The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1869-08-18
About Filtration.
TNceU Eclectic.

The Saturday" :Rcvic,D contains
an article on the subject Of flirting,
not inappropriate to the season.
Wo need not follow the writer
into the picturesque details of the
topic, but refer to tho point with
which tho paper closes, that "fiirt-
ing with intent is cruel, n false,
and heartless amusement and
time was when cruelty and false
hood were essentially sins that
vitiatcd all claims TO gcntlehood."
We arc quito disposed to agree
with this sentiment. But in the
samo breath tito essayist says
"And yet the world would be very
dull without that innocent kind Of
nonsense which goes by the name
of flirtin!Ss--:.that pleasant some.
thing which is more than moro ac.
quaintnnccship and less than for.
NAL loverhood-that indefinite in.
tcrcst by which the one man or
the one woman becomes Il kind Of
microcosm for tho time, and cpl
tome Of nli that is lovely" 1t is
hard to get a glimpse in this way
Of undcfnable interests, and Of all
that is lovely, and to be informed
that we should on no account,
without vitiating our claim to gen
lIehood, at least grasp at tho pleas
ures within our reach. Tho fact
is, to call flirting San innocent
kind ofnonscnso," is to talk light.
~ Of every poisonous folly. 1t is
too often the wicked diversion Of
thoughtless women and silly
mon, or Of women of Designing
temper, and men Of a disposition
to match. The slightcd young
women who havo been disappoint-
Cd and thrown ovor by artists in
Irritation are not at all to bo re
sardcd as suffering angels, but it
is useful to consider that after
their eyes have been dried, Il little
hardening Of the heart will set in,
not at all likely to mako them
moro angelic than they wcro born
to be. Men who consider women
fair game for attentions that mean
nothing. desire particularly to cx-
crciso their cultivated gifts Of fas-
cination upon first year bellies, and
tho effect Of tho process upon these
ladies is often ofa very Injurious
charactor.. a malo tiirt is n stupid
coward, as a rule, who loads a wo-
man into personal compromises
with him, and, although Tic may
not boast Of his intimacy, tho con
sciousncss that it is in. his power
to do SO is torture enough to the
victim ofhis attentions. Ofcourse,
WHOM there arc really two pnrtios
to tho sport it becomes q different
thing, although the word innocent
is not applicable to any variety Of
tho amusement. There arc many
women who aro born flirts, who
arc quito equal to every turn of
&the pursuit, and who will hanlc
the oldest hands 1T it. There arc
women, also, semi ,detachod wives,
who apparently exchange liconso
'f''o'A ''Sil ItobNutS Ill IluU-
tors, tho gentleman giving lcnvc
to his wifo to walk and to ride
with whom sho.. will, tho vito, on
hor part, never. troubling herself
about her husbands going and
coming, or with the genial notice
he may happen to bestowi upon
tho good.loolting girls of .thcirmu.
tual* acquaintance. These people
can take caro- Of themselves. J, Tho
.:Saturday RevieW, q short time ago,
pleadedGfor" tho emancipation Of
th'e|"bored", husb Stands, whom; tho
bored wifo insists on tho same lat
ituae wo can scarce see how it can
DO reasonably denied her This
system Of e:ndoavoring to escape
marital resp possibility, and toshirk
the duty ffofbearanco Incumbent
upon marriod people, is distinctly
OWL, and .flirtingfis far foo mild an
expression to apply to thet& com.