The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-03-01
FL|RTS BORN, NOT MADE.
The Wiles and Deceiving Outward
ness Of tho Accomplished
Flirt Past Belief.
And the Variety Of the Flirt in
the Whole Land
Ia Legion.
Tho Athletic Flirt Queen of tho List-Of
Different Sort the Botanic Flirt-
h Astronsmic.

All women are not born free and equal.
It il foolish TO say SO. /. Some possess from
their cradles 4 subtle force which secures
for Thorn throughout life the devotion that
other women cannot win with endless sac
rifcs or oceans of tears.
To such a woman we apply the name OF
"firt,' and We, the less admired and less
attractive of our sex. have a foolish habit
of elsyating our noses and thanking heaven
in loud voices that we are not as they are
a proceeding which deceiyes no one, but Is
very comforting to us. We also have an
%unfounded belief that We can detect q hlrt
at the first glance.
But in this we rather exaggerates our
powers of discernment. The wilss and de-
csivinp outwardness of the accomplished
airt ara past belief. Why. even her quarry
sometimes never discovers her propensity
for couustry until she has brought the fir
tation to a successful finish.
OF course the tlirty tlirt can be found ont
by ANYBODY, but observe the methods OF
the athletic firt. She apparently goes IN
for athletics and nothing else. She binds
vou by her impsrsoIal conversation which
runs chiefly on lawn tennis and the last
field hunt. 1t is this which first attracts
Won. After the many different strong
have met with in the conversation
If the many different girls you have known,
the mpersonality Of the athletic girls con
yersation il as refreshing as . draught q
CLAIR water after a few drinks out OF the
essence bottles.
You admire her figure always CLAD IN some
c,osa-ftting gown, tight enough to show OH
I'D MAGNIFICENT curves. yet loose enough TO
riya free movement to the supple, llssom
You notice the exquisitely rounded arm
ss sha pulls q boat up the river while you
lounge in the stern. You observe the little
hrown hand resting Oh the oars. What
long tapering fingers and rosy polished
nailsl What strength in the small but
stcel-like wrist.
She will rise at daybreak and take a ten
nile tramp with you aud her brother-she
invariably has Il Notwithstanding III time
for breakfast. w..
notice the warm flush under her olive skin
AMI sny to Yourself that there is no non
senae about q woman who can eat a square
meal like that. ..,
And some day, when she makes q little
none at YOU through the meshes of her ten
MIG racket, YOU ulbCONtI BIG Ads pCdlt1 uls
even. white teeth and wonderful, mis-
ch;eyous, flashing dark eyes-a discovery
which is 80 unexpected that you make y bad
nlav and are promptly reprimanded by her
for carelessness.
How delightful to go swimming with her
and see that dusky head. those cleaning
ewes. flashing above the waves.
How much more delightful to ride beside
her after the hounds, to see the trim, arrow
liz figure fying over u flye-barred fence and
hear her clear, joyous halloo at the hnlsh.
There are few tlirts who so thoroughly IN
dsrstand their art as the athletic firt. and
fewer still who can render you SO uncon-
scious of it.
Another dangerous creature is the pla-
tonic hirt, You will never suspect her un-
less Won have had previous experience with
one of her ilk.
She is usually q young woman of about
twenty-five summers. She is not beautiful,
bat has an attractive. intelligent face that
grows upon you daily. She is clever, too.
not being a specialist in any one branch of
learning, but having rational, often orig
inal ideas upon every subject under the
sun.
She is fond of flowers. She likes botan-
izing. Why not 30 botanlzing, take a lunch
and have a jolly outing? Nothing could be
more charming. You go; shs wears a sen
sible dark blue costume, with natty jacket.
stout shoes and sailor hat. You rhink how
seldom it is one meets n woman who I'M
derstands dressing appropriately for these
jaunts.
You sat your luncheon under a big tree
and afterwards she sits on 8 rock and talks
about platonic% friendship while you lie in
the grass at her feet ard smoke a cigarette.
She says she enjoys comradeship. She hatss
conventionalities. She wishes men and
women could be thorough friends-platonic
friends. You come home at night enthusl-
astic about botany.
She wears a wild rose in the band of her
hat that you have placed there.
She is Interested in astronomy. You stroll
down to the gate some night to look at the
stars. IL is a lovely night. The white moon
CLEANS over the old garden, turning every
thing to silver. The iR trees rustle softly
as if whispering to each other. Great watts
of perfume come now and then from the
nodding flowers. You hold her hand-in a
p~latonic way. Somehow you never forget
shat night.
You read and study together. She ia most
eager for knowledge and you fatter your
self she enjoys your teaching. 1t is de-
lightful to instruct such a charming creature
rs this. And no lovs-making! No non
sense about her! Only q most ENJOYABLE
bond Of coInradsship, of thorough sym
p&thy. until some day you awake to the
realizing sense that it liz merely filtration
under a new gulse.
All you are not so wise as you thought
you we're. The wiles of tho firt are pas,
finding out, and the variety of hut is le-
gion.