The Washington times., 1922-10-20
BY ANDRE TRIDON, PHI. D..
Americas Fsremsst Psyeho-Anaiyst. Au-
thor ef "Psyche-Anslysts and Love-"
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snor o. "Fvcho-Anslysts and Love-"
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NEW, YORK. Oct. ls.-what
strikes the psycholssicsi observes
most deeply when rssdiag the Hall,
Mills love letters. - revealed In the
New York American. is the fact that
both lovers. In particular the Rev.
Hall. seemed to have led two abso.
lutely Distinct lives. to have carried
on their minds tive absolutely dis.
tinct personalities,
And they aehieved that feat with.
cut any difficulty, without suffering
the pangs OF doubt which besst the
averaee man or woman who finds
nimself or herself In the ssIna pre-.
aie4msnt. In analyzing the love
letters for The Washlnrton Times
! wiz explain and illustrate this
strange complex:
Here Is Hall. an Episcopalian min.
Mter. man presumably with q
Stsrnsr outlook on mankind's fraili.
ties, on 'sin. than . minister of any
otner protestant creed. His church
Only recently tried. through the
Iiercest prohibitions, TO stem the tide
OF lnndelity by issuing new orc.
nouncements against divorce. That
~ voiced In an orthodox way the
views OF his church Is proved by
ms standing which I do not believe
was ever Questioned. In his ser.
nons, IN his prayers from the al
Mr. IN MS Interpretation OF the "a.
Seu oook, he was an absolute
champion of purity and of the
sAhea'y or the marriage vow.
Priest Becomes Faun.
pretty choir singer comes his
way ana at once the "priest' - as
she calls him often, is transformed
into q faun Of the pagan days. who
lets loose a torrent Of lustfui taik
her body" "
And not for one second do we feel
that there 10 conflict between tho
priest and the fsun. In another
nook by keabls (who they discuss in
their letters) "Simon Called Peter"
there is q complication of the same
type: A priest in love with an oblig.
ins grille. But this priest is torn
between his two loves. his love for
God and his love for the woman.
and In the end. God wins.
This priest 10 a man, Hall is a
pathological specimen. Faun AMI
priest co-exist in his body and yet
never clash.
All his training in seminary and
rectory has gone to naught. Not u
trace OF doubt about the ethical end
OF his actions, not q trace OF re,
morse. Not q trace Of the sense Of
sin which In thousands Of cases
breaks minds Of q finer. more civ.
ilized texture. Primitive or scoun.
drelly. 1t Is difficult to say: probably
both.
A moral leader, officially, for the
sake OF his livelihood; IN his moments
OF relaxation, = pure sensualist. In
no way disturbed by the incongruity
Of his two lives. He now and then
remembers his calling. but to what
end? with a deplorable taste. he as
sociates his lust and God. After
mentioning sensuous caresses, he
states that to have gone through
such an experience 10 Ito have
known God"
His depiorably flabby style tpoor
vocabulary. endless repetitions Of the
affected words-wonder, wonderful
borrows new and then from the
sacred books. He adopts boldly the
shulamite's phrase In the Song Of
Songs: "fIis Left Arm 10 Under My
Neck and His Right Hand Caresses
Me-" And the Episcopalian minis
ter does not feel the slightest
'shock" when his profession ID thus