The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-02-05
WHEN is 4 GIRL TO FliRT AND
WHEN ISN'T SHE7

When is a girl TO fiirt? This is a Ques-
ton easy TO ask. but not altogether so
easy TO answer. Yet there is a distinct
line which marks the limit OF what "en-
enlargement a girl may quite properly
give a man
She does not firt when she is seriously
in love. though appearances may be de-
ceptive. In a certain sense every woman
is a nirt throughout her whole existence.
from the time. when a baby dancing in
! her nurse arms. she 1rts with her moth
ers visitors to the moment when. on her
last sick bed. she coquettes with her doe
tors.
The warmest advocate OF the fair sex
must admit that the love Of admira tion
and the desire TO attract are Unborn with
the majority Of its members.
Every one must agree that fiirt il
very despicable person. but then. the
question is. how far does the desire 10
please constitute irritation
Is it flirting when a bright. lively girl
does her best to make some shy youth
feel on good terms with himself and by
affecting brcathless interest in his PROV
ess on the Football field or laughing heart
lily at his feeble JOKES. cony;nces him that
he is making an excellent impression and
is well qualified to shine IN the soeic,y of
ladies'
J. a girl nirt when she yields % her
natural high spirits ana laughs and chat
tiers with a young fellow Ia whose society
she takes genuine and innocent pleasure
but with whom she l. not in the least
In love?
Certainly for a girl 90 winfuily and de-
libeFately lead man II suppose that she
loves him ard IL encouraging his suit.
whereas she is really only gratifying her
own vanity. and has no intention Of ac-
cepting him is to prove herself firt Of
almost the worst type
Perhaps an even meauer tyre IL tbe girl
who leads a man on simply for the sake
Of the sweets. theater tickets and other
pleasures which Iever delights o. show
erinS on the sirl he sdmirez. and the ac-
ccptauce Of which he rightly and justly
considers encourages nent Of the strongest
kind. since no right minded woman woaId
take gifts from sutton whom she intend
ed TO reject
And get those bright lively girls who
have plenty 20 say for themselves ard are
so popular with men are very seldom real
ly firts. The really dangerous airt B. the
maiden with the swec- seductive eyes
the low. beguHinE volcc--th- indefinite
something that no nan can rCsisi The
maiden whom Loagfeiiow fescrlfes s1
well. who
Gives side glance and looks dovn~
And whose chief amusement lies ia 'fg1l-
ing her admirers
This class u sirt frequently carries ihs
arauserne nt 20 far a. 90 enter iato az en-
saeement. without. q coarse. ths small
est Intention q fulfilling 81
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