The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-03-14
The Abduction of the Sabine Women. From a Painting by
j. L. David in the Louvre. A Historical Case of q Whole
Tribe of Women Who Were Taken by Force and
Were Happy with Their Captors.

IN Their Captors.
the woman Is still playing the fem
mime part proper 90 the female. Tn,
universal prevalence OF these phe
nomena Is due to the fact that mani
fsststions OF this kind. real or pre-
tended, AFFORD each sex the very best
opportunity for playing its proper
part In courtship. and so. rel when
the force is real. II must always graf
ify a profound instinct"
In cases where the resistance vac
violent. as II often was. the contest
would necessarily involve the inhic-
ton OF considerable pain upon the
woman. but this, too. was evidently
accepted as part OF the game. and
enjoyed as such. On this point space
permits only tho statement OF Mr..
Ellis's conclusions: while in men n
IS possible to trace a tendency 20 In
fict pain or n simulacrum of pain
on the women they love. IL is stlu
easier TO trace in ONE n delight
in experiencing physical pain whom
inflicted by a lover. and an eager
ness to accept subsection 10 his viii.
Such a tendency is certainly normal.
To abandon herself TO her lover. to
bt aDlt 10 Ttl1 On his PHYSICAL
strength and mental resourcefulness.
to be swept out OF herself and be-
yond the control OF her own will. TO
drift idly in delicious submission to
another and stronger will-this f.
one OF the commonest aspirations in
n young woman's intimate love
dreams. In u own age these as
pirations most often only find their
nNnraQafln In aunh Ara.va Il, .a.
when life was more markedly lived.
and emotion more openly expressed,
IL was easier to trace this impulse"
Women Who Like Pain.
II further evidence Is required OF
the fact that the in1iction OF pain
by the husband Is accepted as a nee
essary and even desirable part of
the conjugal relation. it Is possible
10 find Il in widespread practices %
certain peoples even at the present
day. II Is said that among the Slavs
of the lower classes wives feel that
they are badly treated n they are
not occasionally beaten by their hus-
bands. A traveller In Russia makes
the statement that Russian women
are never more happy and pleased
than when beaten by their husbands.
and regard such treatment as proof
OF love. Kraht-Ebing. the noted alien
ist. makes n similar assertion. and
also quotes a Hungarian official as
authority for the statement that in
certain parts OF Hungary the peasant
women do not think they are loved
by their husbands until they have
received the first box on the ears.
The following account by n magis-
trate OF the women Of the East End
OF LondOn has it's counterpart on our
own East Side: III any one has HIS
doubts as 10 the brutalities practised
on women by men. let him visit the
London Hospital on Saturday night.
Very terrible sights win meet his
eyes Sometimes as many as twelve
or fourteen women nay be seen
seated In the receiving room. waiting
for their bruised and bleeding faces
90 be attended to. In nine cases out
OF ten the injuries have been in
ficted by brutal and perhaps drunk
en- husbands. The nurses tell me.
however, that any remarks they
make rejecting on the %aggressors
are resolved with great indignation
by the wretched sufferers. They
positively viii not hear a word
against the ~cowardly runians. some
times said a nurse 20 me. when I
have told a woman that her hus-
band Is a brute. she has drawn her
self up and replied. You mind your
business. miss. We pay the rates
and taxes. and the likes OF you are
paid out OF them to wait on u.s."
Devotion 60 ScOundreIs.
A similar devotion shown by the
Victims OF the white slave traffic 20
their cadets is said to be one OF ths
most serious difficulties encountered
iu the suppression OF the traffic. l.
spite Of Inc cruel treatment 70 wnicE
these girls are subjected. 10 is pruc-
ucally impossible. in most cases. 90
induce them 20 come into court and
give evidence against their lovers.
In view 81 these facts 70 Is perhaps
bot 80 difficult To- understand why a
woman I'm the position o. Mrs. Fol
som. who has already taken the first
step in throwing 81 conventional r..
straInts. by Abandoning her husband.
should under the influence Of her
conflicting emotions gp to the limit
and abandon herself completely 90
her primitive Instincts.
Nor o. 90 30 difficult 90 understand
why there remain 90 many women
who prefer 10 continue the role OF
the CIinEing tiue. rathor than
lend their sympathy TO the c-use o.
their aggressive sisters.