The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-08-06
Il was not in the winter
Our loving lot was cast;

II was not In the winter
Our loving lot was east;
IL was the time OF roses,
We plDck'G them as We pass'd.
That churllsh season never frownd
on early lovers yet,
oh, hottie world was newly crOwn'd
With flowers when first We met,
'Tgas twilight, and ! babe you SO.
But stlll you held me fast;
II was the time OF roses
We pluck'd them MS We pasA'd.
What else could peer thy, glowing cheek,
That tears began t. Studf
And when / asked the like OF Love,
You sRRtehd dRmask bud,
And oped Il to the dainty core.
Still glowing 10 ths last,
II was the time OF roses
THOMAS HOOD,
Think OF a scientific treatise OF in
terest TO a summer girl Yet here Is one
Just published which deVotes an entire
chapter 10 AirtatIon-suTely question
OF moment to young lRdies idling their
time at sea or mountain resort The
title OF this interesting volume is not
entlcIng to lovers OF light literature, II
IS THE Treatment OF the Mind" and
the author Is DR.. de Fleury, a French
alIenlst. The author admits that there
Is q sane and perfectly normal love
noWise morbid, but contends that the
tender passion under certain circum-
stances is comparable 10 the morphine
or alcohol habits. His Views are thus
given In the New York Herald:
Or, Maurice de FieHry shows that
there Is a real intoxicatlon caused by
the features OF the person cherished.
or, rs Il may be called, an obsession.
Just rs the alcoholic and morphinoma
MAC hnd no relief except In absorbing
q fresh dose OF their beloved poison, so
the lover suffers cruelty when away
from his beloved. is only glad in her
presence and leaves her more intoXica-
ted and more affected by the disease ev-
cry time.
Alike, the amorous state and the at
cohollc or morphine habit are charac-
terIzed by suffering caused by separn-
tlon from the beloved object. the In
crease Of the complaint after eachmeet-
ing or every fresh absorption OF the
poison, and the same turning In VII
ciousclrcle-nor elieffrom suffering save
by an indulgence which, forthwith re-
wives and strengthens II. There Is the
same dimlnutlon In lucidity OF mind,
the same weakness and the same cow
ardlce.
The author proceeds to study the
grave complications of the amorous
malady called jealousy, giving a more
searching psychological analysis OF this
phenomenon than any hitherto made.
He shows-1. That jealous subjects
are habituaily those OF a weak, nervous
temperament, affected to n slight de-
gree by the mania OF doubt and perse-
cutions, with tendency to melancholy.
Q. That It Is very often men who are
most prone to deceive that most read
lily suspect the woman they love OF de-
ceivine them. They doubt others be-
cause they have not much confidence In
themselves or their own virtue. Thus
we are specially apt to believe that OF
which we ourselves are capable, and 1t
often iinppeps that we attribute our
own defects to others.
Tho intensity OF anger and doubt in
the case OF Jealous person depends on
host OF circumstances purely physical
in kind. Fatigue aggravates the suffer-
err Rest or a good meal. not too plenti-
full, Gains him. Such people are cXclt-
ed by alcohol or when there is thun-
der In the dir.
Taking up next the study OF platoon
70 love and flirting. DR.. de Fleury proves
by clear physiological demonstrations
that flirting IL irrational, unnatural and
immoral.
We cannot follow the author In his
demonstrations, which are too long and
must be read in their entirety, but On
idea OF them can be given. as follows:
In the presence OF the woman he loves
a man derives physical strength from
merely looking at her. squeezing her
hand or hearing words of endearment
from her lips. In marriage this finds It's
natural and legitimate vent. but this Is
never available in a mere filtration. II
is, therefore, q cumulated excitement,
eneryating without end, and very often
leads to well defined nervous COM
plaints-neurasth nervous eShaus-
dion.
In many cases love. and especially
platonlc love, IS to blame for neurosis
Thus, II debauchery is shameful and
reprehenslble because 1t destroys the
physical and moral energies, platonic
love or filtration has also Its serious
drawbacks, because It grntultously
stimulates, and hence marriage alone Is
alphabetically commendable.
But when a man is thoroughly In
toxicated with love. what treatment
should be applied to the mnlady? The
treatment that Is followed in the case Of
morphlnomaniacs md alcoholics-pro-
gre4sive weaving from the poison, GO
ing away from the beloved person, iso-
latIon in a sanltarium and tonics for the
nervous system.
TAKE HER SERIOUSLY