The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1893-06-02
Girls and Married Men.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox Pays Her Respects
to the American FIIrt.

ElIa w Hccler w llCoA,
However much of a firt the
American girl may be, size con.
fines her field OF conquest to the
single men.
say he acreage flrt. But now
and then IN country places, in les
ser cities, and in the large metrop-
oils, we come upon the exception
10 The rule, and find a girl who Is
not avelse to numbering married
men among her admirers, even
among her victims. A good deal
Of study and observation of this
order OF Girl has led me to the fol.
lowing conclusions IS regarding her !:
The Young Won.en who gel their
names associated unpleasanlly
with married admirers, can be dl-
vided into three classes: The
spoiled girl, who il over sentiment
tai, conceiled and gushing; the
utter selfish and vain girl; and the
oveIrpe girl.
| met one Of the first type re-
Gently in the heart Of the great
metropolis. She was beauty, an
only child and moiherless, aud
Los ,essed wealth and position.
She had gorged her naturally rO.
mantle mind on French novels, and
she Was utterly spoiled by adul'a
tiun.
She loved TO talk of herself, and
she confessed TO me that she had,
a, the aye of twenty, grown quite
blase with the monolonous ailen.
'inns of adoring swans, and that
she found nothing so inlere sting
now as The admiration of married
men. Il suppose | like them be.
cau.e they are unatiainable," she
sand quite nonchalanlly; "and |
confess the nearest sentiment
ever felt TO love was inspired by a
married mar. His unhappy do.
mes'ic liIe first drew me to him
he said he fel, | had such a sym.
pathetic nature from The Very
first. Poer fellow! he is nearly
crazy about me now; he fairly
adores the ground l walk on.'
"My dear girl, nothing is so un.
certain as helmpression IA coquel.
tish young woman makes on a
married man." ! replied. "Qmte
likely he is telling hi, wife that
he pities he fool who marries YOU.
lie may flatler yOu and pay you
compliments galore, and sigh ov.
er y"u just TO see how much you
know of human nature. but lie is
moi resrecllng you, that Is certain.
lie may feel The charm of your
beauty, buI he would not defend
your good name if he heard il as.
sailed; if he is sufficiently lacking
in principle to lead you to receive
his compromising attentions, he is
lacking he honor 10 defend you
from The tongue OF gossip"
"He would defend me because
he is in love with me-" she urged
"Dld you never hear of an unhap
PLY married man really feeling the
luye of a lifetime for some one he
me, allerwart y
"Once in while that occurs"
replied. "But you are scarcely
The type of girl to inspire such d
passion. A man would amuse
himself with you, and try 10 lead
you on, but he would moi lose hls
head over you. Your position and
wealth and beauty wonld tlatle,
his masculine PRIDE, and he would
enjoy thinking he had power lt
lure You over conventions barriers
bul he would feel a secret con
tempt for you all the same. Yol
are n spoiled, se,imehtal girl
whose imaginaions has gotten The
better of your head and heart
| You are wasting sympathy anC
jeoparlizing happiness. Nolhin.
will so eheclually drive away de
sirable suffers from a young girl Al
the accepted attentions of a mar
ried man."
The most hopeless coqnette il
the hearlless girl with an abnorm
al love of conquest and excite
men,, who finds with married
men the adventure and reckles,
element necessary to her happi
ness. Such girl Is seldom NOR
ally vicious in The generally &c
cepted use Of the term; she is su
pericial in her emotions, cold, vail
| aoh salcsl, Ni,., t,Eoc how froo