Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-11-20
Mary Tudor
lenelanl's
Mad Queen

Mary Tudor but ut all events Eliza
Tnqland's beth was a great Queen.
Mad ourru and. as the time went
humane. says Gertrude
Athcrton n her brilliant paper ON
Love in Iarpors Bazaar. Love. al
though IL bciittlod her did not splash
her memory with blood. Perhaps the
most terrible example of the demoraliz-
| ing influence of the tender passion ~
Mary Tudor, Queen of England. In her
youth and even maturity one OF tue
most humane and Nnd-hearted OF
women. who never signed death war
rant when she first assembled the throne
except at the insistCuce of her minist-
crs became. under the influence OF hcr
ill-starrCd passion for her huspanu
Philip II OF Spain. the most UNANIMOUSLY
cruel woman In history She had loN-
ed no man until the reluctant Phiiip
was induced 20 embark for the bleak
northern land and marry the PLAIN
elderly woman that ruled a. lie CON
cealed his aversion, for tho best that
can be said of Philip Is that his man
ners were irreproachable he was hand.
some. young, and fascinating, and
poor Mary loved him 20 distraction
Philip got away as soon as he deceutly
could. pleading business In spain
principally the burning OF hereties' He
was Induced to return once or twice
but finally il was evident that he would
return no more, unless. to be sure,
Providence should soften his heart
and compel him to love his ugly doting
old wife. It was then that Mary. bet
tween despair and bitterness that no
doubt affected what little brain she
had, and n hope OF propitiating him by
emulatng his illustrious example, be-
gan to burn the heretics i'm her own
Kingdom. and with the shrieks OF the
roasting martyrs in Smithfeld, her lust
for blood" haematomanla' and her
religious enthusiasm waXed until fires
were burning all over England, each a
separate beacon light to welcome Philip
upon his return. But Philip. although
he commended her piety and zeal. did
not return, and the frantic woman
went on roasting, until even In that
ensanguined time England was the
scandal of Europe. II there was Prot
estant left In England IL was only be-
cause tumOr carried Mary OF before
she could hunt him down; but il Is only
fair to remember that " this miserable
Queen left an eXecrated name behind
her IL was because there existed no
commission OF lunacy to shut her up.
She was quite mad. and the cause Of
her madness was that passion which
has been the fortune OF poets. since
poets dawned. and has inspired mill
lion romanCcs since. such Is the other
side Of the picture.
The WAY Shintoism can scarcely
Of fI,e now be defined as n re-
Spirits. rgion, whatever it may
have been In its earlier
ages. Laying aside all Occidental at
tempts al its definition or description,
1 prefer to quote from a native source,
ViscOunt Kencho Suemartou, A. b., Ii.
ID. "Shintoism is essentially indigen-
Gus 70 the soil Of Japan. II may be
regarded as a religion. and yet II II
be religion it Is certainly OF a
unique kind, having nevertheless
much similarity to the ancient cults
of the Greeks and the Romans. 1t
has no founder. nor has II any dog
mas In the ordinary sense OF a re-
hgion. II has grown up with the GUS
toms and traditions and general char
acteristiCs OF the nation. IL recognizes
the Immortality of the soul. " acknow-
lodges the existence of supernatural
mower. IL reverences the Ancestral splr-
its. and therefore IL may be called a
religion OF ancestor worship. IL con-
Germs itself. however, more with tenn
poral things than with spiritual. Its es-
sential notion OF ethics is cleanliness
ness Is applied not only mem
tally but also physically. Hence ITS
tendency TO bodily cleanliness as well
as 10 other cognate matters. Its Ideals
Of conduct are honesty ana straight-
forWardness. 1t REFERENCES its ruler
from the very nature OF its cult, and
a magnificent ideal Of "A subject and
a citizen Is developed fom these simple
notions" such Is the definition of
Shintoism made by leading japanese
scholar and historian. Shinto Is a
Chinese word. its japanese equivalent
being Kami-no- michi. Both mean the
''yvav OF the spirits not, as generally
translated. the "way OF the gods" me
spirits were in the ancient concep-
tion of Japan, both the supernatural
beings that were responsible for the
oDerations Of nature. and the human
spirits Of their rulers and Of their
own ancestors who upon their depar-
ture from this mortal life entered
into pompanionship with the unseen
but potent beings who rule the uni
verse From Hampton's Magazines Tor
December.
cto,,iny The recent disturbance
Picture of the telegraphs through
OR sun Fire. out the world for a space
of several hours II
surmised by scientists to nave
been caused by convulslNe
outburst OF electric energy In tho
sun OF exceptional magnitude, syn
chroniIng with large "sunspot -
(apparently black, but really brighter
than the brightest flame we can pro
duce)-a huge yawnlng gap followed
deep down into the body OF the sun;
terrible solar abysm Though not OF eN-
ceptlonal magnitude) computed 10 nave
been Of sufficient capacity 20 contain
considerably more than hundred