The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-19

It always makes me smile when read those carefully prepared articles on t'T1he care young girls should exer- else in choosing the right kind of a. 1over." It reads we'll and there is a world of good, sound common sense in the signs that indicate he is to be trusted, and those which should be taken as danger signals. No wonder the girls who cut them out paste them in their scrap books, coming over them in secret, often find that signs fail. The goody, goody young man, thought to be d paragon of virtue, has cut up some shocking caper that has set the town agog, while the roIhcking fellow next door, who had had a dozen Sweethearts one of them, had been seen coming out Of drinking places, smoking cf- gar, which he could have got at a nearer cigar stand, spent his salary as soon as he earned it, was rarely, if ever, under the family roof tree when the curfew bell was supposed to be ringing, refusing to be tied to his l mothers apron strings, or to abide by her choice of "a wife for him, turned out to be a. jewel in the rough. A young man who turned. over a new leaf when he met the right girl.
 With examples that somehow have got twisted awry, how is the average girl, with no experience, to make an | accurate choice in selecting the good young man from his indifferent fe1- lows? Naturally, in his desire to make i a, good impression, even the scoundrel | will cover up his faults most carefully. He who has broken the most feminine i hearts will declare he has never yet been in love nor seen the girl he could care for until now. His manner is polished. He knows the art of flat tery. He has brought it down to a I fin hiQ af fS 1 a young girl who believes men say what they mean and mean what they
 say to realize sheis becoming tangled up in the web of a trif1er when she
 feels her heart throb faster at his ap- proach, and the conviction dawns upon her slowly but surely that he is becom- ing nearer and dearer to her than all 1 others?s
 There is no chart by which she can Idecipher his good qualities OF short lcomings. Her good common sense is not brought into play for the reason
 that the deceptive man does not dc
 that of which he knows full well she
 would disapprove. He aims to please
 and satisfy her in every word, act and
 deed. He is a consummate actor
 playing his part so we'll he disarTns the
 suspicion of even the girl who is try
 ing to be the most careful in choosing
 wisely and for her best.
 It is not until after wedIoek that rascalS throw off the mask they have
 worn. What girl would willingly wec
 a man knowing that his love for hei
 was but a pretense, that his heart wa.
 as ffcklel as April winds? That ht
 would deliberately refuse to supporr : her, throwing her like bruised flow CT, upon the pity of her relatives ol CT own efforts to eke out a naiserabl, livelihood. It is because girls do no
 know that their love barks becomt
 shfpwrecked. All the teaching and @
 blaming in the world are time lost
 they will love the man who appeals tt them, being blind to his faults A Wo
 man must travel far on the hard roac of experience to read mans hear
 alright but even she is liable to err il
 her judgment. No wonder girls do no know how to judge between a good ol
 wrong wooer.