Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-05-20

hctf ttAHu9u b&i1tcn t&4ss sue ~ ~
enemy out In the open. who may be
openly fought. Besides which. shc 10 not
half 90 dangersns 70 q boy a. 10 tho NO.
man who Is SNUG and good without and
4 chafnei hoaise within: vino observes the
letter OF morality while breathing It's
spirit At tia worst the scarlet womsh
only piifers hts pockes but the white
rvbed hypoorite rsbs him Of his soul.
wherefore. when your Jimmy suddenly
essins TO hang around Mrs. Blank. rnd
10 be- always st hsr house. and running
her errands and arIsing her car fcr her.
and plsyfnk teHnis with her. and 10 out
on tho links Niih her. dent he Idiot
enough 10 laugh at his infstuation. and
conxgstulafa yourself that hsls fallen ip
love with = women old enough 10 be hin
mother instead OF with some giri Of hts
own'ass that he might want to marry
Aud DON'T taik about what sgcod
wemsn aIrs. Blank is. and say how glad
You are that he has fallen under such -
ncbls snd refining influence. Break w
the Intimacy before Jimmy is twenty:
tour hours older. Send him away for .
while, Is tar from the temptrcss -
yau've got the money TO buy raiiroAh
fare. Pull him back as you would y ne
stood on the brink Of the pit itself. ),
Every married woman who flirts Is .
eourfesan Al heart. coxardlee, or greed.
or the desire 10 hold her place In socistX
may ksep her within me bounds of RI
spcctablilty and make her stop short Of
actual crfnsinailty. bot at the core OF her
being she n immoral, and there is neither
ruth nor honor IN her. *
The rnsrriedswomsn who. not content
with her husbands affection. PLAYS ~
love With other men. and seeks their adj
mlratien. the while she eats her hus-
band's bread and wears tho clothes hs
gives her an khe drass hts name through
the mud, In q contemplate enough figure.
heaven knDxn, but the neenesi woman
on earth II the married fiirt who Is .
arsdls sHatoher.
SUCH q wognm docs not rvsn play the
rang sauareiy. because she pits her
knaxledge OF mfr sssinst o boys igner-
ance,. her expsrience against his mex
perience. hsr arts snd wiies against his
,inssphisficAfion. Asainst her nsttsriss,
her cajoleries. he u as helpless - .
bsbe IN the hsnes OF q slant. II y -
easy for any n,srricd waman Sho is .
flrt to make boy fall In love with hsr
ss II would be for prize fighter 70 take
oandy money away from . child. And
about o. reputahls
AS msttsr Of fact. II is only tire
timid among fiirtaiious msrrfed vonmn
who 60 In for kidnapping Tho belder
-. - a.. 49,. ssx.ar .afa =. urffh
men. hut the former are too much afraid.
people weuld talk u Dir. Jones or Mr..
smith was too much IN evidence In their
company. but their friends only laugh
chen Ire Jones boy OF the Smith boy "
forever Dangling at their spron strings.
The boys are safe game. Therefore the<e
women, whose hungry vanity must be
continually fed BY the batteries % lovers.
and who play with passion rs a child
plays with fire. sacrifice the lads to their
egotism.
They lure the boys on. They coax the
vary hearts ont Of thar tbesoms. They
bind them hand and foot and make slaves
out Of tnem. They fan every flame Of
desire. and then, when their evil Sork
n done. and the boy Is nc longer q boys
but suddenly turned man. sulps out some
and love appeal 10 them, they turn and
laugh at him. Thsy are 50 surprised. So
virtuossiy indignant They never should
have thought It Of Jimmy. or Tommiss
whom they thought such nice lad. :,
Il is the fashl1n to rldlcule calf ioveF
n 10 the hest and purest love Of a mans
whole life. and the pity Of II Is that 20
many boys brsak the slsbaster easket at
their unworthy feet. For no youth ever
comes cut OF q Irritation with married
woman unscathed. II leaves him with
BROKEN faith and blasted trust. and everx
deal OF Nonnnhood smlrched.
In the beautiful old play Of '.Nance
oldfieId'' a young boy. who Il a poet.
calls in love with an actress who Is uince
his elder. and the lads father induces
her to cure him Of his romantic fancy
she does this BY dispelling the illusions
r-,tb which he has surrounded her, and,
by showing herself 10 MIN 50 fat. and
middle aged, and sordid. and vulgar. that
he turns from her IN disgust The father
Games back and asks: Did yen ours
himr'
YES" answers the actress. but
have done a terrible thing. I have put
out the light upon the altar for him"
That Is what the married nirt does tor
every young boy who comes under hsr-
sslsfuI influence. she kills the high and
holy things for him She Stays hts en-
thussasus. Such an affair leaves
wound on his soul that never heals.
II is the duty OF parents to protect their
ycaag bays asainst these rampirss IS
much as they can. and thsy are found
even, among your own frienss- Be eraftily.
suspicious Of any msrriea wor1sn shes
has horde Of young eass fello%tnx hez,z
There Is oaly one woman on ssrth vho
has legitimate liking for The sec,ety e
. ,,..,-. 40 ard that In hi< avn r1ushec.