"And this is the way I’d go to registering my people," she continued. "In all registration there must be a foundation stock. For man, I’d let Truthfulness, Bravery, Honesty, Manliness, and Ability to Do Things, count as Foundations. This would change the present social system radically and let into good society and life a flood of good blood that is at present badly needed but is shut out, unless it suddenly happens to get rich and comes in under a dress suit. I would make accomplishments, the _Ability to Do Things_, from the Ability to do Poetry, Art, Drama, Music—everything that is worth while—to the ability to make two blades of grass grow, the greatest of them all, count as my classes, and it wouldn’t take me long to straighten out Old Humanity and breed a race of people, who, in a few generations, as old Horace says, would strike the stars with their uplifted heads!" She laughed. "Look, Jack, here it is. I have worked it all out, just for fun." She unrolled a parchment, as immaculately executed in decorated letters as Eloise’s pedigree had been. Then she read, glancing over her glasses now and then to emphasize her remarks. "_A STANDARD OF HUMAN REGISTRATION_. When white men and women meet the following requirements and are duly registered, they shall be accepted as standard bred, and shall be permitted to marry: FIRST: Any white man, who has a home of his own and is honest, industrious, and truthful, and sound in wind, limb and eye. SECOND: Any white woman, who can cook a good meal, make her own clothes, keep a home clean, lives a pure life, and has some moral standard for herself and children, and will agree to raise them under it. THIRD: Every man who is the father of a great man or woman. FOURTH: Every woman who is the mother of a great man or woman. _NON-STANDARD_: The following shall be Non-Standard, and neither they nor their children shall be registered. FIRST: Fools. SECOND: Liars. THIRD: Cranks. FOURTH: Idiots. FIFTH: Geniuses. They are freaks merely, and fools in another form. SIXTH: Sissy men. SEVENTH: Consumptives, the cancerous, the insane. EIGHTH: Impure women. NINTH: Society people wherever found, and their one child. TENTH: Married men who lead Germans. ELEVENTH: The children of women who play cards for money and prizes. TWELFTH: Evangelists who preach slang from the pulpit. THIRTEENTH: Praying lawyers. FOURTEENTH: Trading preachers. FIFTEENTH: Professional politicians. SIXTEENTH: Bank cashiers who run Sunday Schools. SEVENTEENTH: Doctors who cut open people quickly, or dope them with much medicine. LUCRETIA RUTHERFORD, Registrar." I laughed. "It wouldn’t do any harm to try it awhile, Aunt Lucretia; but—referring again to Eloise—" "We’ll not refer again to Eloise," she said, seeing what I was coming to; "this thing is settled. You two will marry this fall, and until then I want no foolishness around me." "But, suppose she—" I began.