Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1899-04-22
sTANnARp oT HAPPINEss.

We cannot divorce soul from the
body, arl so long as we cannot man
Will coDtlnue to be a creature OF appe-
tile. He was created to uiat end. The
Garden Of Ellen was an immense ban
cnieting affair. whose bounties Adam
and Eve should never have sacrificed
Ter the sake Of q measley apple. II
was stocked with The choicest vlands,
mostly urcookdl. and am.brosla fit for
The gods. Heaven only was first to il
by comparison. Man quickly learned
thlt he was born hungry-tlhe exist
once OF Paradise, with its sumpmous
belongings. taught him this in a fash,
Ger Il was THE original Kindergarten Of
the human race. We don't know What
language Adam and Eve used, but II is
dc.,ars DO doughnuts that the first SEN
tdnce they put together was, Let us
cat, drink and he happy" They got
into mischief rlalht off, in consequence
cf their preu3ciCus philosophy, and
ever since man has beGn unhappy
c'sconterodi with The rea' good things
CT life, over rLucklrg sour apples and
seeking tncn'hIe generally. Yet the
world IS a Paradise to-day II we hui
mars wcmld view 10 riglhuy. But we
won't, because VIC are inurGlnate in
our desrros-nnn.y everybody gets in
toNic2toi arid crazy; some over wine
some over W-Mal, some over ambi-
5lon, arh some over gold Everyone
shuns RATIONAL happiness to embrace
irrational misory-for all excuses are
Hat ffIII q I|ffast
can court The idiots who wantonly
break their necl1s while running away
from the genuine Pleasures ground pre-
vdcd by The Creator. 10 tregpass in
the fields Cf sin ara SORROW outside OF
our Paradise Everybody is locking
over the walls, arid thinh.rg the wild
woods beyond are pleasantcr than hlt
own cultivated Patch and beauHcul
crdhard5.
We we're interded to he happy-tc
enjoy the fILits Of the earth in al
yho!r richness and dIe.lcacy. One OF
old said: I'VE oannct live by bread
alone" This is true. for we have a
sou, as we'll as a body. Yet the ambi-
ton to become a bishop. presumably
generated by a noble spirituality never
intei1cres with a priests appetlte-ex
ctr. in thu case cf ascetHcs, who are
nlcsiy cadaverous ami largely fools
] his apThos TO all religious sed.s the
world ovur, aIll is not heretlcal in the
light Of advanced C.vilizaglOn-at least
wholesome mi nded. progressive Amer
leans d.o rot view it that way. While
pointing to The skies, and pleading fol
a higher crder of love than was com
mlon among HIS contemporaries, Christ
admitted the bread-eating necessity
He fed the hungry on occasion, ant
even attended love festivals. wher,
'the spreads" were uXurious, inc9ud
irg wines manufactured by supernatu
raj, agency that far surpassed in quail
! ity ar1 bouquet the homemade prod
uot-thus saith the Scrirhwesl His
predecessor, Solomon. another Of tn,
wculd's greatest il1umanati, who sur
passUi Shakespeare as a criterion o.
profound wisdom crystallizing IL
equally prcfoun|1 pleasure, recognized
the sensihillty Of common, everyday
harplness. Now he knew what was
really best under The sun--aye, moor
ara stars, aiso--for the average man,
| lcr he himself was merely AN averag,
man, vulgar in tastes and habits, like
1.-THE rest Of the poets before and aftei
him. He was fond of his wives, both
licensed and unlicensed. and was in
tensely animal in all respects. Solomon
sampled everything worth samplins
right up TO the close of his royalty
vcluptuOus career; and he confessed
though in other words, that to eat
drink and be merry, was the acme o.
wisdom Is IL wondered that tn,
great Hebrew philosopher and sage hal
newer waned in popularity as an in
splred King? Indeed. no. And he viii
live en-. in fame, universally admired
as VIII any poet or author Who has thu
moral, or immoral courage, to deplc
life in the glowlng colors Of TRUTH. Sol
ONION was a pronounced, an incorrigi
be scnmads, despite his wisdom am
marvellous abilities. He lived primaril.
10 enjoy life. HIS songs. IKE the Dol
Juan CT EyTcl, aul Ire Decamoron O
E- -ac1'o. rdlCJ7d che amorCus sid
2.l SECS mCgrs CO lis pcr5Gnality. I
he Fad y,i IN Gals era he would hav
tcQa M,rmll ruler or a Turks
mftan- any Cll throne or seat @
power Ucull do fer him. rgoyiang il
had lis wives ;nd ccrcubires. aud
Little SPARE time to convince his hear
ers. ty TOW sarJNi maNims. that h
was Wisdom incamate. Fer he wa
ncs 50 wise. after all; he topped owe
into the mire of excess and died in tn
! purple Of profilgacy. He was wiser /
words than in deeds. proving that eve
, a solomon cannot create am infallib
e standard Of happiness.