Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-08-04

az 81, dour, and gray, was in love
y with a girl OF 20. That is the
conclusion which most people
will draw from the series OF letters
written BY the poet TO a beautiful Aus
TRAN girl, which Prof Brandes has just
published IN a Copenhagen Journal.
Some may call It Platonio atrection-re-
membering that Ibsen was married
man and that his wife was living at
the time-but after all that is only an
other name for the same thing. II 10
probable that some reference may have
been made to the correspondence Ia
Geographic dispatches. but the interest
the letters are sure to arouse justlfies
treating the matter at greater length.
NET HER AT TYRoL.
or the girl herself. Emile Bardach.
unfortunately. We know very little. Her
letters are not included In the CORE.
spOnoence. lbsen met her with her
mother In the Tyrol In the summer OF
1852 They spent only a few weeks to-
gether and they never met again. That
she must have been an altogether
charming creature TO have inspired tha
elderly, disillusionized Ibsen with such
strong feeling for her can well bs
imagined.
With all my heart" he says. in his
nrst letter. II thank you. most es-
teemed fraulein, for the ex-
iremely kind and friendly letter which
! received the day before leaving Cos
sensass. aud which | have read again
ana again. That summer resort has
Worn quite a mournful look for ths
past Week-or In any case, so Il seemed
10 me. NO sunslne more. All gone
vanished. The few visitors that "a
mained could, OF course, offer me M
compensaton-for the fair, brief days
Of summer.
I took my walk IN the Pherschthal
every day. There is a seat by the noad-
side where I am sure two people could
converse with sympathetic feeling. BUT
that seat was empty and passed II by.
WAS GLOOMY. TOO.
me geat hail too / found gloomy
ana eesoate Do you remem.
Der the great deep bay OF the window.
on the right OF the entrance to the
yeranda? II was a beautiful bay
WINDOW. The flowers and plants with
their intoxicating perfume still stood
there as before. But otherwise-hoy.
empty-how lonely-how deserted"
Poor old lbsen felt Just as the or
binary young man feels when bi.
sweetheart has gone away. II IL was
mere Platonic affection he had a very
bad case Of H. He always reads her
letters again and again and tells her
30.
u have received your dear letter WITH
thousand thanks" ne saws in his
next epistle. lind read Il again ana
again. Here I SIT as usual at NV writ.
.ng table. Now I would gladly work.
But cannot.
MY imagination IS lively ana ac,iys
enough But u Is always soaring away
Elsewhere. Thither where In WORKING
lours II has no business to be. cam
lot repIess my memories OF summer.
Nor VIII i. 1 20 through my advsn-
ures again and again-and ever asain.
10 transform all this 10 a poem Is Al
present impossible"
An, dear Fraulein," he saws furthsr
IN, forgive me-; you write so charm
nsly IN your last-no, no, God forbid
nat II should be your last-in your lsf-
~ letter you write 80 charmingly-'But
am not Frauleln 70 YOU Well then
lear child-for that you are IN any case
Q me-tell me-do you remember on,
lay when We talked about follies' ana
madnessY or rather I talked n lot
bout them And then you. dear child.
COX up the part 81 teacher and re-
marked In your quiet melodlous way,
nth far-oif look. that there was new
fiheless always difference between
oily and madness"
a DEEP IMPRESSION.
Surely n lbseu had no, been in Low.
e. would not have regarded that es.
Tofound observation. And the fact
hat. uttered by the charming Fnius
made such deep impression on him
proof that be- was In love WITH her
Mrs lhseu had Glanced TO lei fail
och a remark 20 is probable that he
oul1 h,,fc Paid very little attention "a
, and the rec1llec;ions o. n would nev-
r have haunted him 10 such an extent
lat % interfercd with his WORK.
Now sure enough. he continues. "r
al a notion OF that difference before.
10 yet this episoie-ilke all the est
AS dwe't in Wy memory. For 1 can-
lt help nOuleilng 40 over arain ana
salu. was 30 f0llv or madness fbs.
G met each other? or was n 10th
lly and mallcss9 OR vas n pelfhsr
10 ono nor tht other.
81 believe that the superstition Is ths
ny one that win meet the case.
f'Nf w.na afHHHufs a rshuaf.aH .-.--t...
M To was likewise fate. Now ponder
'er b. yourself n that II necessary"
queer cuuundruWs these which Thsen
90 tho FAIR Emile. was /,
liy or fate plus physical necessitvs
10 b. wise and love" as somebody
Is said. is scarcely eranted % thu
rs above" and certainly Il wasn't
antei 20 lhsen Tor all Of his three
're years with e touch OF returning
nity De rdds that he doesn't think II
after an. that she should
nder over o. 81 assume" he saws,
bar you viii understand Il al
ady" It's dollars @ doughnUts that
2 didn't. sh the same
~ sANER STRAIN.
bscn's next two letters are oouched
saner strain. Ie makes some refer
ces % work or which ne Is engaged
, was "Heada Gabler''-ani makes II
MA that cupid affords him no as
tance On the matter OF composition.
bis next letter De goes OF into rhap-
i!es again.
So, Tor the present. ! must give up
J hope OF YOUR photograph Du. bet
80. Rather wait thar have pc--
~ that does not satisfy. And, be-
les, how liiel.ko your beloved serene
Presence remains IA
Z memory For 81. believe n usys-
ious princess Ives seassa'sd heassta