The Monitor-register., 1896-02-14
GIRLS VALUE PURITY IN MEM
The Exceptions, Who Wed Men of I'll
World, Always Repent of 1t.

The Exceptions, Who Wed Men of the
World, Always Repent of 1t.
A young man writes to Edward w.
Box inquiring why SO many girls seem
to prefer the company of young fellows
Of slightly blotted character-men who
have seen the world-and in many cases
marry them, in face of the fact that
their past lives are known to them. In
The Ladies Home Journal Mr. Box, its
editor, makes this reply: "Girls-that
is, the right kind of girls-do not prefer
the company of young men of this sort.
Doubtless, you have come across in
stances where this rule has been other
wise; SO have /. But it is all in the
seeming, and not in the reality. Depend
upon one thing-girls have as high an
estimate Of purity In man as men have
Of purity in woman.
"There are, Of course, cases to the
contrary, but these are few. Where girls
marry men who are known to have led
what is called worldly life, it is
more generally due to misunderstand-
ing Of facts or to ignorance than people
imagine. There is a type of girl who
finds peculiar satisfaction in the con-
quest Of man who has seen the world
and then comes to her as the one woman
Of all her sex who can make him happy.
I This sometimes pleases her vanity and
love Of conquest, but she is not many
years older before she discovers that she
has satisfied those feelings at very
high cost
"There is another type Of girl who
rather fancies a man who is what is
called fast. But that sort of girl is
painfully ignorant of what is meant by
that word as applied to man. II she
were not, she would be very apt to
change the adjective to vulgar And
as she natures she finds this out 1t is
only young men of upright lives who
can hope to win the favor and love of
girls of high motives, the girls who
make the best wives. If, at times, girls
seem to favor young men Of another
kind, the glamour is simply transitory.
1t is rare, very rare, that girls better
instincts do not lead her to the higher
grade Of young men. An upright life
never fails Of reward, and Of the highest
reward, from the hand of woman.
To Name SpringAeld's Four Hundred.
1t has been seven years since Blue
Book was printed, and in that time there
have been many social changes. Some
have dropped out Of the charmed circle,
some of the buds have developed into
matrons, while others are still serving
as bridesmaids. And some of the pie
beians have acquired property or gained
culture and are knocking for admission
at society's gate. All that is needed is
official recognition. We need Blue
Book, the stars to indicate the grade of
patricians. 1t will be we'll for the COM
piler to remain unidentified until the
book has been published, and then, as
in the previous case, to promptly leave
town-to 60 far away and stay away.
The Price & Lee company, which has
been compiling dry and accurate direc-
tories OF Springfield, has the temerity
to announce that it is prepared to CLASH
fly Springfield society. The preliminary
circulars are out Now is the time to
get into line if you want three star
grade in the armament of the Four
Hundred. The Blue Book enumerator
has not started on her rounds yet. En-
tertain and 60 to entertainments. The
sheep and goats are to be divided, and
it may again be seven years before an
other Blue Book division is made
Springfield (Mass.l Republican.