The sun., 1919-03-23
DuelS Famed in
History Include
OneLastingNi
teen Years and
Several in Which
Women Figured
as Principals

charged with the delivery of tbI,
letter"
The answer read:
Madam-You may give yourself
! what appellation you please. When
the laws OF honor declare IL right
that n gentleman shall meet
notorious 5ldckieD / shall think IL
! my duty 20 obey the summons of
-! Tho Ensign who bore YOUR
| commission Is creature OF fine
feelings, for he would have tainted
| netore he left my apartment hut
I FOR the timely application Of my
eau dc luce" -
And that ended that quarrel for
they never spoke again.
| In England there are innurnarahIa
cases recorded OF duels in the sacred
ehVirons OF Hyde Park, and that It
was countenarced by mon OF unusual
! intellect as VOL as good birth is shown
when one finds in the list the names
OF York, Norfolk. Richmond, Bella
! mont. EXmouth, Talbot, Townshend.
Sheibourne, Psget, Castlereagh, Peter
| sham, Pitt, FOX, Sheridan. Canning.
Tierney and many others. In the reign
| OF George III. 172 duels were fought.
! In which siNty-nine persons were
| killed
Quaint hooks OF ADVICE
This prediction for duelling gave
rise to some quaint books Of advice TO
aspiring young men. and one was pub
lished "a late as 1929 by Joseph Hamil-
| ton an experienced hand with either
sword or pistol, in which he tells the
proper way affairs OF honor should he
| conducted. Mr.. Hamilton had figured
| out that the chances of being killed in
duel are only l TO II. Despite this
he admits that one has a natural hest
fancy about facing a pistol for the
! first time.
Il have known persons some
| months before they could overcome
that nervous sensation produced
| from being fired at" be remarks
Constant practice. however, viii
overcome 1t sooner or later.
"a man should not allow the idea
/ OF becoming a target to make him
! uneasy. That his mind may not
dwell on the affair he ought to in
vito a few friends TO dinner and
| laugh away the evening over a bot
| tie Of port, or II fond of cards play
a rubber of whist. Should he feel
| inclined to sleep when he retires to
rest nd troubled images disturb
| his .uIagination let him take sons
| amusing hook--one Of Sir Walters
| novels, II a lover of the romantic,
or Byron's ChIlde Harold ~ he
delights in the sub,me-and read
until he drops asleep, leaving word
| with a trusty servant to wake him
at ) and provide "a strong cup OF
coffee, 20 be taken Immediately on
, arising"
Die Gracefully, lie Admonishes,
After telling the best way to dress
| so that the wound may not become In
! feCted and the proper way OF standing
| and holding the pistol No adds:
"lf upo1 the discharge his ad-
| Vcrsar"s TALL has taken effect he
! must not uc alarmed or confused
| but quietly submit to the eXamna-
/ tion Of his surgeon. who should
| close round him with his second the
moment the DISCHARGE has taken
place.
'1 cannot impress upon an indi-
J vidual too strongly the propriety of
| remaining perfectly calm and col
lected when hit: he must not allow
| himself to he alarmed or confused,
! but FummorinE up all his resolu-
J ton treat the matter Coolly, and IL
| he dies go off with as good grace as
possible
| Which reminds one OF Andrew Jack
sons duel with Dickinson Dickinson.
who was marvellous shot amused
himself by shooting twiGs from the
trees on tho way 90 the grounds IN "a