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

These pictures ere printed not merely because 1t Is
spring. when young mems fancy lightly or heavily and
crudey turns to thoughts OF love-
They are printed chiefly to gain your attention for
Ruskn ideas woman condensed here In his book from
Sesame and Lilies" The chapter on Lilies"
Judge man by what he thinks says and does about
women. ""@
Mans attitude toward woman his respect for her or lack
of it, reflection of his attitude toward his own mother
This page devoted to Ruskin the admirable English
writer and his attitude toward women will attract the
attention of young Americans thanks to Miss Brnkey
picture 1t 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. ana
Beatrice the inspiration that led him through life and die
tated his descriptions of Heaven in the Divine Comedy
description more beautiful than any other in all literature
Some young American gentlemen will be amused by the
picture of stenaced old Dante in his strange costume
worshiping youthful Beatrice She always remained in his
memory as he first saw when they both children
at the house of her father Folco Portnar six hundred
and forty wears ago. although she married another had
children and died young And he married another woman
lady of fierce temper and became father of five sons and
one daughter.
The trouble with young Americans unlike Dante,
is their failure take young seriously The young
American,
"Gee some peach and pass Different are these lines
of Dante
pake; straight Beatrice IGokd with eyes that shot
sinking overporerd turned; and downward bent confused
The mistake of American and others is that they
undervalue themselves
An English poet, Patmore, expresses it we'll
Ah wa ss rG% ssf her own De Se who may
A.: % t.s She ' sSssss :HGG;s ait
HOW ed fUG nn% 4ead n and spS the Wine
Which spent Rtntus with due ,n ssps sn THRIFT
The greatest men have had the greatest respect for
Being intelligent they have realized the part that
women play, guiding and perfecting
Ruskin writes:
H: ss'''s ali The Slight Sketch
hardy ~. that has .st c gss D
:ss Ss' s%ssiS
al s"s 's'1'S'
:: !: s:s s: S: ne: the wisdom
Among shakespeare's great plays, there is only one
weak woman ophelia she failed Hamlet the critical
point" The poor lady can not be blamed She was mad
and Hamlets masculine stupidity vaciatlon and uncer
tainty drove her mad
The reading of Shakespeare is excellent thing for
young men, because teaches respect and admiration for
them Inf a faithful and wise
ways sanctfy, when they save
1t with Walter Scott as with Shakespeare His young
amless not strong in purpose. Whereas in his
maginatons of women in the characters of Ellen
Douglas of Flora MacIvor Rose Bradwardne 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 infalble and inevitable of dignity and
justice"
Ruskn observes that with great writer's cit is the
who watches over teaches and guides the YOUTH
is never by any chance the youth who watches
educates his mistress"
Of Dante he writes: