Clayton herald. (Clayton, Del.) 1867-1870, 1869-06-19
Written for the "Clayton Herald
FILTRATION

FOR q man OF woman to be- fiirt is to
draw upon themselves the contempt and
disapprobation of all good and right
thinking people. Filtration when in
INDUCED in blunts all the finest feelings
of the heart, destroys all the purity, DELI
cacy, and beauty of youth, and renders
the flirt heartless, lovelcss and dispica-
BILE.
A man flirt is always found dandling
around pretty girls, sometimes bowling
in alteration before them, sometimes
pouring fourth strains of most extrava-
giant fattery, or sometimes playing the
more dangerous game Of counterfeiting
a true, manly affection, thus winning
some over credulous one only to cast her
aside when some new fancy takes him.
Flirting on through life he leaves ma
ny hearts signing oor his broken vows.
Oh, how much misery is caused by these
society snakes, how many flowers OF
truth, purity, beauty and happiness they
uproot in the garden of Life. Filtration
must be made odious. Girls send such
flirts far from you. Shun them, treat
them with contempt, and never listen to
their insinuating tones, save to rebuke
hem. Better the love of one less osten-
tatious and parading than the transient
homage of thousand bowing, smiling
flirts. Indeed, better never be won at
all than be won and worshipped only
for season.
Now q word about the lady flirts, gem
orally pretty and clever, and calling to
her aid, grace and wit. Some hearts she
takes by storm, accepts their homage,
and soon the poor butterflies find they
have to retire with singed hands and
hearts. Or the lady ilirt may assume
conhding, winning manners, thus at
tracting more noble crowd of admirers
each as he gets a few whispered words of
kindness, or is honored by a sweet
smile fancies himself the favored one.
But alas how vain his hopes, for the
love of a firt is lightly given and light
ly taken back again.
Thus many hearts are broken and
lifes brightest aspects clouded. Thus
mans faith in the goodness and truth OF
woman is destroyed and gloom caston
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flirt's vanity by conquests.
Filtration is pernicious in its influ-
ence, whenever indulged in, not only to
the parties engaged in it, but also to
spectators, for example it is often carri-
ed on in the Church of the liUing COD
there, distracting attention from servi-
ces which should exclude every worldly
thought, and so leads to neglect of duty,
and commission of great sin, as introdu-
cling levity into the house of God. Oh,
when will man and woman learn to be
true to themselves and true to each 9TH
er, learn to look upon Irritation MS II dam
gerous pit, giddy whirlpool, Il very mi
rage in tho desert, false beacon that
will lead on to the quicksands Of deceit
and wreck their barque of happiness,
should it wander into these treacherous
waters Filtration can never satisfy tho
heart in its cravings for love, but it can
destroy the power of loving wisely, and
a flirt can never appreciate the value Of
an honest, loving heart. say then that
this vice W II never be INDUCED in by
any man or woman of good moral prin-
ciples, by any possessing II kind, sympa-
thizing heart, or indeed by any one hay
ing an ordinary share of brains. When
you see dictionary of falsehood, an en-
cyclopedia of deceit, grammar of fiat
terry, record of change written with the
pencil of sophistry; indeed concentra-
ton of all that is unlovable in man or
woman. Can we then do ought but con-
denim such one, and L consign such to
the unlimited contempt and unqualified
disapprobation of all good and right
thinking people. $. Il.