The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-08-23
ARE ALL WOMEN FLIRTS?
|ne Question is an Old One and it Receives
Varying Answers
st. Louis Republic.

as she half whispered, "The foolish
fellows! | wonder if they thought T
cared Not once did she think of
the possible heartaches that had come
to her girl friend. True. it had oc-
Cured to her that possibly she was a
bit jealous, but the girl with diepo-
sition to Airt never finds the Jealousy
OF another girl mnnleasant. And alas
for the pride of the girl who let's it be
guessed by word or by deed that she
Is! She may be told, you know, by
her rival, that it is her own fault if
she Is not as much admired as she
wishes to be.
The recognized flirt is not the dan
gerous firt. It is the one, like the
girl of my story, who brings men to
doubt the sincerity of women and to
boldly declare that sall women are
fiirts." The recognized Airt has a
long list of admirers; all her women
friends know that she has and cx-
pect her to always add to the list.
even from among their friends. They
know that she will never do any seri-
Gus harm, and 80 they do not object.
Beauty and winning ways cannot
hide the ugly little twist that is in
the character Of either the man or
the woman ?irt. There may be q
charm and fascination that will lead
us 20 follow for time, but it ism t
lasting, you may be sure. Sometimes
it is Of long enough duration to lead
one on SO far that life ever afterwards
hasn't that charm that it possesses
for those OF US who have always found
human nature trustworthy.
My girl with the laughing eyes and
the smooth oval cheek, with the dainty
figure and fetching frocks, be glad
that you are SO attractive that your
very presence gives pleasure, but
train your little heart to be faithful
and true. Do not after slipping the
sweets Of admiration come to find your
pleasures'in counting over the con-
quests you we're able TO make while
away from home for long and happy
stay through the glowing days Of sum-
mer. The true and womanly woman
finds pleasure in the consciousness of
one true love, but neveri i9 the thought
of a host of lovers that have been
lightly won and may be just as lightly
lost.
It would not be fair, it would be de-
cidedly unjust to- say that all men are
false because one has not been true,
and it is just as unkind and certainly
as untrue to assert that all women are
fiirts. But as I have said the love of
admiration being part and parcel of
woman's makeup, it is easy enough
for her to be led into little acts of
folly that will put her iu danger of
being called firt.
Once it was the fashion Cor women
10 oe thought weak and foolish. Now
even men resent this. Nlen really ex-
pect great things of their women folk,
whether wives. sisters, daughters Or
sweethearts, and I think it is certainly
TOO bad when we disappoint them.
Once upon time woman might
have smiled and simpered and accepted
it as rather compliment when she
was called q a::rt, but the same is not
true to-day. Q, man, we do not smile
indulgently when you say that all wo-
men are flirts. We are quite willing
to admit that some may be. But for
their existence you must bear your
share of the blame. You, you know,
are the moth which futters about the
flame. MARGARET HANNIs.
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