The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-06-15

justice, il technically known as flirting.
| In every generation men as an organized
body have east solid vote against the
criminals, yet So long as circumstantial
! evidence can prove such flaws Of cOntradic-
ton in the evidence that every act OF the
dccuser's life has been 10 admire and de-
| iend the crimes OF the accused TO hate the
sin and love the sinner, no sentence NAV he
e. red The world sitting in judgment will
continue hung jury, and whether or not
| there be serious harm in flirting will remain
forever an open question. Men are such
| fOrgetful creatures, and such beings OF one
idea. When they determine upon an anal
ysis Of this interesting theme why can't
| they remember few Of the prima facie
items Of the case-that there il obliged 10
be cause and an effect. that it takes two to
make "a quarrel, and so cOrresp0ndingly
true that Irritation requires man as well
as woman.
wOMAN's WAYS.
There are some men who would like to
| see "a detective agency established, 10 clear
up the mystery OF wOman's ways, and to
bring to light the hidden means Of danger,
employed in their craft. What great and
noble enterprise, in which timely warning
could be given a man when any personal
property of his heart was threatened. Think
of the safeguard in SUCH .
4 man who has a Bureau of Information,
10 visit after ball, engagement, or "A call,
gets knowledge as valuable in destroying
any possible delusion, as to the attractions
Of some fair charmcr. as an antidote would
be in cOunteracting the fatal effects OF poi
son. From one or more spies he gets such
information. as follows, which in business
like tones they read from small note book.
WEAPONS IN HER EYES.
Miss A always carries concealed
weapons in her eyes. They guard the dia-
monds that are there; they are darts and
arrows, but more dangerous, because with
out pain are her smiles as she infuses them
in the heart Of a victim by hyperdermc in
lection.
Miss b has in her possession n bunch
Of skeleton keys, with which she can open
any mans heart. They turn easily, as they
are hidden on n well-oiled tongue, and muf-
fled by soft voice.
Miss c. holds pawn ticket No. 80 for
her heart. \ diamond ring the exchange;
also gets another girl to write her love
letters.
Miss D.: Her love is in the possession
Of six men, so beware of receiving stolen
goods.
Miss T.. gives counterfeit impressions.
Last sunday the smile she paid into your
ewes when the text Love one another was
announced, was bogus coin, for she gave
the same to another fellow the sunday be-
fore. when they sang "Ah, 50 far, yet SO
near
Miss +. stole a mans heart. then let him
put the handouts on her wrists.
And many other such items that they
would gain, making them, perhaps. in their
own cOnceit wiser. but certainly sadder
men. leaving them to repne for that faith
which the cynics have called Ignorance to
the blissful, when folly would be the por-
ton Of the wise.
WORD DEFINED.
The term under consideration has a great
deal more than It's share of burden Ia bear
in this world. Flirt. A little word Of five
letters, a noun, verb, an adjective. some
times participie, something OF "A nlsnOmer.
and always an enigma; subject TO vast,
varied definitions. suffering undeseryed
maledicti0ns at one time. and enjoying the
most ntoXicant praise at another, accord
ing 10 the several interpretations Of its
meaning.
"You are little ilirt," says a man, and
the woman smiles at the cares-ing words
that have implied that she is pretty, fasci-
mating, clever, and altogether charming TO
all men.
you are a scheming nirt," says he, and
she straightway ruilles up her plumage like
an OIfnufu lfh'Nihs anu hii'hh' h'i''h
against deceits, shams. plots, and hardness
Of heart.
WHAT IT Is.
Flirting has been described as attentions
without intenticns but who can 80 deli
cately discriminate between feeling real
and feeling unreal? This, Of cOurse, has no
reference to those bold motives which
strangers, ill-bred and impairment, may
exchange on the public streets, but to those
friendships between the opposite sexes
which could not illustrate PlatO's phll0sO-
ply OF love, yet are not 80 intense or danger
Gus as those upon matrimOny bent. The
only marked difference in Il Irritation and
genuine love affair is in the final result. The
process is the same. Two trees flower alike.
each with the same fragrance and beauty.
The one drops its blossoms, and, c'est toute,
the other bears fruit.
There is an erroneous idea that there is
no feeling genuine in a Irritation. Ii is
purely mild form of the disease
il might be called, as it affects, but leaves
no scars.
THE MOST LOyABLE.
OF the class of women who are ''born
nirts," they are the most loyable, most at
tractiye. most winsOme type in all the
world. They are gay without tort, lovely
without art"
Good-nature and kind beartedness are
their conspicuous qualities, and 80 charm
iugiy so, that strong-mindedness and intel
leet fall into disfayor Loye-light from
their eyes falls as impartially upon all
things as does the sunshine from heaven.
The butcher-bOy and the cook worship her
no less than the cultured SWANS Of the ball
room.
The art Of pleasing is as much magic
mart Of heras is the blush-the life Ofthe rose.
Her heart melts towards The partner that
she must give up in the dance for another.
30 She pouts with a little cOnfding look,
her fan, her bouquet IN the hands of the
former, and thus gives him pretty mort
gage upon another engagement. Fiji"
thinks the man who leads her away. AN
gellv thinks the man who is left. For il is
"A known fact that the only men who don't
believe in iliris are the men that are being
lirted WITH Else what would be the use OF
Cupid's blindf0ld!
METHOD or srEG".
AS naturally ne she makes Use Of curling
lustes and dimpling smiles cOnquerlng
the heart of man, does such n oac f0olishly.
heedlessly, deIciously, utiliz the allies
which nature offers her for tn siege. For
what do the fields grow in such l glory of
Marguerites but II tell the Jrtunes of
these Young rOmapces-''un peu beau
c)up-passionnemcnt, pas de tout" fall from
sweet lips as the white petals fall from the
flowers.
How many popped rose leaf has told a
tale Of playful love!
What lover has not watched his lady as
he gave her a goblet Of water. II she looks
above the rim as she drinks she Is a irt.
But OF all the telI-tales Of the fair charm
ers the fan is said 10 lie the most dangerous.
IL has been The curtain for amorous signs,
il, Jagged edges and tattered seinblance
speaking Of tender and embarrassed scenes.
THOSE VINO ACHIEVE.
Of those who 'achieye ilirting," unless
they be clever enough 10 appreciate that
..the height Of art is 10 conceal IT, the
world is too busy seorning their schemes to
| applaud their systems.
There is an old receipt for gaining IA
mans love. which is said by those who
have tried it never - fail IN success.
.Fill man with love for himself to over
flowing. and all that oycri'ows is yours"
| Many are the ways Il mixing this por-
ton III flattery, and even the doses may be
al. III. a.a<I