The evening world., 1912-01-15

Gs1xA r. ~ For a new trea-
@S& tlse has been writ
E&St -, ten on the art of
~ love, or as Its
Y, .J delireator. Marian
- Cox. prefers to all
In her new book.
SHSI|11o S'"'N spiritual Curiosi-
hes." the young woman who made her
literary debut with Tho Crowds
and the Yelled Woman" offers q pro-
found study Of that passion that has
been called tender" perhaps. because
1t Is the most untender OF all.
women in love are sxacting and
nippant--anen sgotistical ana vul-
gar. Love II no longer splendid,
but il . malady We al consider
morbid, 20 that indifference Of the
heart has become the fashion. In
new York women stil play the
gar,e of love, but only for amuss-
ruent or for proft."
The author Of this astonishing state
ment Is a young n happily married
woman who with her husband lives at
No. II East Thirty-eisnth street.
When l saw her yesterday Mrs. Cox
told me she is to start this week on a
trip around the world for the purpose
Of broadening her art
But when you have read the sophlst,-
Gated and clever philosophy of Mrs.
Cox's art OF Love- you will wonder
conquer. any new voyages Of discovery
for her to take.
MEN ARE AFRAID OF WOMEN
WHO LOVE.
Love has been so fatal to women
Mrs. Cox remarked. 1T alone has made
them the oupes OF ...en and Of society.
As we'll as the dupes Of nature.
1T should be the aim Of women to
defeat love in themselves; at least un.
I'll tho day when they have won the
respect of men sufficiently to bs able
to show their sexual preferences. some-
thing they have never yet done fully.
though 1t Is the only human right worth
having. From my observation" Mrs.
Cox continued. II have discovered that
men do not really want love from
women. Their own laws have created
this fear in them. Only think OF our
breach of promise, alimony and allen
alton OF affection suits n you will
understand why men have become
afraid OF women with D.. heart.
"To-day men fear to write let
tere, wen typewriter letters, to
their sweothearts, M what 10 .
love without love-letters?
"Mcn have become 20 guarded In
speech that tho nsxt generation Of
girls will have to propose n Will
~ well 40 matrimonV, 20 that their
motives will not be suspected.
"Men fear the heart 20 much thst
to-day o man INDUCES only n some
omanoo Of reason, suoh - marry.
tng a wife who can be IN advertise
mont OF her husbands prosperity,
or for social responsibility. valu-
able to doctors and lawyers."
Then you do not believe In marry
Ing for love?" l inquired.
Marriages are formed by spring
ambitions rutumn." Mrs. Cox replied.
Il believe In late marriages.
Love has Q value, Of course. n
10 the only pressrvative Of youth
in women ana OF the primitive in
men to-day. II 10 the salt In mod
ern life which Will preserve our
hearts from whitening completely,
and gives a. q salutary way Of aot-
Arg the fool.
LOVE FATAL TO WOMAN'S 81
PREMACY AND CHARM.
But love is the one thing which
since time ~immemorial, has destroyed
a woman's supremacy and charm. Fret
from love in ourselves we are all virgin
Brunhildes. en%rapturing all men. hui
once we are mastered by our Siegfried.
We become weak, powerless and stupid
like all other women To love Is tn,
one and only fatality to women. There
fore throughout the ages they have un
consciously sought to render them
selves incapable OF II.
Women who are supremely lowered
with charm have conquered all posi-
bility OF love in themselves. And we
they have the richest nature In sensi
bllity and thought. Goethe Is the onl.
great writer who has perceived an ink
ling of the truth. judging from his re
mark that n woman's greatest misfor
betting among the sportlvely incline
was about even that the window woul
be broken before the job was finished
The FIro Department officially with
drew from the ruins to-day and IN
building is now altos ether In charge o
the pudding Department.
No attempt is 10 be made TO enter tn
Equitable Soclety's security and cas-
vaults until the Broadway walls are I!
safe condition, Tho policy vaults, |
which were many hundred thousand dol
lars worth of policies ON which loan
had been made, were emptied vest day