The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-20


This girl goes out from such influences
to her father in the Riviera. The father, F
is Colonel Sandring, formerly of the Brit
ish army, but now. a modern soldier OF I
fortune with, modern soldier of for /
tunes moral idealsi whose life has be- I
come mixed up with a woman such as
those Of. Dorothea' S class do not as a
rule notice. Dorothea rs introduced to
counts and colonies, lords and ladies, par
venues and blue FLOODED aristocrats, peo-
pie of low moral standards and people OF
high standards. She, Is early in the story
married to Egon Won Roden, a fine type
of young German with high ideals and
the possible heir of.a magnificent estate, |
the inheritance depending. upon the cast
Ing, Of lots and thes.fuifillment of certain
matrimonial requirements. Egon after
ward comes under he.spell Of a woman
of many attractions but Indifferent to-
ward herhoWn marriage vows He falls.
t:Oxerburde sd wv It'll sham e. he goesahome
to confess and ask forgiveness. To Doro-
thea The ofsnss sn,g ons
Eexceut death, ends marriage" she says
saThafgds no marriage after that She
l1eayes Egon to returntst to her autrts at
Brodryck i s. s
contendIng Influences.
4 SysAfter that the story is one of inf1u-
fences to bring about atreuniting OF Egon.
! and Dorothea, counteracted by intrigue2to
Keep them apart and Egon frons,the pos
4sfbility OF inheriting Ibis uncle's estate.
From diverse sources the author brings
1ssupport in favor Of Dorothea's return to
her husband on the general assumption
Of dual standard of virtue. Even Dor
4 otheais jolly, good old Uncle Tony seeing
j that the world into which Dorothea has
I married accepts the dual standard, tells
1.-the offended wife: "The world is very
iolyo1 OF re w
I'VE: find it, Dorothea." Then. there rs
Mark Lester, the son of Dorothea's pas
1 tor. and his successor in the church Of
Brodryck who on his deathbed says:
I. .Thc purity of man.. of a,wop,an, these ~, e
not the same. Do not ask, Aunt Mary; OF
course pure is pure, vet He paused md
lay long silent; then gasring: Think it out for
i yourself; they are rot ire s"me EVIL is evil
Il ths shoud Re ene def
fault. Woman'g eowardissesgis not like mans;
4, !. Perhaps there is ;aboM as much reason
and conference in Marks views as in those
Of any Of the others. They all make
stronger appeal in the book and as APP
piled to Dorothea's particular case, than
they do in the abstract, for Egon's sin
:. was not without mitigating circumstances
~ and he is his own seyerest judge. But
! taken in the abstract, the support Of the
! dual standard is very weak. One does not
y like to think what would be the logica
2 outcome Of it's universal acceptance. Be
81 Sides, for the most part5the lives Of those
: in the book who advocate the. differen1
9 standard for men are the most effective
. answer. to the position; they fall SO fal
! below Dorothea's level. z 8 @ 8E :s
i Picture OF Europe'si Moral Life. s
: The book, however, Is not obtrusively {
problem novel It was doubtless the au
~ s~xka erixy yriyyf1 p1 a
: tailed picture of European moral life as 1
is today, rather than to attempt to solv,
the social purity problem, and he ha
: painted his picture with a microscope. Th
Ioutward show and pomp and parade ar
!. secondary; the working Of mems minds 4
i Of first Importance; and the author show
e his readers with great fidelity the menta
+ processes of the high and noble In fact
9 THE high and noble in name, and of other
2 thru the varying levelslof character dow
a Ito the vulgar and criminal. It might Yer
= correctly be called a study Of the inffu
D. ence of modern European civilization upo
8 character and remarkable study 1t is
n full at the same time Of absorb1ngly inter
e Iesting incidents.
e A Strange Duel.
@ OF the various incidents that of tn
:. duel between Egon and Count PM Is Ger
I ltainlNs novel. According to the Europea
!. 1.code of honor Egonsa cannot evade meet
e ing" PM, whose wife has been the caus
/. of so many complications He: does nc
- seek TO evade; on the contrary, he send
I word advising PM that he is at his ser
Z. vice. They meet in Piniss hotel apart
:. ments to arrange ass"meeting."' The forl
y Of s.rneeting'' is Pini's.7 The book tells !
5 thus beginning with PM speaking, tn
= two looking out of a window
ID. ..You see that little passage yonder, undo
1.-the arch? Occasionally. some one passes thru
IA mot often. Wait and watch. II a woma
- come first, or a man, at your choice, YOU hay
s. Ewon; have lost. You may bid me do whs
er you choose; 1 will do it. Conformably wit
4 honor. You may bid me shoot myself II II
IN other way, then the other way-you unde
ne stand IT,.
Egon understands and consents to- tt
terms. PM wins. With mistaken VI
Outstanding Of Egon's real character ar
~ offense against him, in imposing sentenc
"a he says:
"a SIT is you and such YOU who destroy !.
!, Madonna image on earth. 1t is you and such
: YOU, if l understand the story, who arc q
8 serpents that crept Into Ewes paradise g,
de- lhas mot enoug ahgels In to defend p
ar poor angels on earth And so Bartolomeo Fl
must help do the angels work. Monsieur, y