Arkansas intelligencer., 1858-05-07
NEW SERIES, VOL ", NO. Il
Madam Lola Monte on Love. :
Hs LmICULOus AsurcU.

The comic side Of The tender PASSION vs.
very wi!tily holl up TO tle perceptions Of a.
largo audience in Philslslrhia, on the o5th
/ o.L The evening Bulletin SAYS:
The delineator was Madam IN, Counties f
I Land,telt who appeared before tho audience
. al s o'clock, very elegantly dressed in Jfsct
and looking piquant and interesting - oy...
She SAID, that perhaps an apology ought 20
DE made to the lady portion of her hearers.
Tor an attempt at making love ridiculous. Vet
ihe i5s cHer SPy gnidfp9rda gGdp 9a G GeaPGshcS i n ss
al phases, and she need not dwoi, thereon
Comic love had nothing praisworthy in II,
but was simply ludicrous. 1t began with the
frst sigh, and ended with the first tear. a,d
Plato was hot far wrong when he called it
great devil. And it would be Sound a hard
devil 10 cast ont. 1t will make man q fool.
and make him believe the alteration Of tho
shadow Of his mistress sfo6 tbs night anl
proper. Laughter. Comic love thus con.
slderod, the Countess proceeded 10 illustrate
by amusing and well told anecdotes, after
which She spoke of its manifestations IN En-.
rope and America. With the higher classes
IN Europe comic love is quite common, and
was seen in such ludicrous Instances ~ that
OF Charlmagne's fair daughter. who carried
her lover from her palace chamber to the
gates, in order that his tsot prints might not
be visible in the snow which had fallen du-
ring the nigh: which they had sentmcniay
spent together. 1t might be seen aud laughed at
in the story Of the German Baron and Span
lsh cavalier who were claimants for the hand
OF daughter OF the Emperor Maximlian.-
he procured large sack, and declared that
whichever champion succeeded in placing his
opponent in the sack should obtain the lyu,r-
don OF the fight. So the absurd combat ar-
tually took place before the whole court. ard
the tight ended by the German SackIng his
rival, and laying him at the feet Of the En-
peror. Perhaps this incident is The canse Of
the phrase to give lover 1.-THE SACK" which
Is SO common.
Love among the Americans has lis comical
aspects, although the wide social distinctions
which prevail in Europe are, thank God. al
most obliterated. Laughter If million
aire on one of the avenues has poor cobbler
for meighbor, it is as likely as not that the
cobbler will make love 10 the millionaire;
wife. But this need not disturb the million
alre, for in all probability he will make love
10 the cobblcrs wife. Still, thor. -h.5ul3 l.s
fitness OF things; and while the lecturer was
very lIbe al, yet she deprecated the in,ernar-
rylng Of poor coachmen with Leircsses. urIass.
the latter brought large amounts Of money
wherewlth - enable their lords - ur,l,lI IA,
dignity OF the new positions which they occu.
ped. Love that lel to such iaar.isscs s,
these was comic love True. i hi -it.ls nm,
and ardent In the be or;unra; but when that
brief seis isA-nlC, the honeymoon, had rolled
by, the unfortunate woman would i scov-r.
that her now phase in life !. not go pleasant
as the days of court,hip Id her 10 iaIauire-it
might be. Then the hearts united FOR life
time would probably iul that OF the iirst fra
Of love that burned within tIar~ but few
cinders remained. Til, was The case with
thousands, and nothing could be mOgs deeply
regretted.
The Countess had often wondered that some
ingenious Yankee had not blessed the world
10y lnyenting some plan to salt down love.
Just rs pork IS salted down. Laughter and
applause Then, not until then, could peace
be expected in affairs OF domestic nature
Nothing was more reprehensible than infilel-
ity on the part OF either man or wife There
were many causes which led to the prevail
ence Of this evil. and these the lecturer elo-
quently noticed. To these who could not
live happily together, she would give this al-
vice:-Part as often as possible, and remain
apart as long possibe-long enough TO
/ give freshness to their new meeting. Ti.aush-
ter. Then on the return there night DO
enough of the first love come back - render
home pleasant place for man ana wife.-
Applause. Discord and yapidity are the
enemies Of domestic Bliss. Discord Is the in
| cendiary's torch, which set fire TO loyo's tenn
/ pie over our heads, and vapidity is the stupe-
/ fer which kills love-
"For n maid oft seem gown oft worn.
Are dlsesteemed aud held In scorn."
! One Of the principal phases in comic love
was the 'fanatical religious phase" and the
witty lecturer proceeded 20 show, By French
and italian sects of free lovers, how religion
might thus be degraded. She then passed
to Mormonism, and boldly discussed its ob.
jectionable features, just as freely a. if she
were professor in female medical college.
and her audience all students. Her facts and
illustrations wers historically correct, but We
are confident they made bad and false i'm
preston on her audience. The close of the
discourse was a really beautiful and true
apostrophs to real love, and the Countess re-
tired, after reading, with a most delicious sc-
cent and expression the following translation
of a song by Goethe:
All maiden fair,
What dOst thou there