The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-09

1 eolden.' is all well enough so far as it goes. This isn't a diatribe against any woman keeping things to herself about herself-but I mean the Secret i've Woman-you know the type"
 No. I don't believe I follow you. said Nancy cautiously.
 Well, mean the kind of woman whom you think you know and then find suddenly some day to be as full ot side alleys and mysterious corners as Chinatown on a dark night. Anu you are fond of her, too. so fond that you accept her invitations and 20 wherever she asks you. She always holds out the inducement that there is some nice man who is going to be there, who is dying to meet you, and whom after few seances you find to be very much in love with your host ess."
 "Go on. I am interested in your story" urged Nancy.
 "Of course, you wouldn't have minde after the thing is all over accepting the invitations he extended for lunch con and dinner and joy rides in his au- | tomobile, if only the woman in the case had been frank and sincere. You would respect her more-and you wouli do A good deal more for her in the future than what you intended to to now"
 "A woman like that, I suppose, is al ways the kind who has charming Husband and everything that heart could desire. Am I right?' asked Nancy.
 You are undoubtedly correct. I see you know the type as well as l do, answered Peggy. And the worst of 1t all is, that the man is nearly always some nonentity that she is scheming to meet who couldn't be trusted round the corner with anything-much less woman's honor-and the woman is al- ways some attractive, brilliant crea- ture that just grapples you to her heart with hooks of steel, yowing that her friendship for you will last through the years and then tries to flatter you by telling you that the man thinks you are perfectly lovely and is-al- most in love with you.'
 "Why do you count such foolish women among your friends?' asked Peggy curiously.
 That's what I am trying to get yodi to explain to me-" said Peggy. ''Why that class of people are always so at tractive They do everything dread tul-write letters that they wouldn't all low their husbands to see for worlds; go out with men; accept things from them: and all the while you know that if the woman's husband were to near about them he would raise Merry War. and probably lay all the blame or vou if some catastrophe occurred-of which you would be absolutely inno cent"
 Perhaps it's just the feminine love of admiration that makes some wom- en do such things" Nancy suggested.
 But would woman for the sake of mere admiration and attention that rings false to even the most stone deaf car, sacrifice her peace of mind, under- mine her happy home, and risk the chances of losing husband, whose name she ought to feel proud and hon. orea to bear?" Peggy pleaded. "Ali this and more she takes chances on for the sake of a friendship with some man who isn't enough of man to discountenance a silly married woman's admiration for him. He knows the price she will have to pay-and isn't strong enough to point it out to her"
 "It's a pitable state,' Nancy re- gretted.
 But nevertheless, one that cer- tainly exists" Peggy declared, and of the two conditions, I don't know which is the worst the Jealous woman who makes everybody's life a burden, or the Secretive woman who is as much of pest in her way"