The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-10-08
Do Tacoma Bachelors Flirt? No,
But Married Men Are Fierce!


DO Tacoma bachelors fIirt7
This Is a problem which
the editor OF the Times as
signed TO pretty Lillian Rag
naond 90 solve.
And back she came On the
office today with THE .~ton-
ishine. not 20 say scAndai-
Gus report
No. Tacoma bachelors are not
very flirtstious. but. on. the mar
ried men--isf"
Miss Raymond IL a member OF
the Kitty Francis act 1T the EN-
press theater this week. She II
blonde. petite. has . dazzling
smile and a winning way. oh.
verys
This morning. CARRIED In .
quiet becoming frock. she went
forth 60 flirt. Think OF ito
the behest OF the Times editor.
With the report that Tacoma bach
elors are not prone to fiirt. but
married men are no better than
they ought to be.
But let her tell the story.
BY LILLIAN RAYMOND.
went out to find out IL the
bachelors of this city flirt.
made several calls. pretending 10
be soliciting subscriptions for =
well known weekly magazine,
and by mistake l called upon sew
era1 gentlemen who sfterward
turned out to be married men.
oh. they were awfully fiirtatious,
really.
First I called nj the Of
flee OF WedeII Foss. He's
lawyer I'm the Bernice build
ing He 10 young. ! Judge
about -. and swfuIIy good
looking, but mercy He's 50
busiaess-iike.
mo he didn't care for my
magazine, very busy. very SORRY
and that was all. l don't be-
lieve he even knew the color OF
my hair. And I don't believe he
ever flirted in his life.
Then l went to see ]. T. s.
Lyle. He is a lawyer. too.
went into his office In the Ia
coma building and he listened
very attentively, IL seemed, 10 my
little talk about the magazine.
But | got sort OF fIustered-T
don't know much about selling
magazine subseriptions-and be-
fore | knew it. | was outside Mr..
Lyle's office door. He certainly
didn't flirt a bit, either.
I got some encourngcusent
from James Cameron, the
deputy county treasurer nc
the court house.
20, / take that magazine now"
he said smiling very cordially.
"and | wish you had some other
kind of a magazine, l believe Id
subscribe He smiled all the
while we talked and | think he
10 a terribly nice man.
went to see Ralph Latham.
who keeps a drug store at 23es
Pacific avenue. but he was fright
fully business-iike, and yet polite.
and SO was George Cove. the
architect in the National Realty
building.
But during the forenoon, IN
! these rambles about Tacoma ac-
companied by a Times reporter
(who discreetly remained out
side while ! was inside getting
subscriptions I met mp with
two or three chaps who flirts
outrageously.
One real estate man IN q
big business building ON Pa
cffie avenue grinned and
chuckIed and tried 90 pat
my hand.
l escaped somehow. think
he waved $3.50 frantieally at me
for a subscription to the maya
zine, but l was too much excited
10 think Of It. / wouldn't haes
known what TO do with II. any
way! I mean the $780,
The last man was called upon.
whose identity for obvious rea-
sons must be left In the Rloam-
ing, wanted me to 60 to dinner
with him tonight. The Times
reporter through he was q bach
elor. but later found out he was
married. Just think of II, ana
the wretch invited me to dinner
I don't believe l would
make n very good subscrib-
tfon-getter. Hut n Just
had 20 be one. I'd rather deal
with the bachefors-fhey are
not nearly - rude and fresh.
That -, Tacoma bachelors
those 1 saw yestcrday-sre