J Wilson
In the front of the journal are also some newspaper clippings. One is titled "Marital Schooling is Urged by Rabbi." Rabbi W.H. Fineshriber rabbi argues for formal training to train young people in the art of marriage. John has marked passages in which the rabbi argues that children be taught about their bodies. "We know more about the Stock Exchange and the financial pages than we do our own bodies." John underlined "Young people should be taught to mingle with each other."
He has cut out this poem from the newspaper:
THE APPRECIATIVE LOVER
("The more I see of women," says Lady
Astor, "the less I think of men.)
The more of mine own self I see,
Julia, the more I think of thee,
Nor doth it need that I should voice
My high approval of thy choice.
When as we see a heart of worth
Bestowed upon a clod of earth,
We wonder how a thing occurred
At once so tragic and absurd.
But, seeing in what fitting mode
My Julia's heart has been bestowed,
The world but murmurs, "Truth to tell
The maid hath done extremely well."
So Julia, I commend thy views;
For these, which led my dear to choose
A heart with every virtue graced,
Are evidence of perfect taste.
TOUCHSTONE, in London Morning Post
Here is a poem he has written on a slip of Franklin Fire Insurance notepaper:
Sweet lingering kiss
A moment of bliss
Then I wait, I wait
As the hours drag by
Till the next sweet date
With you. Till once again I can sigh
into your shell-like ear -
I love you