The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-08-10

Dreams Of desire. cOlo-ed IN fancifll
imaginations Of love, dominated by
death and swaysd sy the poison cup.
are the underlying motives Of The
Strength 70 YIELD the novel written
b. Mss vergilEa Bogus. queen Of the
POrtolz- the proofs Of which left the
hands If tse printer yesterday
The queen % beauty. poised On her
throne. has swept aside IN ruthless
abandon the conventional conception Of
the amor0us. making uze Of her regal
right 70 lay down the law q love as Is
ought 10 be Mother Grnndy,s face She
has slapped repeatedly Death and de-
sire she has go swinging down a5fe-s
way. hand IN hand The burning aroma
Of PruSs1c seid sears the hand Of sf-
fiction Warm kisses are chilled by
The cool breath Of ether The puritan
meets the 5eea6ent- ard meet5ng-love
Thus says the heroine
Because 4 have trusted you. because
ny husband Is not IN Italy. because
fo-Soo1h- the American woman has not
me keen sense 81 prOpr5etv 81 F5xb
born danes you take the first ou70r-
tunisy 70 insult m-as rou would in
suit z hair Drained griss1te AZ whom
you had tossed Z SRA / am proud Of
my country Is never was before
ID 70 that moment IN the novel. r.
spsctabIdty has ruled Win ir0z hand.
but the decz6ent murnurs On unhlush-
ingiy-
Is this Al. signors he went on.
his voice melting with glib CELEBRITY into
sadness You answered my slight
Souch upon your hand dared 70 think
but ! know now II was madness But
I 1hoUghr-g0s1 might
Might whsrz she demanded.
Might have cared signora
Cared For vou
Hardly that Ny thoughts have MT
such fight bit I might have thought
you cared-enOugh 10 kiss ne in this
light
gnore
He smiled
Is Il 50 wrong my Pur51anzg- were
the words that came 20 her like music
as they stood looking into each others
eyes Why And xhy-snd WHY
Then wonderland opened ont before
hsr-zhere was Z sudden breaking m
81 The structure Of family pride. Of
EonsznIx dignity and her arms vent
ont in the darkness
Pzolo- kiss me she mErmure5. in
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EpS
TROUBLE GROWS on TROUBLE
F-rOn this ardent and happy moment
Sroubsons times appear The writer
states
She tfhe herOlzea knew al last What
she done against herself IN marriage
Why Tor the very fear Of life ana
its meaning ardent usaidens became
saints and saints cour1eszns. wssv.
reckless women drained The cup TO its
lees and paid the price OF shame In
blood why gentle wives forgot In in
famous ssl1shness the name they had
sworn 70 lifelong honor Yet the whole
World seemed sweeTer for the kro~vt-|
edge that she bore
Despite the knowledge The woman
had far from an easy time The douhrS
longingx. dreams enTe10ped her again
and sentences such as The following
show her state Of mind
she entered The bedroom without
hesitation and held the candle sanf-
Drawing whatever might Turk in TIE
spaces between the shadows. The thing
sire WAS IN search o.. the lure for
those 18.se8 devils dancing as before
81 Anthony on a needles point vas
contained sn-ezher
While developed IN this uneuxisfa=
frame Of mind she asks
-Of what uSe was this mosaic 1sF-l
with its foolish conventions its sense
less routine. its hypocrisy. It's hack
biting its 1opsfded morality. when tF,e
world was 50 beautiful 1ae hidden