The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-10
LAURA JEAN LIBBY'S DAILY TALKS ON HEART TOPICS Copyrighted Newspaper Syndicate. :

and done to protect the morals Of the women who have already entered the primrose path, why not give Q little heed and a, gentle, loving word of eau ton to the young girls ~groping their way through the shadows, their falter- ing feet fatally near that bend in 1ife's road where the sign board of gayety, pleasure and the wrong kind of affec- ton points one way and the sign board of virtue, toll, with seemingly little hope of joy, points in the opposite di- rection?
 The women who have gone through the turnstile from right to wrong know both sides of life, taught by the great and exact teacher, expe- rience. \ They are competent to de- eide for themselves which AEas truest and best-their former innocence and virtue, with it's beautiful trust and hopes, or the gloomy present which withholds the promise of a sunny fu- ture.
 An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. God said to erring women: Go and sin no moreH" He knew that their own judgment of to work reform than all the aids the outside world could offer. She is able to realize the gravity of the situation. and can. if she will, turn over new clean leaf and start life afresh.
 It is the young girls who de not
  danger who should engage the atten- tion of those who are seeking to as- suage tfsocial eviIs.''
 Let us not mince matters in point ing out to young girls how the down fall of the too trusting is brought about. No girl plans her own ruin, her dreams are sweet, pure and beau tifY1, she has her romantic day dreams of having sweetheart-just that, no more. A young man crosses her path. Straightway they. become interested in each other. It makes a world of diff ference what kind Of a man she meets If he has honor and a conscience, upon noting her shy, maidenly grow ing fondness for him he will have the desire to propose marriage to her if he returns her. affection. The very touch of her hand will sacred to such with awe and reverence. He would no more dare offer her the slightest affront, startle her into fear, than he would cut his right arm off; that is true love.
 The wrong sort of a would-be sweet heart has respect for girlish mod esty and seeks by every artifice known to him to tear it to shreds Marriage is not his intention. He coo1ly makes up his mind to gratify his pleasure in the indulgence of kisses and caresses until he wearies of her He makes no
  who boldly asks the girl for a good night kiss the first time he has escort ed her home from the movies or dance. He affects to be angry if re- fused. but in reality he is wondering if she is really a more sensible girl than he had taken her to be. If his coaxing prevails. and the kiss is given. and, moreover, embraces are indulged in the roue is sure the girls feet can with little coaxing be drawn into the wrong path.
 The. ounce of prevention is in show ing girls the value, the~folly,z the price of giving themselves Yp to the kiss too long, the c1oyed emBrace which leads to the unguarded moment of tempta- tion and the fall from purity.
 While the heart of youth is easily warmed and swayed by loves inf1u- ence, it must not be supposed that all maids -succumb to it's wiles. Were this the case there would be a widespread dearth of noble wives and happy homes No matter how young the girl, she has the natural inborn in stinct to know right from wrong. She would always do right if given time l to reason out the vital problem. Thus we see, it is giving free rein to kisses and caresses, lonely place, an un- seasonab1e hour, which are responsi- ble for acts of folly that leave sting of regret in memory all the after life through The first steps in 8 reform movement must strike at the root of the evil.