The New York herald., 1872-09-17
The Great Preachers Capture
20 by an American Widow. ~
Csmnstion in the Manageable
q Circles Of Europe. s 81
THE SCENE AT THE REGISTRARS OFFICE.
4 Honeymoon in England To Be Followed by
s "a Residence in France. a-
LONDON, Sept. 8. 1917.


Shades OF Luther, of Henry vlII., OF Gran
msr, Of Augustine, Of Loyola, OF Gregory, Of
Dominic, OF Heloise and Abelard, Of Antony and
Cleopatra OF Romeo and Juliet, OF Jacob and Re-
becca and Don Juan; ghosts of men who never
married at all and men who were married too
much; OF men and women who have lived and
loved and died happy, OF those whose lives have
been warmed by no spark OF the divine fire as OF
those who have been consumed by it; ghosts that
MT through the dim twilight Of the darkening past
hither. hither tonight and you shall have news
and see sights that will set your spectral blood
rushing through your clammy veins; that win make
your musty old hearts thrill as they were wont to
do centuries ago when you were In the nesb;
4 FOR HYACNTHE rs MARRIED.
Hyacnthe, who six short years ago was looked up
20 % one OF the lights OF the Catholic Church;
Hyacinthe, who was once considered power in the
world, almost sufcient to prevent the declaration
ofthe dogma Of fnfallibity Hyacinthe the tonsured
and barefoot Carmelite, on whose eloquent lips
thousands hung entranced as he swayed them to
and fro, like corn beneath the wind, by the breath
of his strange and fervid eloquence; whose fine
ngure and handsome, intellectual face and full,
harmonious voice, that gave forth such sweet mu-
sic as 1t was echoed and reech0ed beneath the
lofty arches Of Notre Dame, made him the adored
Of the fair Parsennes; whose large, dark eyes pos
sessed that sort Of spiritual magic in which women
ind their master, and bow down and worship;
who. at will, ruled and moulded womens hearts
like wax whom they looked up to as to an un-
canonised saint as something little less than an
archangel, has been caught, entangcd, netted,
captured, aia
BAGGED, AND BY A WIDOW
There was world Of wisdom, as seen by the
light Of this event, contained in the maxim laid
down for the beneht and guidance through life Of
his son by the elder Weller, when he said, "Be
ware Of the vidders Samivel my boy, beware OF
the vidders." He who might have had the young
est, freshest sweetest and fairest; whom Dumas
must have had In view when he said one priest
knows more Of the heart Of woman than all the
Don Juans and Lotharios put together, with their
thousand conquests; he the beautiful, intellectual,
spiritual the talented and conquerng, to assort
with widow-taller than himself too BAIL
Well, perhaps, after ALL he is not wrong. he has,
no doubt, learned enough from the worlds expert
ence Of the results Of old men marrying young girls
to not commit that mistake anyhow; or perhaps
he wishes as o teacher to give the world an ex-
ample OF q well-assorted marriage, or, perhaps,
what Is most probable Of all he is desperately in
love, and has concluded TO throw laws, prejudices,
rules and restrictions to the dogs ana be happy.
But why did he act 30 precipitately Had he given
fair warning he might have had his choice from
among
THE THOUSANDS OF HIS FAIR ADMIRERS.
Hts letter 10 the Temps, in which he announced
his intention, was only published yesterday, and to-
day he is . Benedict. This is hardly fair. For
what nutter Of expectation and what sanguine
hopes he will have raised IN the hearts Of his many
fair admirers doomed, alas never to
be realized and hopes destined to be crushed
cruelty crushed, ere they have had chance to
even take shape.
But viii not many OF these fair and incom.
w ha IN ropu
ton Of being the most fascinating women in the
world, fairly gnash their teeth with rage when
they hear that an American lady has coolly stepped
In and captured their idol and snatched the prize
out Of their very grasp And Is this not to be
taken as striking proof OF the superior attrac
lions or r ,.,.-.... ,.--..l..-. .
SUPERIOR EXCELLENCE OF AMERICAN WOMEN
II he has judged and chosen according to his op.
portunities Of comparing, appreciatlng. estimating
and judging women through the confessional and
If his choice is the result, what paragon she must
bel .
Think Of the opportunities he has had for study
ing character, and especially female character.
hundred thousand women have laid their hearts
bare to his gaze. From the little grisette OF the
Latin Quarter to the fashionable lady Of the Quar-
tier st. Germaine; from the denizens of Beleville
and Montmartre to the habitues OF the Champs
ElySees and the Avenue de l'Imperatrce besides
the fair sweet child of innocent twelve, whose
pure white SOU is unsoed by single sin; old and
young, rich and poo. married and single, pretty
and ugly, all alike have bred tneir hearts TO his
gaze; have exposed their inns.-most workings in
way they would never do to their fathers, mothers,
brothers sisters husbands. Their secre ongings,
scarce known or analysed by themselves; their
temptations. their Victories their defeats-no-
ments Of Jealousy, Of hatred, of anger, Of grief Of
love. VI devotion, all-ss has seen all with the
penetrating, discriminating eye Of poet anu :.
man Of the world. What an appreciation OF char
acter, what an experience in human nature have
these studies Of the
DARK, HIDDEN AND MYSTERIOUS WORKINGS
Of the human heart not given him, and what
novel writer he might become, what delineatlons
Of character might we not expect from his graphic
pen It is said that before entering the career OF
priest he dabbled some In poetry. Let him now
take up his long neglected pen, and with his
TWENTY-FIVE years. experience and study Of human
patsrs ls VII! gain more fame @ than ae eyer wod
In the pulpit 81 Notre Dame But II he has brcdght
sll this experience all this knowledge, all this
Scence ell this appreciation to bear on the choice OF
ewife, what specimen, what rdrd arts she must
be! In his letter he maintains that he is still
Catholic, not only Catholic, but Catholic priest
soe s Is ns SsSaSy Ss
good ior MIN. says that vow of celibacy should
not and cannot be perpetual that In some parts OF
Catholic Church, that
THE cEIIBAcy OF THE PRIESTHOOD
ts not an article OF faith, but q mere matter OF
church discipline which can he and ought 10 he
changed. He denies that he had any thought OF
getting married when he wrote his famous letter
September 20 1862 and asserts that N while he
was ofllciating at Notre Dame he had been under
the influence Of an earthly love he would not have
hcsitated O moment in getting married. He saws
that he owes to the rule OF religious celbacy some
OF the most profound and decisive experiences of
hts existence, and that from his etQhteeuth vaar
when he chose 1t, he has observed 1t with fdelity
II now, at the age off0rty-fve, in the calmness and
maturity Of judgment OF heart and OF conscience
lie feels himself called upon to renounce 1t, 1t Is be,
cause he believes that marriage comes home
to MIN az one of those laws OF the moral govern.
ment Of the world which cannot be set aside with
out overtlrning the fabric or life and running