The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-11-25

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,hs rtmp., orndeN.o no rla'"ri'l' di~d
h,fpic r,turi~. ~ '.rinit" ,if'1", sven IN
N. fsupisat s]ntuuir. uri 1dduc"d admit
Ahls plss from ~ nflIpott intercourse
~ Nm. 'ts,Istooo rrd l'uics roih'd Ia"
women. Vho nmid tho widest environments
hid shown themselves, arrcls NJ chastity
IN mo,t sars. ilev were maidcrs For
Instance. n roor sitl ~ CspuN who nuns her
arif into n river to es'ape , trrup ~ Ga'"oh'
n poor peasant sitl ~ Mnr'rn. whr. betrayed
by a soourdfei. drowned hrr-elf IN a sqf, ~
frenzy. finSins awnS bl 80 ropes held out
IN her a tragic sui'-do, and, NJ such, anti
Christian, yet 80 CHRISTIAN IN lie grandeur OF
despair ths' tho Bishop u Mantus proposed
~ erect a statue 10 ihl, pohl" woman of IN"
people Nor were such examples OF virtue
met with Only among he lower classes. All
Rome WAS stirred to its depths 10y the dreadful
fate 81 a Young s~sr'Srwom1n. who. having
been deceived into the oAtnoutnbs ~ - Se-
hnstlan With tho oonnivanc" ~ n maid servant,
strangled herself rather than weld 20 the vIo-
,ence OF the miscreant who had devised the
srafe. She might well have teen left 10 rest
In the dim twilight OF thoae silent vaults. but
Rome could rot leave this flower Of purity to
be forgotten. even In 40 sacred a spot Tho
poor body vas crowned with laurel md bornc
In triumph like n trophy through the throngcd
streets Of ths city
The author of this book acknowledges that
women are not naturally sensual Aninalism
10 abhorreni to them. and however much their
education may have been neglected, their
deepest feelings are aroused by n mans Intel
lectIal qualities and his moral authority much
moro than by HIS physical beauty. a beauty
often hard TO trace When they love deeply.
-.u. .A-,-k 49, .toIl FIn,suN,Aa 10 a ati1
with n sentiment OF reserve and modesty 1t
would also seem as il tlev cannot disfcnse
with the additional refinement Of rcsp' ct
Man. on the contrary, As all the world knows.
ha- no sense II shame. and TO get every pos
sible enjoy ment. love or no love. IA his only aim
II IL 10 siugularlv terrestrial Nenuses that
peoples and kings, Judges and culprits f'ock
pell-inell II this a reason for despair? Can
not the obvious feeblcness OF women, their
del,cacy, the almost re-, iSious character of their
love. become an element Of attraction and
power' Women. We are told. deliberately
expose themselves to sharp tusslss That IL
true But II men were %platonio. what merit
would women have in being rlatonic too' As
a matter of fact. the womsn's power Of re-
sistance is far greater than some naive students
Of the subject imagine. Upon this point con-
elusive testimony could have been borne by
Admiral Bonrivet. the luokless and we'll
scratched hero ~ tho nocturnal escapade de-
scrlbed In the fourth tale Of the Heptameron.
The real diff Guilty does moi lie in this direction
The difficulty IL to discover q sure method Of
capturing men According 70 the author of
this book thore ara two practical systems
The first consists In really dovotins heart and
soul to the matter the second in the mere play
ing Of a part The first is concrete. actual.
vibrant, full Of zo,t ard energy. the second
consists Of nothing but distractions. coauetrr.
poses. and never extends bcy ond mere senti-
mentality
Anne Of France. marifrstly welded to tho
former system. speaks Of II with n warmth,
and yet with a wealth OF circumlocution. that
show not only how much the question inter-
est.d her. but how troublesome she found II.
She di.trl,ts the love excited merely by rhysi-
oal beauty because -he regards II as imper-
feet. undist inguished, commonplace. OF little
stability, subject 70 all sorts OF disaproint-
ments and regrets. When a man can a~nalyze
his love and tell himself that Il depends on
some dennable beauty, however exquisite
that NJ the eyes, perhaps, or that OF n charm
Ing manner, or an mind in this
case the love Is slight. When, on the con-
erary. II takes entire possession Of him. when
he knows not how to d-sorihe il, nor to what
to attribute II. when IL surprises him In tho
plenltude Of his viaor and keeps him In sub
lection TO another person, Of whose will he
becomes the mere echo. above oil, when IL
i~nspiros him with the ovorpov'ering conscious
ness that henceforth his love may be bounded
by no other horizon. then it has a superb range:
IL po,sss.es soul and heart the rest ia merely
supplementary. a more complete intimacy,
q pledge Of affection. Our author even pro-
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