The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-24

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" age occasionally bursting into
flame. but that sudden, insane,
almost unaCCountable explosion OF mid
die life constitutes the danger which,
especially among others than the toll
ing multitude, threatens destruction to
home dissolution Of marriage ties, ruin
OF a promising career and disgrace.
The Demon of Middle Age"-thus
has been described that critical period
in the early forties when SO many men
Of responsible business and social posi-
ton go to pieces.
THE Demon Of Middle Age" accu-
rat,ly describes those years running
all he way from the late twenties
through the thirties when many
woman suddenly leaps blindy over the
barriers uf restraint which society has
erected through ages of experience for
its own protection.
And the significant tragedy of 1t all
lies in the fact that this amazing revo-
luton, physical, mental, spiritual, fire.
uuentlv is seen in those who have pre-
viously led circumspect lives, who have
been honorable in business dealings
with their fellows, who have achieved
prominence in works of charity, benev-
olenc'. philanthropy, even in religious
endeaVor.
From childhood they have grown up.
cared for 10y wise parents; educated by
trained teachers: nurtured, guarded
from communicating influence, inspired
to live righteously and honestly.
Through youthful years, through young
manhood and young womanhood they
have pursued their way: until, almost
without warning, even to themselves,
th y find they are in the grip of 1.-THE
Demon Of Middle Age
Every one is familiar with this curl
Gus and tragic manifestation Of the play
Of coutending forces in human nature.
Take the recent Caillaux murder trial
m Paris; take the dual personality in
pr. Jekyll and Mr.. Hyde" Go back
stu further. go back thousands of
years, and consider that sublime epic
IN the Old Testament, the Book Of Job,
wherein an inspired writer has por-
trayed the struggle of forces making
Tor good with those making for evil.
History as well as mythology is full
Of instances in which the Demon of
Middle Age has changed not merely In
dividual careers but often settled the
fate Of nations Where would France
be to-day If Napoleon had escaped the
Demon? Suppose that Josephine had
been true to him-what momentous re-
suits might not have followed for man
kind?
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49,. .,,hson,ont history might have
800 cbanged throughout the world.
WA Go I, that causes men and
Ven evan ~ the highest position. the
Iaanest intellect. to fall victims OF the
Don,on ~ Middle Age? Is this well rec
nani1ed nbenomenon a result OF physio-
,noicaI conditions or material environ.
oort or are tho causes largely psyche.
ingica, in character? II we can arrive
~ some ,nnroach TO a definite cause
nossihIv nreventive measures may b.
formulated intelligently and impaired
10 those who have not as vet arrived a
tho critical neriod referred to. Certainly
Il Is worth while 10 consider the matter
With This possibility in view.
Tn answer TO the question just pro-
nonnded. II NAV be said that there
are MANY contributing causes to thu
downfall of men between the ages o.
az and az. of women between the ages
onnroximately of from 25 to 40 A:
iii. mature earlier than boys, so womer
roach the dangerous age sooner thar
mon
10 aslad the question as to the great