The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-04-08

Unfortunately these embellishments of
the tender passion have been neglected In
modern times in favor of the essentials
stocks and shares. "Love is now a sordid
fame whose shrine must be of gold. "
Jupiter set the fashion long ago when he
came down to court Danae in a shower of
gold, and his example has been largely
followed. In manuscript Of the four
tenth century we see a love-sick swain
of the period having his heart
contemptuously handed back to
him by the fashionable fair, who,
when courted by another spark
with purse of formidable dimensions, is
evidently on the point of consenting to
his suit in spite of her reluctant sweet
delay"
The fable of Jupiter and Danae has
been a favorite subject of the great
painters. Iitien, Van Dyke and most of
the old masters have illustrated it with
their brush. Cupid's occl patton is gone.
In one picture he ruefully examines this
gold coin, which is more powerful than
all his arts in another, he and a brother
Cupid are testing the relative hardness of
a gold coin and the point of a finely tenn
pered arrow on stone on a third, he
has accepted the situation, cast away his
useless arrows and is filling his culver
with the shower Of gold.
Probably no two people since the world
began ever made love in exactly the same
way. Barkis insinuated. Vivien charmed
Merlin. Alexander made bonfire for
That's. Bassanio soft-soldered Portia
with a leaden casket The garrulous
female in the Arabian Nights romanced
herself into her lords favor. Hipomenes
had close race for Atlanta. In Polynesia
they win their hearts by beating their
heads with club. Henry VIII. and
Bluebeard were off with the head of the
old love before they were on with the
new. Newton poked down the tobacco
in his pipe with his sweetheart's finger
warm token of his affection. Tristram
did it mostly with the harp. Boutwell,
was inclined to Mary and locked her up
in his castle. Cobbett's wife caught him
by the grace with which she used her
wash tub Clarlottes dizziness at
cutting bread and butter fetched
WerCher. Nicholas of Russia wanted
to propose at the dinner table, but not
wanting to be caught at it, he imbedded
ring in a lump of bread and handed it to
her. Charlemanges secretary was
caught by snow storm flirting with the
emperor's daughter at midnight and she
carried him home on her back, so that his
footsteps should not be traced. The EN-
peror heard Of it and saddled her with
| him for the rest Of her life. Napoleon
the Thirds fascination by Mademoiselle
de Monteio, now the eX-Empress Eugene,
dated from the time when the spritely
beauty gave him sharp horse-whipping
! William the Conqueror was more origi-
nal lover than that, and reversed matters.
! He fell deeply in love with Matilda of
Boulogne, who, however, did not re-
| ciprocate his passion and told him that
nothing would ever make her change her
mind. William therefore waited upon
| his beloved Matilda, as she was leaving
| chapel one Sunday, thrashed her with a
| ridingwhip, rolled her in the mud and
| then gave her TO understand that the
! treatment would be renewed periodically
| until she thought fit TO change her mind.
Matilda, evidently fearing that William