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THE ABNORMAL MAN. 



Chivalry is not 

 Dead. 



Love, the Great 

 Reformer, 



Inspiration of a 

 Pure Life. 



world, so I believe that the woman of the twen- 

 tieth century will bear to all men the ideal which 

 was exemplified in the life of Christ, and to in- 

 spire them to become the realization of this ideal. 

 Chivalry is not dead. Love is the most potent 

 factor in determining the character of the sexes. 

 Man's ideal becomes realized in woman, and as 

 soon as woman becomes firmly pronounced in her 

 ideal she will determine the character of the 

 coming man. 



Conformativeness in woman is a virtue. A girl 

 does not like to rebel against the habits of her 

 sweetheart, yet if she did but know it, a kind, 

 firm stand taken against all vices, including those 

 of her lover, would do much to excite his ad- 

 miration and call out his better nature. So long 

 as young ladies will greet lips that are tainted 

 with tobacco or liquor, the dissipated young man 

 will have no occasion to change his habits. When 

 young women are ready to say, "The lips that 

 touch liquor shall never touch mine/' then, and 

 not until then, will young men abstain from the 

 use of narcotics. 



When he who prefers favors that cannot be 

 granted within the bounds of propriety is branded 

 as a villain, then will young men learn to respect 

 purity in themselves. When young women are 

 ready to say, "We would rather make the journey 

 of life alone in gladdening the hearts of others 

 than accept as a husband one who has defiled 

 himself by promiscuous associations"; then will 

 young men seek to protect their good name, cul- 

 tivate purity of thought and gradually, but surely, 

 become the ideal of their loved ones. 



