Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 56, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 March 1917 — Beware the Married Male Flirt [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Beware the Married Male Flirt

I’ve thought thee—l’ve . thought of thee— Through change that teaches to forget; Thy face looks from every-sea, In every star thine eyes are set. £ I think of thee—l think of {hee— • O lady, halst thou thought of me? It Is had enough for a girl to form an attachment for a fickle lover —a

man attracted to every pretty face that drifts across his path. But it is still for her if she commits the folly of marrying him. Of all tantalizing men none can keep a woman in hot water so completely as the married flirt. H*e may go no further than to look admiringly at pretty women but that’s quite enough. If he i s no t thorough 1 y suited

with Ills sweetheart he should not marry the girl. Between you and me, it is not possible for a man Who loves beauty, if It be art or nature in the shape of beautiful women, to shut his eyes as they flit before him. His error lies in the fact that he allows his wife to observe his admiration. Far be it froth me to counsel deception, but there must be some truth to float the old saying, “What the eyes don't see, the heart don’t grieve over.” The man who has the flirting propensity bred in the 15phe is pretty apt to talfe a eruel delight in making his beTf-pr half lealaiis. He wants her to realize that she has a prize whom other women covet. In his blindness regarding women’s nature he is of the opinion that she will appreciate him the more. It does not occur to lufth for an Instant that quite the reverse is the case. He usually flhds out too , late that suspicion and torment can

By LAURA JEAN LIBBEY.

tyear out and eventually oust Hie most' romantic love. True love exists only where there are pea.ce of mind and content.' The woinarf who has* a flirting mate Is fearful of growing old and losing her charms. She Is always on the. keen edge of worry, trying to guard against heart stabs. This sours her disposition and congeals her womanjy lpve_fpr_other women. No matter how greatly some beautiful 'Woman's [personality may appeal 'to her, she Is more than apt to repel that other woman’s appeal for friendship. \She knows why. Front the altar to the grave, the wife of the flirting husband knows little peace. When a girl has a falling out with her flirting beau aadhe- turns from her to the charms of another, she may cry out in agony that heaven was unkind to her, whereas heaven was ffiost kind in saving her from an after life full of torturd, had she been granted her heart's desire. The flirt should marry a girl who is not averse to the flirting game herself. Thdy could take turns on keeping tabs on each otly?r. He w'ould know that she could not flirt long after arriving at that turnstyle—fair, fat and forty. She could not have that assurance regarding him. He might cast sheep’s eyes wen at eighty. , (Copyright, 1917.)