The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-19
HER LOVE
 AFFAIRS TO HERSELF

Because this human love, tho true and sweet-yours and mine Has been sent by love more tender, more complete, more divine,
 That it lends our hearts to rest at last in Heaven, far above you,
 Do I take you as gift that God has given and love you!"
 It doesn't do to boast too much about ones heart affairs to ,disinterested ac- quaintances or even to friends. There s
 an old saying. you know, and a true one, that There's many a slip 'twixt the cup and the hp," which is home- ly way of limiting that even the most fervent of lovers may come to part ing of the ways ere the nuptial knot | is securely tied, The gushing maiden who has many girl friends-and of course confdants- feels an overpowertng desire to read her love letters to Katie, Bess and Sue
 NThe youth who pens the missive straight from the fullness of his heart, telling her on every other line how
 dear she is to him and that he counts the hours from the time of parting un- til he sees her again-pen pictures of
 his love dreams and hopes-never im-
 agines for an instant that his endear- ing sentiments to his sweetheart are
 made the subject of derision and laughter when Katie, Bess and Sue find themselves alone together to dis Icuss their absent friends love affair. After girl has made her mates cus- todians of her sweet secret, it is haz- ardous for her to have a falling out Ixryfkt oA do hox good memories, but many a girl has the knack of twisting something she has read into quite different mean ling when she relates it from what the original writer intended to convey. There are some girls so wanting in courtesy to a one-time bosom friend las to hint to the lover that his letters
 afforded no end of amusement to his one-time sweetheart's girl compan-
 ions. There are many things the av- |erage lover will not forgive, and the
 foremost of these is betray1ng the con- ffdenec of his spoken or written words to any one.
 A man who has gone through such
 an uncomfortab ble experience is very |chary of expressing his thoughts in affectionate language on paper to any other girl ever after. A love affair really concerns vitally but two per- sons--the lover and the lass-and is too delicate a subject to discuss in se- lcret with outsiders. What does a young woman gain by being unneces- sarily communicative regarding her lovers affairs? There is no occasion
 for sympathy, nor do they love their chum any better by being 50 much ladored by nice young man. On the contrary, bit of envy is more liable to tinge their friendship for her.
 If young woman's dear five hun dred companions know that she has a
 sweetheart, that is all sufficient If it
 leads to betrothal. the pretty ring he
 has placed upon her finger will speak
 of the fact she might utter. If friends | more eloquently than any confessions
 are not allowed to keep tabs on the courtship-regarding how many spats
 the couple indulge in. who makes the ldirst overtures toward reconciliation
 and what was said or done-there will
 be less to gossip over if a breach oc- CUTS whici- cannot be bridged over.
 If girls made fewer confidants of their girl friends. there would be fewer broken betrotha1s and heartaches.