The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-01-10

ser ] see little boys and girls IN the families Of friends who
consciousness that they are doing anything suggestive. Their
instinct is right There is no wrong.
subsection 3n to her husband She was taught that she must go
vcn,ion ~ SS M rnn . ~ To- men, IN orGer I o instiI ,his CON.
civilization 1t became the greatest bolster OF the horrible sham
shall combine e the IL tG reef d q se OF S Scs " direction psqe IN nR Without -
shame and modern ideals OF science. hygiene and intellectually.
We SEE the signs of the change in the feminist movement.
the unrest of women. We see it in the ever quickeninE leader
ship OF science. The signs of the new era are n every hand.
Why should we not recognize that with it is a new concep-
Womens fashions OF totdav n far ~ thev rovraI ~ s-r-~
without restraint or aHertSouebt r aSmiTabIe Ibsy u are ~
sizes of fashion But 10 attack any fashion because it reveals the
'h "%1 can S conceive i soI saoa cr # l%nsoPF'e'y Hes entirely in the mind
The minds that are so stepped in darkness and barbarism
n ua-f sse :, ne MAIL mG en aGci human Sody belong to the worst
tSu uUp 81 N and q ie rack Aef To r5e Ssf %C1I . S SsmsR' IN or the v ose Of - the
JOY to them.
We French people have indeed never suffered from the
dreadful Puritanism Of England and America; witch treated all
without a false sense OF shame. We have the heritage Of Greek
But the minds of Frenchmen need also to be cleansed and
turned toward high Ideals. All things are not pure % tenn.
placed mirth. This IS not as it should be. a woman fsuro
should no more excite mirth than a beautiful sunset. II il my
nope L make trenehmen' even PaTisians' look at beauty and
There are two kinds of indecency-the indecency of Puritan
ism and the indeoenoy OF cynicism l detest both Of them equally.
Nothing that God made can be wrong. There are signs that
free discussion OF SEX matters is The e." most hopeful siiT o, m
SaG; t Mhsn !, " is talk naS Of these 1hing Is Tit I'm, no more shame o, than a
That IS what am striving for.
There ought - be no shame IN art or literature. All Ian
guage that IS necessary for the 'xpres sion OF an intelligent idea
Is proper. u Is mcnstrous that truth or beauty should be mu-
evil in them. Their ideas should be changed, not the creations
OF art.
Do not imagine that I pose as the dlscoverer OF human
beauty. Many have had the inspiration even in the darkest ages.
Ny grandfather told me a very interesting story OF the cor
rupt society OF the Second Empire. The Emperor Napoleon III.
had. IS many people remember, a very beautiful favorite. named
the Countess dc Csstgione. Without much consideration for
fancy dress ball at the Tuferies. The Countess came dressed
in little but a wreath Of flowers.
One OF the Empresss ladies' OF honor FASTENED 10 speak TO
her. expecting that she would have the Countess expelled from
the ballroom. Have yOu seen the Countess de Castiglione.
your majesty lent 10 outrageous" asked The lady OF honor.
But she Is so beautiful was all the comment the Empress
made. and she would do nothing against her.
perfect beauty and absence OF selfcOnsciousness dsarmed her
/ cannot say how grateful We should be 10 Isadora Duncan.
Lady Constance Richardson and other artists for exposing their
bare limbs and feet upon the stage. They have done more 70
encourage the cultivation OF decent feet than the doctors could
do IN a thousand years. Think OF the horrors that are created
and concealed by patent leather shoes. And then think that
there are people who call It shocking to display nice bare feet
Where does the indecency he2 In the mind OF the person who
is shocked by the bare feet or in the mind OF him who wishes to
see feet concealed In patent leather shoes? This proves that
unless We grow accustomed 10 look a. bare feet and bare limbs
We become unnatural. We lose tho instinct that should revolt
against the deformcd and the unnatural. That IS one thing I
wished TO teach.
We must learn to look At human bodies without shame. We
must learn 20 look 40 a nude statue as an entirety. We must
shrink from nothing that IS true IN life or art or literature. And
In my poses have tried 10 show my friends that am sincere
IN my prcachings and thai ] have the courage OF nv CONVICTIONS
nor have lost their esteem-n0r my moral standing which I
value as highly a. any other pure woman.