The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-03-13
1 v.

How far the appreciation OF personal beauty
was developed. how far his "lassie wi the
lint white locks" bewtched q Germanic youth
with something higher than mere physical
attraction. is a question which the author does
not assume to answer. He warns us against
injecting too liberal measure OF romance
into primitive courtstlip and points out that
in the earliest Germanie epics there Is more
sense for manly beauty than for that OF wo-
man. Returning to tho subject in n subee.
auent chapter. the author asks whether the
aFfsfS A seese ws Is esc fae
Of she Church had made Itself fet and tie
tx % S that the werkInss Of
German wife was originally not wooed ut all
the che na sy d
to the stage where wife was bought with
IN Il ats1
the custom Of bride Stealing. that through the
assert their likes and dislikes choice WAS to
some extent permitted. sentiment unfolded.
dowry and marriage settlement survived.
tn ncoaa gns soT ere and hS%
scntenee In his eseay on ko %s" they DO Do
best who. II they, cannot hut admit love: vet
tnss sss as eusht his
ar Ths tSe rHRt to sell
both vile and chd and the thir
thing In time OF famine and want. Jacob
Piled toa wife Yioele I:ssatsss5Se 81 showing
rhss 5as ana Ety. T Tns
S5s ss mpa hard F. st sTsdfss sm The
HsEs sf n the ee IN aMa n Ef
50 and . bowl Of punch; another tTought Sos
s End in B. halter = 4. sss
1pciS. axon lays whoever enticed AWAY a
g. " 49,: 49,. -
II is nevertheless true that more respect was
paid to women by the primitive Germans than
by most other ancient peoples. The, evidence
oil this point is conclusive. The Romans soon
discovered that BY taking women instead OF
men as hostnGes they could, exert a much
more efficient restraint on their Teutonic
enemies. Tacitus tells MS that the German
thinks there dwell Is in his women SO mething
nS t.r
This reverence for tho proph.tio and sacred
character Of woman seems to have been based
tivated ~ mcdr,nl or modern chivalry. 1t
WAS not that the German attributed superior
Insight - woman AS woman. ho believed that
iieyed that they spok g through inssne persona.
Chip and cut. however. as we will from the
testimony Of the ansisnts. ne reverence ior
woman stands ont rs z stubborn i9ct in the
e!sments whici light IN tho dark background
Of their ignorance, and philosophy. Jewish
.sn G %hs s as as STop % ss
Grimm eSnt IT, . e, deed: sa
In tho great battle at, Aque ssxtie the Ger:
s an s5i sGss . sSSSs
@rsSs Xurou records that after the H sSt
soHsfeS WEE hs
FL as Spanser S{ na.SD
household. although there was atotal absence
q sentiment, Gsrm NJ Ii; husbapa respectsd
reason that she was capable; and ne conceded
to hera certain supremacy because only thus
% ns s do nfr t s TS rF III. S s. s.Ss
msS nGipht,"l ysw; that q George T. 81 Eng.
he queen. Sho had been most empi,atIcally
ths 1i tn &C. ths
reminded OF his pathetic SssIaratinn that me he
would never marry again" Non. jaurai DIES
wa have been eng blsd. to glance at only
Interesting volume; which. as We, have said,
mere has to ten us about the public and pri-
Yeis standard 81 p 1S Smosg The primitye
sspsrnstursl Beings. and thsis notsSs 81 :
EsSrN W.. We must rstsr the issdSE 70 hs