The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-22

l OH, WAS dlTeduy pOWueTlnR TleF HOSS anu laying traps to ensnare him.
 As for her husband well, he simply didn't count. That was one way that she knew it was the REAL thing-her love I for this Man Creature 20 years younger l than herSef-the way she had forgotten her husband and also fner jealousy of the l future.
 She conjured up visions of the Possible Girls who would be her rivals. Her imagination had only to wave it's wand and these girls were there torturing her with their sweetness and their youth and their possession of HIM!
 There was one girl who looked like a First Love" It was pretty hard for the Married Woman to steel her heart against this | one, much as she loved the Man Creature, for she had eyes like blue gentans, and hair like frost tipped Maple Leaf And the others came She hated all of them. although they weren't so bad as dream faces of women
 She saw pass before her:
 Show Girls with faces like whited sepulchres and eyes full of dead men s bones. And
 Summer Girls,'' bartering their fresh-
 
 terfeit. And
 "Debutantes," sweet enough for the Average Man, but too great risk for the Perfect Man Creature.
 And
 widows-"sod" and the other kind-let- ter perfect in a game, where an inexper- way she put iD must find himself the PREY. And Flrtatious Married Women (she was one herself. and she knew), grown tired of their husbands, perhaps, and keen for a new interest in Life. And
 With her hand she waved the vision away, the Moving Picture of Femininity, which was all too horrible to be invited to finger. She had seen enough.
 For herself-she .bravely faced the fu- ture.
 For a little while-a few years at least, she might be able to claim him for her OWN.
 She had seen him "First"-and with shameless taking advantage of his help lessness and his youth, she had ingratiated herself into his favor; had fairly worked her way into his interests; she had made him NEED her, and kept him in ignor ance that the world was swarming with women who could serve him as lavishly as she had done.
 She was absolutely shameless in her love for this stranger of a year
 If she had written a letter to Miss Laura Lean Jibbey, or Col. Edward Blok of the Ladies' Home Journal. she would un- doubtedly have received this reply:
 Ut is never proper for a woman with GAI l~... with another man. especially if he hap pens to be 20 years the lady's junior and attractive"
 That it is very improper to kiss such Young man one time, much less 2000 times, day, she knew, of course | But she did it just the same.
 She was wildly, hopelessly crazily. shamelessly in love with him, though, and she was oftimes jealously afraid that he didn't love her in retufn. | Her love, however, was all sufficient, all forgiving. and she was content just to be allowed to love him, and love him she did, with all her heart and mind and body. One day she had terrible blow, and it was right in the face, from his strong doubled up chubby fist-a blow that sent her to thinking good and proper, and would have annihilated most people com pletely.
 But 1t only made her love em the more, love him with every fibre of her soft lit- tie foolish little feminine heart-for she saw what strength there was in this Man Creature whom she loved so wildly. this beautiful Man Creature whom she adored! Who was he?
 Why, thought had told you long ago that you knew from the start. It was her 1-year-old baby the idol of her Heart, whom she loved so shame lessly. Do you blame her? Of course you don't.