Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-02-15

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psses1eo - ofA ~ ~ absence 70 The
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q education. tor In the annals Of most
fhuflinss poyhaps u ycnys, perhaps N
mins. = to - found H. soory oe soms
young ulan who. despate I'll tbs -
trsasies q hts mother. his family and
his frienAs. despite ccnmoa prudence
and ~ expstisnce of The verdi around
him. be- thrown his life at the feet It
eoms woman WHOSE charm tor him Is
Ike thst Of the Lorelsi Tor the Rhenish
boatuen. Perhaps he maryjee her. !
knew o. one young man, The only con of
. worthy clergyman, who with great cf-
fort and self denial seut the boy to col
lego; he graduated and Came home for
the suuneFs hnt before Il Va past de-
ciared his intention OF marrying his
mofhers maid Of al work. . moderately
pretty but totally uneducated girl belong
ing 10 family ct drunken ne'er-do-wcels
in the neighborhood. All rsmonstrance
was unavailiag. the marriage took place,
and the young man, dragged down by
his wife and her relations. wandered
west with them and was killed in .
miners brawl.
She was to him. st least. = fascinating
woman. and this one word oxplams 1t
ALI Oher fascinating women are sdu-
Gated and refined enough. but they are
Immoral; they are the scandal OF the
community where they hive and the sduee
psquGnfs OF It's conversations, but Still
they. IN . manner, hold their own even
among the women, and certainly among
the men, by power no ono can explain
ana yet everybody confessed 'She Is
stogether Objectionable, but there -
something fascinating about her which
makes You forget all her SHORTCOMINGS
so long AZ you are in her presence" Il
the verdict moro than once passed upon
some noted rebel to the unwritten law
Of pyopriety in my presence.
History. which seldom troubles itself
with the names Of quietly virtuous and
commeudAble women, has preserved
those Of several Of these fascinating Boz
hemiana. Aspasis was one, for although
she was very learned and very witty, she
never would have held the sway she did
over the minds and the wills OF the
greatest mon Of her day, even after she
was moro than middle aged. had she not
been fascinating woman. Phryne was
another, and poor Penelope always looks
It her when their two pictures are hung
~ . peir. - IL abe were saying:
well, what l. IL that makes her 90
fnscinating to the menr
Cleopatra was anothar, for we an
know what sway she held in her day
over men Of every nation. and for how
long abe helA II. altheugh the archnol-
ogists ten n that she was . heavy,
swarthy. thick uosel woman OF moro
than thirty years old before Antony
ever saw her.
Thsn there was Ninou De rEnclos.
and Il y quite useless ter the perfumers
to concoet and eel their 'Bleom dc
Ninon" unless they can with the cos
mstic give the secret Of that wonderful
woman's powers OF fascination. When
she was quite old her grandson. not
knowing his own parentege, fell desper-
ately in love with her. and upon having
ths relatdonship explained. killed him.
self.
But one Of the most noted ana one OF
tho NEST incomprehensible cases OF
fascination on record y that Of Nine.
do Aaintenou and Louis Nv. It began
with an aversion On the part OF the
monarch. whe objected very much to
the widow Scazronr promotion 70
the post q governoes 70 NINE. de Mon.
teppans chtldrcn. because Ne ahould
have to meet her in visiting the apart
ments OF his favorlte. ana u - moro
than probable that the Widow Scsrron,
knowing her own powers, resolved on
hearing this objection. u make the
royal critic feel their force. At any
rst1 che did 20. and not only forced
Louis 70 tolerate, bus = admire hss' ana
/ unauy 20 pus away TOT nee seke sns
regal peauty VINO naa insaesso uPon
introducing ner INTO the 1uiie!leA NAY.
more, she forced MN IN tne ena q
narry her md to become nsr vssy saavs
/ u the mAsssr OF the rovocaao OF tne
edict OF Nantes, ssepeo which no otner
q he many loves nor the royal wne
whom he never loved could nave oe8un %
move him. And jet, Nina. 40 Malnscnon
wss neither young handsome nor orii.
hnnt She Wa grave, ana Louis ioveo
/ osysty: she was ris1d ascsrc. and
Louis was ssif inaalssns 70 q enofmeu: