The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-02-14

.pest faults OF others, and took
Srteme delight in exposing these.
~ turned Ms face into a sickly
een, mingling with a natural deadly
nite. 1t put poison into the breath: 1t
Ever laughed. only at misfortune; it
sned speech into a. revolving hiss,
Nc = Ns-a$.4als s4.-.>s..>atsr4
q wretch. =. sae.,7es.ss.e 49,,
That was bad enough, but what
oe II worse, he became welded to
IN repulsive- sweet love- He had a
ne1ng to be kind, but the vile over
aled- One might he content to be
ny a snake, but to be serpent and
owe. vile and pure. is to struggle and
iFthe In the hell of contention.
Edgar Allan Poe, with far more
fs1ght, represents this antagonism in
Fallam Wilson, who was constantly
fcedng kind, gentle being of the
ame name, with manner and voice
generously like his own.
This double logged his footsteps.
nwarted evil purposes, dashed the
up from his lips, intruded upon every
emptation with upltfted finger OF
AIMING and pleading voice. Finally.
ofmented and distracted by the i'm
erunent intrusion. he drew napier
nd thrust his gentle double through.
men the dying better self uttered
1ese terrible words
Hcnceforth art thou Also dead
ead to the world, dead to heaven,
ead to hope, dead to purity, dead 70
od. In me thou didst exist, thou
ast murdered myself"
All IL this Is in full accord with
Aufs powerful picture OF the moral
egenerntion of soul divided against
ssH But after all has been read
nd laid aside. we must turn to
teYenson as the one who bias given
b the most dramatic, the most power
III and the most terrible commentary
n the seventh and eighth chapters
Romans
In his strange story OF DR.. Jekyil
nd Mr. Hyde he pictures DR.. Jekyll
man. pure in his life, of high
Heals, loving and kind. with generous
ympatfies and wide charities who
his scientific Investigations in his
MIGRATORY one day discovered drug.
hich. when taken, dissolved his bet
r. self and released the vile, mean,
pwer nature.
When he drank the drug DIR. JekyIl,
be- noble. pure. kind person. faded
Ike the breath on the mirror. The
Eute In him took the reins Of life and
rove like Jehu. The angel in hinGre-
[red. the devil took the stage. his
ody shrank and shrivelcd to at the
Drunken soul.
When In the person of this british
warf he INDUCED with sinful giee
md delight In outrageous things which
q would not for his right arm do
fheu no was DIR. Jekyil.
He would outrage virtue and the
ceencies OF society, and when the
oIice were on his trail would dash
~ 1xsw Ia. Grfnfr tho drug
md in the twinkiinG OF an eye change
lto the refined. gentle, kind and vir-
hons DR.. JekyIl.
He gave this vile lower seH name
MIR Hyde. He slan:ed his hand
riting backward, gave Mr.. Hyde a
anwritine of his own. He opened a
ank account for Mr.. Hyde. made him
real person, as real as DIR. Jekyu
For long time he lived double
fe, switching from JekyIl to Hyde
nd Hyde to JekylL The drug had
o discriminating action, would
hanye Hyde to JekyIl as silly as
ekyil to Hyde. 1t was the person
Aking the drug who determined
Fhich II would be.
One thing l note: Every time DIR.
ekyfl used the drug to release Hyde.
81, Hyde grew stronger. until day
Ame when Hyde become stronger
han JekvII. and ne found himself
arning into Hyde automatically, with
ii using the drug. Life became un-
cradle. and the heart-sickeing story
|nds In the victory or he'll as Mr..
Hyde dies.
Heights Of Human Lite.
with these stories / want to FAY
oyn a few facts. First there is y
II. Jekyli In every man. The poe-
|kffyftts,s Of heaven ana hell ne con-
.eAied in every man.
Jesus-Judas These two names
Indicate heights and depths. the
Divinity and the deprnvfty. The
reenish of human meAnness In found
! a the tear-stained pages Of history.
|ncr cruelty who can equal Nero. who
|ddied while Rome burned: or Attila.
Hing of the Huns, who WAS called the
I.6courge Of God": or for bigotry.
kueen Isabella of Spain. who said:
Il have depopulated happy villages
Hen towns and fertile fields in the
Ioly name of religion; for heartless
|ruclty, who ever eQualled Caesar
borxia, who would invite his enemies
3. banquet with him. and then de-
S0eit drops OF poison in the wine? For
sfttAble circumstances read the auto
Biography Of Poe. who said: TN In
ancy was fed on a mild connection
q li0uor TO keep me quiet. ana VINO
lied OF delirium tremens In the city
n baltimore. October Z. ls4s.
Gilbert. the grave digger. OF Monte
tArio, where there are more suicides
|han any spot on earth. said that
|T.tfc Is q game OF chance"
life Is not q game of chane. We
bake our own fortune, and then name
chance or fate. Every man Is the
|rchjtect OF his own fate. Charles
ktnart Parnell, the great orator. be-
[eved in luck and chance. and would
bot pass another on the stairway,
mud not sleep in room number thir-
80. would not SIT in room with
hree candles burning, would not be-
Fln~n Journey on Friday. would not
ENsfn q rev. pFntect In October, ana
81 he fell, and the world gasped.
There is throbbing in the breast of
|rcry man and every woman, OF the
|1Nrrying, pushing. rushing. surging
Eovd in the street. force that
Ecnes them, pleads with them. calls
h,en to the highest in life. ~ the sun
Eisses moisture into the skies.
+, believe at heart nine-tents want
81 NJ better than they sire. make !
v exceptions. You may brand ono |
n hard. cruel. reckless. I still plead |
q. nAs14A ~ f,=rssi. NJ ,aas4r-,
Hcu ask: Does the drunkard and