Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1889-02-10

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favor
R,ouestsd 70 render Judgment in thi;
matter, the Countess Of Champagne, aitel
due delibe1atien, declared: That ths LADY
was toe severe; that the condition imposed
wss illicit; that no enc should rep-oach
lover for defending the objecs Of hi
choice. Aud it was ordered: That th'
Ilovec be reinstated in favor and rehsbilitat
ed in grace. Which, the prothcnotary
ayers, was done.
10 the decisions Of D0Uice OF Provence
/ the same ssgacity is displayed; A trouoa
dour came bstore her with the following
complsiot: He had fallen IN love with Q
maiden al g time wren the maiden WIS
child. A little after he declared his Of, O.
ticn. snd the maiden promised him a kiss
VIXEN next they mes. 4 year or two
elapsed. Then the maiden, child no lon-
ger, refused % fulfill her promise, pretend
Ing thet yshsn IL was made she w2sigCoIanl
Of its impc-t and its weight. Nov marx
the wisdom Of D-u'ce Of Provence sac
ordered that the fair defendant be ct the
mercy Of the troubadcur, who shouiG give
her q kiss, which kiss however, might be al
once returned
II another complaint, brought il this In
stance, 20 All nor OF Aqui'6ne, q eonhdaut
charged by q friend with messages o. love
I fouad the laday much 20 his liking thAt
he nd dressed her ia his own behslE In
stead OF -epulsirg him this ea7ly, Priscilla
-noCura9sd h;s luit. Herewith the in
iursd swain brought acticn batoTe tie court
TIE decision of the Countess Of Aquitaine
was immediate and eev5ra. The traitors
were senlercsd 20 Be debsrred tbs friend
ship Of honest People. Il was ordered that
neither the one nor the other should in any
Circumstance be admitted again mo de
cent scciaty. Aud it was proclaimed that
sny knight OF lady, however exalted in
tADk, tist dared 10 frequent their company
or receive them, should b, accommodated
10 turn.
Ina series Of conplaints broagh. before
Emsngarde o. Aniou other questions were
examined. For example: What would be
done If q lover break bis faith? and what If
tie fist iafi1ality come no. fOn him but
from his dame? Aud hOE shall it re If one
discover that sff-ction has repO2ed on al
object unworthy OF Is. Parity Of irdul-
gene. being maniies.ly impossible, TIE
COUNTESS decided that q woman should per-
s;st in he choice until all hope Of regard
ing her lover has TO be abandoned, bat
that from a man lees perseverance, should
be asked
1t was in such Weighty matters as there
that the cohorts Of love claimed comps
pstsrca. Marriage than was no. a ques-
lion Of happiness, blt Of jO,nture. Ga one
side CT lad was the cowl, and on the
other that arch s,ducer, the maker Of
rhyme. Her nature defenders, her hus-
husband, her brothers, were rarely at
haEd. Crusades were permanent iostitu-
tiOns, the rOSbes blr0ns aggressive end
over bcld o. necessity a lady was left
moIe OF less unprotected to her own de-
vices ard il was over the beating OF her
heart that the courts of 1--we cOn3,ituted
themselves ttibanal. In 4 laud where
the duel CIT every spute, the equity and
tenderness Of their dsccetAls mast have
claimed mary an etfsrvescence. More
over they were supported by public
Opin on. In the absence o. sheritts or
iiors they had chiveiry and breeding
for ads Thars IS today many a
misdemean0r that tire law CanLOt reach, but
which civilization reproveS. S,ciety IS
ever 9 despo' though it cannot imprison,
at least Il can expel. Whose violates its
canons goes forth an outlaw from It's realm.
It was much the same way then. A mis-
dsmerant lost not liberty but caste. In
the case of woman p'es.Ol The draw
bridges were up, in ali the land theye WAS
rot achstelaine 10 receive her. When the
culprit happened to be a man-and 1t US
uslly so happened the penalty vas an in
hibition to love, an inhibition one might
| think a. which he vas free to snsp his
fagers. And so he was, only he snapped
them all TO himself; any lady that listened
to him WAS dishOnorcd forever. He was
excluded from the company of his peers,
he could no longer serve o mistress or bear
her oolors in Journeys AID Ia nusts.
But matters rarely went as far as that.
Culprits were docile. They made amends
for wrong doiug, and the anger of their
gentle iudg5s was easily appeesed. They
were charming, too, these jurists Of love,
and not csprici0us either. Not decision
did they render that was not in accord
ance With precedent and the Arthurian
Code. Taey were not Just alone, they
were clement. And they gave their courts
such prestige that princes aud sOyeTeigns
deemed it an honor to sit in banco with
them az their sweet debates. That in
domitable Richard, who was surnamed the
Lonheart, was passing proud Of such
favor. To AlphOnse of Arsgon no Joy
ance pleasure more. From out the leu
ton mists stllked BarbeIousse and so
enchanted was he BY these subtle
sessions tina. he endeavored to establish
them among the burgraves Of his Rhine.
But to certain soils courtesy is indigenous,
aud that Of Germany must have been in
apt In any event BarberOUs e failed in
his attempt. Might we no. do better
here?
At the present moment our social at
mosphere has in it the opacity ard heavi-
ness of q room long closed. 1t lacks
Cz1ne, il is infected with enoui. Even the
debutantes are bored only the matron
smiles, but her smiles Is that of one who
SAYS "Now come what tedium may.n
Amateur thaatricals have lost their grip,
tennis does not always allure. Only pup
pets dance without fatigue, the hunting
field is rarely filed, and as fas the average
di0ner party, Retro me, my hostess.
In truth, there Is a manifest need Of
something so old that it shall seem quite
new, something that shall have strange
fragrance Of lis OWN, something archaic
vet novel. And If a few o. the young and
gracious women who preside at assembly
balls would undertake q revival Of the
courts Of I've full surely their competence
would be attested, and our fsir Fifth ave
nue. might know one day at least Of cheer
and perfect Joy.
An Inference.
LIE.
The Minister with severity and so