San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-04-28


did not come to teach religion based
on fear and repression and glenn. but
10 point the way to happinso and
health and to increase the fullness and
joy of life.
The greatest natural urge OF any
living creature is to reproduce and
care for its young. A man who does
no. take this as an ideal and does not
fight and struggle and sacrifice TO at
tain that ideal is unworthy TO live
even in cave with wild beasts. He
is lower than criminal. He is de-
generate. Real love does not mean
anything to him. lie can understand
the tawdry imitation of love of the
moving pictures and modern novel. He
can understand the alleged platonic
friendship fake which makes him
think that he can be pal and asso-
ciate on equal terms with woman
not his mate. If he were not de-
generate he would know that so-called
platonic friendship is apt TO be small
poX masquerading as measles.
Romance hey 10 Eternal Youth.
There can never be health and hap
piness where there is no real home.
Without the ideals fostered in the
home there can be no understanding
of the proper relationship Of the sexes
and therefore no good health Of mind
or body. Love ceases to be the great
est dynamic force in the world when
it is degraded TO mere maudlinI
sentimentalism having TO do only with
externals and utterly devoid of spirit
ual quality. Modern literature, iuelud-
ing plays for the stage and screen By
teaching the shallow sentimentalism
Of utter selfishness. is leading the
young into forming alliances that from
the very start spell tragedy. Real love
develops and grows to full. fcuitiol in
an atmosphere Of unselfishness and of
real service. Love has nothing to dol
with paint and powder and exposure
of the person aid the infatuation
borne OF drunken companionship and
sensuons music. II is subjective aud
casts halo about its object. It's de-
gree and quality depend upon theI
character of the one who loves. There
has never been great love that has
not carried with it the desire for home
and children. Great love never takes
into account money. palaces, yachts.
automobiles. and. fine clothes Love
asks nothing and gives all. No real
man has ever truly loved moving
picture queen nor the heroine of al
triangle play nor any other woman
who did not share with him the ideal
OF the home and children who did not
offer him the challenge OF complete
devotion and the need for protection.
Externals do not influence real love.
The loved one is always without fault
and never grows old. Circumstances
do not alter. nor does time destroy the
charm. Romance Is indeed the key that
unlocks to eternal youth.
Real Love Is Spiritual.
The alleged love born of drunken
oompanionship or desire for riches or
for any external thing has nothing
has nothing in common with real love-
Compare for example the love affairs
depicted on the screen or in modern
novels with the great love between
Lord Nelson and the frail but femi-
nine Lady Hamilton. There was
tragedy and dramatic interest enough
in this affair and surely enough
TO criticize, however indefensible
that alliance may have been. it
furnished the inspiration which en-
abled Lord Nelson to rise. above his
physical handicaps and inspired him
with the strength and courage and
faith that made him master Of the
seven seas, and. perhaps the greatest
naval hero Of all time. No writer of
the modern novel or moving picture
scenario could ever rise to the level Of
understanding the divine love that in
spired the poems that Browning wrote
to the broken cripple he made his wife
She love that has created all the great
poetry and literature in the world.
that has won all the battles. that has
inspired strong men TO be steady and
firm in adversely. and. has made them
! the conGuerors of men. has been born
of the devotion of real mothers and
Of the wives and sweethearts who
have asked nothing but to be loved
and to make sacrifice on the altar Of
that love. There can be no real love
in an atmosphere of suspicion and
doubt. The atmosphere of sensuous
music. triangle plays and the corr
panionship of drunkenness is satu-
rated with suspicion and doubt. There
can be no happiness nor good health
nor good morals in the world without
real love and there can be no real love
that is not spiritual and free from
selfishness.
DIR. IRA CHASE SPEAKS