Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-09-23
lie MODERN C0QUsTTE.

4 -HnrUtiy-puhlished story contains
tae @.luwm Z striking paragraphs: The
lEsre suffering which a man undergOes
a. the hands "f a cOquette is not In Its
t1t effects - greatly 10 be deprecated 1t
= n the Consequences that lies the deep
.! wrong winch the inSincere woman
cNes 70 the man who loves her. For
teJ dlsITust OF her whole sex which
UOHs upon him, and the conviction
ustnsigUer shenOr her kind are worthy
Ollie hest 4 81 is in his nature, she Is
Responsible. The disdain which he may
tei toward her a not greatly injure
biU. Bat q e spirit in which he rega,d'
he tendency in his nature which lOOSs
b TvuIun ior tie truest support OF his
lie, aud the systematic hardening OF
Gose qgsll-its In him which reach ont
n'Luctrvely To the feminine side Of
humanity, are soul hurts, which are
d; healed when the pain Of the de-
Hlved love has passed, His judgment
The whole sex can not fail to be bias
~ by hIS experience Of he woman who
"a mo-, deeply interested him. Thus
ne that the cOquette, by lowering the
Sloie standard Of wOAanhOod in the
fJN Of nau, injuries her own sex as
Vel As The other.
Ihe forms Of coquetry are infinitely
varied, and some OF them are much
More rePrehensible, than Others. The
conan who undertakes conquests SIM
Ply for the glory Of displaying at the
sbeels Of her chariot the captive she
lods by the rosy bonds of love, Is the
nnmoues. type. AS her coquetry Is OF
te Lnst Ta;ent kind, its wounds are
lhleiy severe or lasting, and yet there IS
acettain Nulgarity about this spirit OF
conquest which makes this type OF wo-
Gen dangerous to both mcn and wo-
lien.
A more suitable and disastrous In
fGence is welded by the woman who Is
teDt on the scientific analysis of the var
Gus Effects produced by the ten der pas
Sou on men Of different character and
ia,ure. She has little pigeOn-holes
narked with different characteristic
lanes, and into these she classines
sTery new specimen. She Is apt to dts
e0ytr that the pigeon-holes may oe
Very few. and that nearly all the men
Ie meets will lit exactly into one or
.nOthpr of them. When she has arriv-
,Ha this conclusion she is satisfied two
II three good specimens Of every sort
having been eoOlly analysed and
|lnperly pigeon-holed. 1t Is variety
and not quantity she desires, and hay-
/ already become quite familiar with the
Banner in which 8 certain species Of
Re genus homo is affected by the great
st Of passions, she allows many posi-.
PIE victims 10 pass by without an effort
er desire TO add them to her collections
but if q specimen hitherto u~nelasSihed
SOsses her path, she Is ready with her
Hle ~di>secting knife TO peer into the
9oarinths Of q new phase Of human
aAture.
Another class, perhaps the most dan
grouS enc, into which We are dividing
@quettes, includes those women VINO
2ocy themselves In love with each
Rsh lover. These are emotional and
sympathetic women, who, being inca
aO.e Ct strong feeling themselves, are
Sfne along by the force Of q passion
sllGh ascinates them, and which they
sOOld gladly rsciprOcate. In their Of
a,fenewed disappointment ut finding
"a me new lover can not make them
hIset themselves, they feel a sense OF
Justice, and never dream that they
Ne Lot the iniurad opaS