The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-12-22
LOVE is A DISEASE.
Doctor Declares it Can be Cur
by Proper Treatment-Cite
Cases in Point.

Cases in Point.
DIR. Emile Laurent, medical director of
the Paris prisons and hospitals, has been
investigating many American cases Of
unwise loving, aud concludes that the
extreme love which leads to rccrntriciticS
and mcsallianccs is disease.
Clara Ward, Princess Chmay, who
ran away with the gypsy musician, Rigo,
is, according to DR.. Laurent. suffering
from a form Of the same mental disor-
der which atfiicts the braid thieves
New York and Paris furnish frequent
examples of men who go about shipping
off young girls long bralds OF hair-not
to sell. but to keep.
"Ihc lrlnceSs de Chimay," says Dr.
Laurent, lis Il hair wurShipcr of another
sort. The long hair and mustache of
hlSo AMI the fantastic national costume
ne wore completely enSlived her |
think her semi-dementeu. as are the ma
Jor1ty of girls who run away with coach
men OF otherwise disgrace their families
10y Seemlngl y unaccountable acts of folly
Long.haired musicians have always
exercised a certain influence over woman
kind. IadcrCwski draws as many uul-
lars by the length of his hair as by the
ends Of his fingers. AS to the passion
for outandish dress, I call attention to
the case of a well-known Paris nagis-
trate who cannot bring himself to sit in
Judgment of woman or girl wearing
the Italian natlOna. costume In vogue in
the studios.
4 was called upon some years ago to
attend to the case of beautiful Am,1i-
can heiress, who, in broad daylight, had
thrown herself upon the neck of Pran-
zlnl. the strong man, afterWard q diSfin-
guished murderer: This e:ant's pofjular
fame had completely bewitched the poor
girl:
Her father brought her to me; and aft
er kindly treatment she returned to
America Il stronger and better girl The
cnces PASSED off without leaving a trace
behind, just as it had come upon her
without warning. Perhaps Princess
Chimay will die good woman YETI
DIR. Laurent says that hySteria is re-
sponsible for most Of the follics commit
ted by American women. Victoria Mo
rosin, daughter Of Giovanni p. Moro
SIM, the banker, who ran away with her
fathers groom, was irresponsible for her
actions at the time. Her escapade was
the result of mental alteration.
Of Robert Ray Hamilton, scion + one
of New York's best families. who BECAME
infatuated with woman and accepted
as her child and his baby bought fer
so and so many dollars,' DR.. Laurent
says:
1T would be criminal to style the SEN
timcnt love that made an intelligent,
high-minded man like Hamilton the slave
of schcming adventures and of a
horde of illiterate thieves. l have stud
led his case and do not hesitate to SAL,
that Hamilton was crazy. After his in
fatuation for Eva had passed a certain
point ne became Irresponsible. If Ham
iiton had been IL poo: ilian instead Of
rich-an employc, for inStance-his ardor
might have led him to rifle his masters
pockets to buy jewels or sweetmeats for
the mistress that held him captive
DR.. Laurent gives the typical case of
girl he calls "Mary:"
She is Il years old, of intelligent
;countenance;; and we'll educated. After
her sixteenth year her character under
went change. One evening she assault
ed her father, then attacked her mother.
Her parents sent the girl to the country,
where she formed the acquaintance of q
thief. Presumably upon his advice Mary
returned home and stole $500, which she
spent. Then she sold her beautiful hair,
'.Her child died at it's birth. When When she
left the hospital she learned that her low
er had been sent to prison for two years.
Then l will make living as well as |
can until he returns she said coolly.
when he is let out 1 will await him at
the prison door,
'"The family record of this strange
young girl reads as follows: On the ia
Tiers side the great grandfather was a
gambler and rake, the grandfather Il
drunkard and idler. The father seldom
works and is much in saloons.
The mother is nervous and excitabl
in speaking she uses for y. for b. m
for W. One of NIarys aunts is weak
minded, another thinks all men are in
love with her. One cousin is a us,lrer,
haunted by fear Of assassination.
The children of cOnsumptives are bad
iy fitted for the battle of life. They are
easy slaves to impressions. If an artist
wants to depict ridiculous lover he
paints faded blonde with silky hair
and weak knees. the type of consump-
tive's offspring. Men and women of that
kind are dangerous. Sometimes they do
not even stop at murder. 1t would not be
difficult to prove that Of the homicdes
occurring in America an exceedingly large
percentage are committed by descendants
Of consumptives.
Catholicism also pretlisposes to love-
sickness. Degenerates, by their nature
incline to drunkenness.
Among the lovesick persons that have
come under my observation are nl,mer-
GUS victims Of enforced education. The
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