The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1902-09-06

An excellent thing Is exercise ans
II you do not Gnd walking agrees with
you then take 70 the gymnasium. Aft
er you have tried all the physical cul
ture exercises try the open air ones.
A delightful open-sir gymnasium II
situated on the banks OF the susque.
I hanna. II Is in the grounds Of great
millionaire who built it for one OF
his daughters. a girl who was delicate
from girlhood In the gymnasium
there are high walls. but the inclosure
is 30 great you do not feel as though
hemmed In. set there is privacy
One day with her friends she plays
as Diana Of the chase Taking a bow
she pulls a stiG string and sends the
arrows flying with all her strength.
This is magnificent exercise for the
lungs Chicago Chronicle.
Pacific Coast paper reverts 20 the
subject Of das ewig weibliche." and
seeks TO amuse It's readers by telling
how certain writer's have worshipped
al the shrine Of woman. while others
have dragged the fair name Of woman.
hood down 10 the very lowest depths
There is Bjornson, who would have
women be intellectual. and Ibsen. who
cries out for the sexless woman:
Heyse, who, in his latter years. would
like 20 make women into apple dump
lings with whipped cream. and Tol-
stoi and strindberg. who would turn
them in 10 man-haters.
II was Rousseau who introduced the
worship Of women into literature. and
likewise her superiority and her re.
semblance 10 man. and II was Dumas
who tried to make the world blush al
the mention Of the name of woman.
Max O'Rell has given the world sew. !
eral analyses Of women: but the clev.
crest and most profound study OF wo.
man occurs In the description Of Nine
de Burne in Maupassant's Notre
Coeur.
The following goes 10 prove that
"oman's ways differ from those OF
nan--in fact, that they are almost
ncomprehensibe 10 the average man:
There is an accounting for tastes IN
Voman; she has her part 10 play
'qualiy with man One Of the most
traits in the feminine
organism Is the tendency OF woman
o fall In love with men whose plain.
Iess OF feature Is obvious TO the point
4 positive ugliness. and In all ages
nd countries this tendency has been
trikngly demonstrated.
Mirabeau. one Of the leading spirits
I the French revolution. a man whose
ace was hideously pockmarked. and
nose figure was short and unweldIy.
Nercised a fascination over the fair
* which was little short OF mar.
ellous. II was said indeed. that no
oman could resist this Caliban of
olitics. whose only attractlyeness lay
his undoubted gift OF eloquence.
fter his death his rooms were found
contain numberless love letters
ON all sorts and conditions of wo.
en-. many OF whom declared their
sssion In hyperbolic strain. says the
licago Tribune And yet Mirabeau
as so ugly that his hideousness
lssed nito a by.word In the streets
Paris at the period in question.
Many writers have attempted 10 de.
Ie woman. Kipling called her I'm
he Vampire" "a rag and bone and
hank OF hair" Maeterlinck is rather
'er when he speaks Of her as the
ly mystic" Meredith says that. by
tue OF her abundant hair. she In
're OF a vegetable
Compare with this the following
the death of Edmund About. the
thor OF the inimitable Man With !
Broken Ear" Droz was suggested /
MS successor In the academy. al I
'ugh he himself always insisted 4
u he was only an amateur in lltera. /
e..
Some time before he had seriously Il
ended a malicious woman. who was h
ermined that he should never have Il
honor She went to Brussels and &
wretchedly immoral book 4
nted with Droz's name ON the 4
er This she sent to every mem. h
OF the academy. with the result Il
he was overwhelmingly defeated h
on the plot was discovered Droz X
SO crushed at the thought that his h
nds could believe him capable OF Il
infamy, that he never wrote an. Il
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