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

~ c. w writes:
Il am p years of age, and
am desperately in love with
girl three years my junior. She IS
! beautiful. accomplished and a leader
I in our social set Although L have
proposed to her three or four times
I she still refuses to marry me. l feel
/ certain that there is no other occupy
( ing her time. for if I had a rival l
would unquestionably put him out of
I the way.
How am I to persuade this cold
! hearted woman to become my bride -
Persuade her by storming her IA
Tiers castle some dark night, and
I carrying her off strapped behind you
: on the back Of your noble charger.
/ That is the time-honored method OF
+ all swashbucklers, and II 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"
1t is not the modern way 1t 10
not the sane way, but you are not
| modern, and 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 ara
] not wise that you call your sweet
/ heart coldhearted. Because q 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 a cool head.
| She will not marry you though you
| 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 be
! 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 I'M
| tanned strength. l 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
| book. 1t is the sort Of talk that
| sometimes has telling effect on girls
! of 16, but, thank Heaven. the lady
| love Of your piratical schemes and
| bloodthirsty dreams Is "a and has
such a 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
4 mustache and become a MAN. II you
/ really love this woman, make of your
! self such a worthy man that she
/ will no longer spurn you, but viii
] 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 a 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 q
| good, strong right arm thai is ready
| to serve her through life.
| Recognize the existence of a rival
and know that he lies in this mas
| querade you have put on. Put him
| out of the way" by all means by con-
/ Quoting yourself in a sansr fashion.
Be a man and love as a man of ~
| should love, leaving to those ten years
your Junior dreams and schemes that
smell of gunpowder and gore.