The Washington times., 1914-04-03
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= TO Girls
ANNIE LAURIE
ANNIE LAURIE

man has been paying me a good
deal Of attention. He takes me to
picture shows and places like that.
and every once In a while he
comes to the house to spend the
evening.
He seems to think a good deal
CT me, but he never says word
about II. What do you think is
the matter? How can encourage
him to tell his love?
RESERVED.
~ ELL his love-how do you
know he has any to teIl7
Arc you such an irresistible
Creature that nobody can look
at you without an attack OF heart
failure7 ......
What is there so fascinating about
you? Have you long. dark. curling
lashes like the girl in the book you
read going home in the elevated. or is
there some mysterious glamour in
your deep alluring eyes?
Do you walk with the lithe step Of
the panther. and Is your figure one Of
sinuous curves that no mortal man
can look upon and resist?
Or are You Just a nice, pleasant
looking little girl with a clean face
and well manicured hands?
Come to. little girl, come to. Wake
up out Of that trance You'll feel
better, and so will every one else
who has to deal with you.
Inc young man probably likes you
Wen enough and doesn't know, whore
else to spend his evenings.
Why don't you like him well enough
and spend your evenings pleasantly
with him-and let 1t go at that?
When he falls In love with you he'll
let you know it all right, and he won't
have to get wrecked at sea and send
you wireless to do IT, either
Can't you girls think Of a thing on
earth but desperate love affairs?
There's so much in the world to en-
Joy, go much to see, So much to do
why must you insist on dragging every
poor. inoffensive young man who tries
to be nice to you, Just because he is
nice. and wants to think that you are,
to the very verge Of the altar with
you.
I don't blame men for wearing mental
binders these days.
Some girls think a man is going
mad with love Of them II he tust offers
them a piece of fudge.
Sighs, hand holdings, looks that speak
volumes-alas. they're common coin of
the realm.
It's a game-the whole thing with
most young fellows and the girls they
admire.
Just a light-hearted. foolish, senti-
mental, comparatively harmless game
Why don't you play the game with
your partner. and play 1t according to
the rules? You know them well enough.
II you'd only stop and think a minute.
You know when a man Is really in
love with you. and when you're Just
making yourself believe he IS
Be careful; sometimes he doesn't like
that sort of make-believe.
Men are no shy. tirnid mice; they
can speak for themselves all right II
you'll just give them a chance.
No man ever really loved a woman IN
his life without being perfectly able to
tell her OF II in some way that she
couldn't help from understanding to
save her life.
When the young man who takes you
to the picture shows falls in love with
you and wants you to know It he'll tell
you of 1t.
You don't have to consult fortune
teller to get at the state Of his feelings.
Go on to the picture show with him
so long as it's a perfectly good show.
Make a plate OF fudge for him the next
time he comes up; play "Oh, You Beau
tiful Doll" on the pianola. and show
him the latest steps Of the latest tango;
laugh and have fun; that's what you're
here for-at your age-and don't slip
your shawl over your head and run
down the road to meet poor, pale. sad
eyed love before you have to.
That visitor will knock at the door of
your heart soon enough. never fear.
Copyright. 1914. Newspaper Feature Series)