The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-08-12
Flirts and Ooouettes.

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with French name, usually appears in
the guise of a scold and he scolds hard
and straight to the point. But this is no
kind of weather for scolding. 1t is too
hot, and scolding is warm work, even in
mid-winter. So Mr.. Labouchere has
turned from English politics and public
institutions for the moment 10 discuss a
genuine warm weather topic, The Eth
les of Flirting" The real significance of
the verb ''to iirt." and the limitations
of the practice which so many young peo-
pie find attractive, are the points the
Englishman discusses.
At the summer resorts, where firta-
! tions are mostly INDUCED in, the partici-
pants in the pastime never stop TO consult
the dictionary to see how far Irritation
may be carried before it becomes CO.
quetry. Indeed, it is probably the case
that no distinction between the two STYLES
of playing at love is made in the mind.
But, according TO all the big dictionaries
and the very important London editor,
there is a distinction. Webster says a
Irritation is a playing at courtship,"
| whereas coquetry is an attempt to at
tract admiration, notice or love with the
| design of deceiving; trihing in love"
The Century dictionary goes a little
further, and says coquetry is the result
of vanity. A Irritation may be carried on
in friendship, or made a test for certain
powers over the opposite sex.
1t seems to be the opinion of the author
tiles that little judicous flirting is the
prerogative Of young womanhood-un-
married, of course-that may not be de-
MED. They recognize that every girl is
entitled to all the admirers she can get,
even if she has to use harmless articles
to get them. Indeed, there is ground for
| the opinion thata discreet bit of flirta-
ton is necessary preliminary to real,
downright courtshlp. Who ever heard of
love match, out of the story books, that
was in dead earnest from the very
beginning And who is it that does not
know of dozens or hundreds of happy
marriages that resulted from rfirtations?
OF course the right to firt is, or should
be, limited to women. A young man has
no right to more than one sweetheart at
a time, and if he attempts to acquire an
other, the one he has is perfectly iustif-
able in sending him adrift instanter and
bestowiug the consideration she gave him
upon one Of her other beaux. The rights
that women have now must be preserved
at all hazards.
The young woman who firts-that is,
who does not seek TO deceive, but merely
to draw young men to her for the pur-
pose of enjoying their company-is
strictly within the line of what may be
. ! 90 lad haN irb III
mustn't become coquette-"a vain,
triting female, - according to Webster
with no purpose in view except to win
mems hearts for the questionable pleas
ure of jilting them.
The Philadelphia Record. commenting
on the action Of the democrats Of North
Carolina in convention, says "They de-
clare for the free coinage of silver at the
ratio of IS TO |. The democrats of
Georgia have also adopted a free coinage
plank" The juxtaposition of these two
sentences is likely to create a false i'm
preston, and we wish the Record would
in future be little more careful. Georgia
has not adopted 16 to 1 free coinage
plank, but plank calling for the free
coinage of both metals under legislation
that will secure the parity of gold and
silver. The Georgia resolution, or plank,
is one that can be Endorsed by Mr.. Cleve,
land, or the Record, or any other good
democrat. -.4
sunderstood that a number of Nor
wegian farmers in Iowa are making prep
aratipns to leave that state and settle in
Florida. There are already some Nor
wegian families in Florida, and their re-
ports to their friends in the northwest
have influences those who are coming, to
leave the country Of billiards., droughts
and forest fires and immigrate TO a section
in which crop can be raised every year.
The hardy, honest and industrious north
mon are Of the class Of immigrants needed
by the south. There are no better or
moro prosperous, citizens in the south
than the few Norwegians who have
settled here, and others like them will be
welcomed
Judge Kerr-appropriate name-a New
Jersey justice, ruled the other day that
the fact that dog had bitten man once
was no indication that the dog was
vicious and should be killed. II must be
clearly shown, he said, that the dog had
bitten more than one person, or had bit
ten one person more than one time, in
order to prove its viciousness. II this is
good law, every dog in New Jersey is
| legally entitled 10 one bite from a human
anatomy And the dog may select his
own bite.