human .creature' : ' Grah'dparentsjscem; hpw:.,to .settle down ,in' ,an :■ , ■ amiable, /harmless-sort,of 'way,' easily'.available /./for occasional-"reference,"biit no longer, exer,.cising p/kind.'6f.;/fataily'sovereignty.' Aunts'and, '.'•;■; uncles have;'as ;it,were,-been/found out'in their j assumptibu- ; ,to;,thß.':r'ight ;of; ; special':,privileges/! •■;, and:attentions,;.,. Jf,'.they..:hope.tb'.bo'recognised/ ■;. at.al.l at:,the present, dayi' it must. bo. with.' a ;■:.. thorough .understanding-- of/ their limitations :-; and loss;of influence.' The/younger generation' ,/ are even makinga/deterinined stand in favbur- : .of/rempying-the:'right .and:title of aunts arid' ".'/,.TOdM..to7.be.'.sp : 'adou^e«ey,--'v~'.', ; '/. ; •■ ;^-: .-.;. ;.'; W /Already -where itheforinalities-of relationship ; ; /sutficiently/' degenerated,:. i/t. is :a. common ;: /occurrencb to. nnd,,thaf-"'christiaii names:-with-■;:.;out/any: prefix/are /agreed upon with: nephews '-. and/.nieces..; -'Indced,"-tb', tbose who are followwg ;tlie::warie':of./family-;importance,' it is' be-- '■■ coming-evident that thb day will come, when , the-use..of./''.'aunt''"and'"uncle",-in,addressing ..:.. euch■• individuals .will 'be: regarded -as -quite "as ..-'Obsolete n's'tlie.'employment of "cousin'? before /:-.the/names.'.b'f-thbso:shadowy,'relatives. It./is /.' impossible, to '.ignote i the -circumstances' that in /many/families th^if-fullextcn,t,-arid cxact-inter- ;■■ relationship .-iSi-not now .a'matter -to which anv ■ : heavy/; importance is,, attached. / :In. days • gou'o '.-. By/therpVas''something which:amounted almost ,-.'■', to a 'fetish /concerning the," precedence and pbsi-. .tlon;o^:ncar.-'rSati6n's,:.and: , .tbe , geographical / whereab.outs/of; string ,6f aistant.rela- ,-. : .confusing-.description.';' .If our"relations are ;to . be ,savea j frpto.i.obHvibri;',itvis' time we ;commencede/to/restore .abmestic'/'handles''to .their y-names.^--:/':,/,.;^ 1 ', 1 ~"':.V-\'-.r-.--'.-'-.',ri-i.-. . -