The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-28
BOASTS OF
 JOLLYING WOMEN

'fOh, if the world were mine. love, I'd give the world for thee! Alas! There is no sign, love,
 Of that contingency.
 So, being poor, we part, dear, And, love, sweet love, must die.
 Thou wilt not break thy heart. dear
 No more, I think, shall I.'' |, If there is one class of men more abhorrent to their own sex than any other it is the cad who boasts of his conquests with women He considers himself a lady killer or, in other words, a] specimen of humanity no fe- male could help adIliFirg-aye, falling in love with.
 To hear him tell the story, one might imagine young women were standing in line eager for him to se- [ 1ect Q sweetheart from among them. He tells of how he ''jo1lied'' this girl or that one, declaring with gusto that she actually believed all he said, fool ish maid He boasts with glee of how he took this girl away from her be- trothed lover on a dare as to whether he could do it or no, or cut out a friend who was deeply in love with not say much of his conquests of wid- ows, for he knows he would not be be- i ieved, for jolIying does not stand with them.
 | lie boasts about actresses; leads every one who lends him his ears to believe he is tiptop friends with all the beauties of the stage, takes them out to. expensive dinner showering diamonds. Hmousines and all kinds of wealth upon them and that each and every one believes she is the only one, and that he inten6s proposing mar sriage, etc.
 The pretty girls in the shops do not escape his tongue. He boasts of f1irt- ing with a new one every day, taking her to a movie, and not seeing her when she passes the next tirneS being attraeted to a. prettier face.
 Foolish matrons, innocent of wron g intent, but who cannot keep the de- sires to be admired, come in for their share Of his boasting. These he han Fdles unm ercifu11y, in a way which would mean pistols and coffee for two were their good husbands to know how their names were banded about by the fseoundreI who boasts of nak- ing conquests of them
 Such men are dangerous in any com munity- Of course their bark is worse than their bite, but still they can wink good 4Womans reputation down in
 less time than it takes to tell it and do her a world of harm in awakening suspicion (which should never have {existed1 about her. Men should take the matter into their own hands. In SeCetOf O1 dpplat11IS the DOaSJSTs or giving his extravagant tales the ben cit of the doubt, he should be sternly cried down. scoffed at, put to shame
 Those who listen-wh have sisters at hime-can never be sure he will not select their women folk to mix up in his cleverly woven fa1sehoods Men who boast of their wealth are bad enough, but the men who boast. of. the women they jolly are many pegs lower down Many of these boosters are not. really so bad as they would have their ehun1s believe them to be They in vent tales out whole cloth in which they show themselves up as jolly 5feI- lows irresistible to womankird. They
 wed late. if at all They have given themselves a bad name which sticks to them
 When his ehnms get a nice sweet heart or wed they give him letting done. He is the last man they would extend their hospitality to. They warn women folk that the boaster of jolly ing women is not a, safe companion for the home fresfde. If men only real ized how they were regarded when they tell of their exploits with women. they would keep mum.
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