Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-16
.ManWhoLoves
Like a Pirate
By BEATRICE FAIRFAX.

u c. ". writes:
4 am q years of age, and
am desperately in love with
girl three years my junior. She is
beautiful, accomplished and a leader
in our social set. Although I have
proposed to her three or four times,
she still refuses to marry me. I feel
certain that there is no other occupy
ing her time, for if ! had a rival I
would unquestionably put him out of
the way.
How am I to persuade this cold
hearted woman to become my bride?"
Persuade her by storming her ia
theirs castle some dark night, and
carrying her off strapped behind you
on the back of your noble charger.
That is the time honored method Of
all swashbucklers, and 1t is the meth
Cd that would most appeal to one who
says if he had a rival he would ''un-
questionably put him out OF the
way"
It is not the modern way. It IL
not the sane way, but you are not
modern, and I could almost suggest
that one who talks Of putting a rival
"out of the way" is not sane.
It is a further mark that you are
not wise that you call your sweet
heart coldhearted. Because a woman
will not yield TO one lover doesn't
prove she has a cold heart, In your
case, my dear Sir Reginald. or Sir
Launcelot, or whoever was the hero
Of your latest fiction, the cold heart
OF your lady love proves cool head,
She viii not marry you though you
I propose twenty times. There is some
thing to you Of which she does not
approve Instead Of making over
yourself, you keep on proposing, i'm
agining that the opposition to DO
| overcome lies not in your matchlesS
person, but in her cold heart.
A Cory Love.
Yours is a love that reeks of gore
and gunpowder You emit fire from
your nostrils when you speak Of your
passion, and would impress this wom-
an with your daredevil disposition,
your dauntless courage, and your un-
| tanned strength. ! have known men
who loved like pirates, just as you
| love. They became the kind Of hus-
! bands who were afraid to go to the
| door when there was ring late at
night, and sent their wives instead.
You talk like a cheap hero in q
| book. 1t is the sort of talk that
| sometimes has telling effect on girls
| love of your piratical schemes anC
| blood Iirsty dreams is "a and has
such clear vision that she sees you
| as you are.
My dear, bold buccaneer, drop your
paper sword, wipe the ink-red stains
| from your hands, cut off that fierce
mustachc and become a MAN. If you
really love this woman, make of your
| self such a worthy man that she
will no longer spurn you, but will
! seek you instead.
Don't get on your knees when you
| propose, as did the heroes in your
| favorite fiction. Don't color your con-
versation with threats to carry her
| off bodily Staying all who intervene.
| Stand on your feet, like manly man,
and tell her you love her In language
| that BELTS these most sane and pro-
| sale times.
Your paper sword has failed to win,
! Try the better way Of showing her a
good, strong right arm that is ready
| to serve her through life.
Recognize the existence OF a rival
| and know that he lies in this mass
Querade you have put on. Put him
| out Of the way by all means by con-
Quoting yourself in a saner fashion.
Be a man and love as a man of ~
should love, leaving to those ten yeara
your junior dreams and schemes that
smell of gunpowder and gore.