The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-03-21

These pictures IRE printed not merely because 1t Is
spring when young mems fancy lightly or heavily and
crudely turns to thoughts of love.
They are printed chiefly to gain your attention for
Rusns ideas woman condensed here in his book from
Sesame and Lilies" The chapter Lilies"
Judge a man by what he thinks says and does about
women s@
Mans attitude toward woman his respect for her or lack
of it, is reflection of his attitude toward his mother
This page devoted to Ruskin the admirable English
writer and his attitude toward women will attract the
attention of Young Americans thanks Miss Brnkley
picture It represents her idea of respectful affection
Observe the young mans humble attitude at the bottom of
the picture
And at the last see the small drawing of Dante the
great Italian of than six hundred years ago. and
Beatrice the inspiration that led him through life and die
tated his descriptions of Heaven the Divine Comedy
description beautiful than any other in all literature
Some young American gentlemen will be amused by the
picture sternfaced old Dante in his strange costume
worshipng youthful Beatrice She always remained in his
memory as he her when they both children
at the house her father Folco Portnar six hundred
and forty years ago. although she married another had
children and died young And he married another woman
lady of temper and became father of five sons and
daughter
The trouble with young Americans, unlike Dante
is their failure take young seriously The young
American seeing modern Beatrice will say in his haste
Gee peach and pass Different are these lines
of Dante:
forth a " .;s R .r so : rsan that. s
sinking o'erporerd 'urnd' and downward bent confused
The mistake of American women and others that they
undervalue themselves
An English poet, Patmore expresses it well:
On ie %' sSs .si sst her own pes "
o o% hss es ' enssSe ssii rsrs%ss
H.: ps:d sf"s ass :s'sfs';
divine!7
The greatest men have had the greatest respect for
Being intelligent they have realized the part that
women play, guiding and perfecting men.
Ruskin writes
ss his b: as'Ss';
hardly that has s1s. Woman
al the ,p
rs:s ,S:
Among Shakespeares great plays, there is only one
weak woman Ophela "She failed Hamlet at the critical
point The poor lady not be blamed She mad
and Hamlets masculine stupidity, vacilation and
tainty drove her mad
The reading of Shakespeare is excellent thing for
young because it teaches respect and admiration for
women.
Sp snb e% as and mia nn9 e I ana wise psR %
ways o saneify, e1enw they saw
It with Walter Scott as with Shakespeare His young
men are amess not strong in purpose Whereas in his
magnatons of women in the characters of Ellen
Douglas of Flora Mac1vor Rose Bradwarne, Catherine
Seyton, Diana Vernon Lias Redgauntlet, Alice Bridge
north, Alice Lee, and jeanne Deans with endless
varieties Of grace tenderness and intellectual power find
in all quite nfabe and inevitable of dignity and
justice"
Ruskn observes that with great writer's cit is the
who watches over teaches and guides the youth
it is by any chance the youth who watches
educates his mistress"
OF Dante he writes.