The Saint Paul globe., 1904-12-28
DANGEROUS TO SAY NO
YOUNG MEN OF TODAY SHOOT
THEIR SWEETAEARTS
When You Think Man Admires You,
Have Him Arrested at once-Men
Must Have Their Own Way

Things are coming to pretty pass
when a woman cannot say no to a man
without risking her life. Arise, sis
ters, and do something to stem the
tide of crime which results when
woman exercises the right of all free
women to life, liberty and the pursuit
of happiness. The papers are full OF
bloodcurdling stories of murder COM
mitted by men who have been refused.
Something must be done, and that
quickly When you see man look to-
ward you with an admiring glance,
march him up to Andy Cali at once
and have him arrested. 1t is the only
way. Do not Iinger or hope for the
bes Tbut use drastic measures with
no Gelay.
A great deal of the domestic unhap-
piness of. which we hear so much is
undoubtedly due to this combination
of love for a woman and the desire to
put her out of the world which seems
to abide at the same time in the
hearts of many men.
''WiIl YOU have me?" says he. mo,
sir" says the maiden, and popi she's
dead the man is sent to prison for q
few years, writes a book on the treat
ment of prisoners, behaves himself
well and in short time is out and
does it all over again. The whipping
post as a punishment recently suG-
gested and urged by the strenuous one,
should not be limited in its corrective
powers to wife beaters. but the use
of it should be extended to those
charming young men who carry piS-
tol in readines for the brave maiden
who does not want to marry them and
is not afraid to say SO. You literally
take you life in your hands these days
when you say no to an impetuous
youth.
When you see that the psychological
moment has arrived for him to put the
nlomentous question call in detective
to stand by your side and guard the
front door, then tell him to go ahead.
If you can arrange to have him leave
town Immediately after you have re-
fused him you will be safer STILL For
sometimes a refusal not Immediately
avenged seems to ranlkle in his breast,
and sooner or later you will have to
pay the penalty for your temerity. 1t
is really safest to play with him and
put him off until you can get away
and out of the country; then, when
safely landed in Paris or Rome cable
your no, and perhaps by the~time you
return his valuable affections will have
become engaged in some other direc-
tion.
But even after you have married
him, it may be that the danger is not
past. For killing wives and beating
them are fayoTite occupations for
many strong, athletic men for whom
the world and all in it was evidently
made.
1t is so romantic to be wooed by a
gentleman with murder in his eye, who
looks at you adoringly, with one hand
on his hip pocket, and who sits on
the edge of his chair with a threaten
ing air. When women emancipated
themselves-Or thought they did-they
little dreamt of this new peril which
was lurking in the bosom of time, 1t
certainly adds a Zest and excitement
to counting lacking in a quieter age.
The only time people seem to become
really aroused and believe that terri
BILE crime has been committed is when
some girl shoots a man before he can
shoot her. Then the world of men
thinks that q carnival of crime is in
progress. and we hear of a great deal
of virtuous Indignation and talk of the
degeneracy of women. The killing of
women by men who want to marry
them has become so common that it
hardly creates a ripple. But these
things do not so unnoted of woman,
and they promptly cross the street
when they see an admirer approach
ing.