The bee., 1896-12-10
THE INDIFFERENT GIRL

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"She heeds me not, she passes by,
Sedstely on she gees,
She crushes me beneath her feet,
As lightly as d rose,
And yet love her cruelty,
Despite her constant Jest,
For she Is always Nigh, have been,
And she Is always best"
The above poem was given as sugges-
tion for an article for Chat"
There are many types of girls and It is
hard to say which we prefer.
There is the coquette. who cares not
whom she lavishes her smiles upon. Il is all
the same to her. Then the firt. who sets
herself to the task Of attracting men. and
bringing them TO her feet, only to spurn
them and tell them they are nothing to
her.
But the indifferent girl is the most
abused OF all, A man will claim that he
does not admire her. II that Is the case
why is he always picking her to pieces'
The poor thing has not moments peace,
sac has mo feeling. no heart, and does not
know how to love. II thar Is so why is ste
such an interesting subject to him'
1t seems as though it is impossible for
him to let her rest The Indifferent gill
has my sympathy. for when man once
commences TO find fault be never knows
when to stop. And the key TO the Whole
mystery is that he secretly aemires her,
and is already in love with ner. although
he will Indignantly deny this assertion.
No matter what the Indifferent girl does
in order to gain his goodwill, she is found
fault with. II she treats him nicely, talks
pleasantly with him when thrown in bis
presence, greets him with a smile when
they pass upon the street, but does not
fall in love with him. lie calls all these
things acts OF encouragement. when in
reality they are nothing but acts Of polite
ness. and for simply obeying the laws Of
etiquette she is dubbed a coquette or
firt
The indifferent girl never shams. ind
she is not going to pretend to be in love
WhCu onC 10 hOtt tONC "a tOO 1o1Atd n hhthb
to her for that; il she does not care for a
man he will soon find II out, and II he is
wise. he will accept the hint in the spirit
that il is given, il not he must submit 10
being crushed las lightly as a rose. I"
While she may continue to reign in his
heart queen among girls, still he cannot
blame her for what has taken place. for she
has only been true TO her womanly instincts
and he can continue 10 honor her and love
her for her noble qualities.
Every true woman does not care to wear
her heart upon her sleeve, for every pass
ing daw 10 peck at. she shrinks from hav-
ing her history made known TO the public,
to be cut and slashed until all the beauty
and poetry tha, belongs to il is destroyed.
To her. "sweethearidom" is the most
sacred thing ia all the world. II Is only
once in lifetime that II comes to her. and
who can blame her for wishing to keep it
from the profane gaze Of gossip-mongers'
Yet for all this she is termed Indifferent
For my part think the indifferent girl is
right. and am sure the man who wins her
will agree with NE, for when she is won
she will have wealth OF love TO bestow
upon the man OF her choice. II will moi
be sentimental or a variable love. but the
true. constant. farseeing love Of a woman
who has found her liking among men.
She is not blind to his faults, for the eye.
OF love are keen to see the faults Of the
loved one; il will be union of soul with
toul and in her sweet, tender woman'i
way she will help him. and their daily
companionship will only strengthen and
increase their love for each other
Man may call girl indifferent because
she does not fall in love with this one and
the other one and say that she Is not capa'
BILE OF loving; but little does he know OIL
understand her, for underneath that
''cloak OF indifference (which is not as
sumed) there is heart brimming over
with love for humanity. So full OF love Il
she that she showers II upon this little
children OF her acquaintance, even the
dumb hruies come in for their share ol
il, but she wastes Il not upon mea until the
right one comes
II has been said that children are the
truesi judges of character; il that is true
can man say that one whom these little
ones love and cling TO, one whom the
dumb creatures show IN their silent bui
pathetic way that they trust. is Indifferent
and cannot lover
Shame on the man who makes such a
statement and claims that Il is true. Tor
her price is far above rubies
s B. M.