The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-09-26

fair with Hester VanhCmr!gh lasted
Tor several years. She was desper-
ately in love with him. and--to his
discomfort from England to
Ireland in pursuit of him, he being
now dean of St. Patrick's Cathedral
church in Dublin. He refused to
marry her, and his rough treatment
of her, when she sought ID learn if
he were already married to Esther
johnson. hastened the poor woman's
death. And this young woman ne
had sought visited persistently and
pretended to be very fond Of. He
called her Vanessa and wrote lot
of doggerel verse about his aSsocia-
ton with her. We have sample OF
his treatment and conquest Of women
in the case of Lady Burlington. He
had dined with her and her husband
at their home and called on her to
sing for him. When she hesitated,
he bawIed, Sing or | will make you
sing" She left the room in tears.
A day or so later, when they met
aga:n, he said to her, Pray, madam.
are you as proud and i'll natured as
when l saw you last?" She smiled,
sang Tor him and thenceforth was
one Of his most obedient subjects.
Then there was Lady Acheson, wife
of Sir Arthur Acneson, who in their
house submitted to his orders; he
said that he was her master.
But it would be tedious to attempt
to complete the list Of his conquests.
Leslie Stephenson says:
His dominion was most easily ex-
tended over women, and long list
might be easily made out of the fem'
inile favorites who at all periods OF
his life were in more or less intimate
relations with this self-appointed sui
tan. From the wives of peers and
the daughters Of lord l!eutenants
down to Dublin tradeswomen with a
taste for rhyming, and even scullery
maids with no taste at all, whole
hierarchy of female slaves bowed to
his rule and were admitted into
higher or lower degrees of favor"
Probably no other man has equal
ed Swift in the number Of his female
subjects. Even Chateaubriand-as
described in Francis Gribble's anus.
ing volume on "Chateaubriand and
His Court of Women"-could not
boast of as many conquests. AND
that Frenclman was handsome, was
brilliant taiker, was highly senti-
mental writer and was an .anorous,
persistent wooer. Whereas the Irish.
English conqueror wrote only harsh
satire or political tracts, was not
handsome, was not at all amative and
was rude and overbearing in speech
There seems to be no reason to think
that he was ever in love with any
woman. Moriarty says: 'It is, char.
actaristic of Swift's indifference to
ordinary sentiment that he shoulc
have sought and obtained girl's
love, without any fixed intention OF
offering her the usual return Anc
this rude unsparing man wasa cler.
gyman, processing to teach the gos.
pei of kindness, charity, self-denial
helpfulness to ones fellow man, and
even forgiveness Of enemies. Yet he
positively magnetized intelligent wo.
men, women of high rank and thor.
oughly yirtuous and religious. Per-
haps he was somewhat crazy; but
why should women go crazy about g
crazy man? Perhaps the women Of
England and Ireland were exceeding
ly submissive in those days. / won
der what sort of treatment that sori
of man would receive now from the
redeemed, regenerated and Olsen
thralled" ladies of England and Am.
erica
To return to- our text-"Only g
Woman's Hair" Others of US have
cherished almost anything closely as,
sociated with a beloved woman now
gone from US, although it were "only
faded flower" This hard man ac
corded to what was actually par
of his lovely, devoted, lifelong FRIEND
only those four contemptuous word:
of labelling. But what better coule
be expected of the man, who. in de
scribing Stella, few hours after hel
death, wrote that she was 'lookec
upon as one of the most beautiful
graceful and agreeable young woner
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