Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 252, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 October 1912 — MEN ARE BOORS AS FLIRTS [ARTICLE]

MEN ARE BOORS AS FLIRTS

Noted European Binger Issues Terrible Indictment Against American Males of Every Station. San Francisco. —American men. no matter what the classification, whether millionaires or Pullman car conductors, face the terrible indictment from the lips’ of' Mme. Del Garcia de Paelcere, a noted singer of. Europe, of knowing nothing about flirtation. They are rude, not to say rough and boisterous, according to madame. They lack finesse of the. European gentleman. It is their idea to haul .around by the arm a lady whom they would charm, when the lady’s arm baa nothing whatever to do with her heart. They have not manners, they cannot tell whether a lady would flirt or not. and the rich ones are the worst of all. These accusations —and more besides —were voiced by the chic and pretty Spanish singer on her arrival In San Francisco the other day from Madrid and Vienna. *;Your American gentlemen, they know nothing about a lady." and she frowned. "They do not know the difference between the lady who will flirt anL the one who will not I will not.’* amj she smiled. •'The American cannot treat the lady like she is being treated by the gentlemen of Europe They do eti know bow, On the train the) world come and sit down b Ad* ms and we would talk. When they

wanted to be playful they would taka hold of my hand or arm. I cannot stand to be touched. They always wanted to be holding to me. to help me walk here or there. I can walk alone. It was rude ol them/?