The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-04-24
MARRYING A SPORTY LovEF
ssLeave thee, dearest7 Love thee? Yes! by wonder star. I swear, Which through tears above thee
 Shines SO sadly fair. :,

Which through tears above thee
 Shines so sadly fair.
 Few young women of proper pride or spirit would admit fondness for a lover who is inclined to be all that is sporty. A young girl might begui1e herself into the unwise belief that such g. man adnires her when he does his best to render himself agreeable, finding she is susceptible to his blaze manner and complimenting pretenses because she knows little of his tendencies
 If there is one class of men more than another who should be labeled Look Out For Him. it is the man who is gay, debonair, who attracts the attention of fair girls and soft hearted young women whom he soon discards for the next newer fancy.
 Usually he is the young man of live ly spirits, wide awake to what is pass ing on around him. His offhanded way has the effect Of making him apA pear what he is not Many a really different lover affects this proc1ivity, though he has it not, because he thinks girls admire that sort of man. He would appear smart in her estima- ton.
 Men often tell their sweethearts tales which are pure fiction to carry out this idea For instance, de may tell his sweetheart that he was out with a party of friends and opened up a dozen bottles Of champagne before the crowd separated. Whereas, had he got right down to truth he should have said that he and another fellow opened up two bottles of root beer, each paying for his own. Or he might lead her to believe that he won $500 on a horse race while, in matter Of fact, he was paid l$5 not to enter an unfit horse in the race He gives out to her that he is very much of a wrestler in his way.
 How was she to know that the near est he ever got to these men of muscle was selling them a pair of boxing gloves over the counter of a sporting goods store? Remarkable were the pictures he drew for her to wonder over how he had beaten champions playing chess and can row, fence sw1rn-ride horseback and execute fan cy dances in club or parlor amuse- merts.
 These anecdotes are the methods by which he constantly keeps Up her fn- terest an hfrn. The sporty lover never stands back to allow any other would be suitor to shine in a more attractive light than that which he blazes. As to his clothes, it keeps the tailor whom he patronizes frequently up and do- ing to rig up the sporty fashion plate in flashing new outfits. and to create original effects that will make pass- eTsby stare at him until he is out of sight
 A young man of this sort never loses track of anything which will add to his benefit. He visits and appears at cafes and places of invitation where he knows that he will be well fed. When it's time for handshaking, as he is about to depart. he g1ibly promises to bring with him next time his pop uIar. money-spending friends to help along. Girls realize, after they marry this man who was their ideal, that they ought to have weighed well the sensibly inclined lover, and the sporty one. Many a decked-out dude has seen his folly after marrying wise girl and changed his habits for the better. He who possesses a good heart and deeply loves his helpmeet can make her happy past all doubttng.