The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-05-06

Alice. my little nurse, came to me
this morning with the strangest ex.
preston sonTherstace:l 1t was mix.
ture Of establishment, relief and lit
Ito shame.
Ibid not say anything to her for,
little book, one thing | have learned
and learned thoroughly is that no one
has any business encroaching on the
private thoughts OF others.
There may be times. possibly when
wsimsy take hand in other peoples
affairs, for II is always impossible
to act without some one knowing
something about it.
But ones thoughts They may be
entirely private property.
IllStell YOU, little book, sometimes
mysthoushts are so private that hate
to repeat them to myself. Even TO
YOU, have not voiced, or rather writ.
ten, some OF the very vital things that
have been born in my brain and are
now living In my heart. Sometime
1maya tell them TO you. but not now.
However, my long illness and the
knowledge that to mo come these un.
hidden thoughts make mo think that
others lave them too. Il have long
dismissed the idea, little book, that
am ans different from the average
woman) and almost unconsciously !
have come 10 see them print them.
selves on the faces OF my friends and
loved ones.
Itswas with very feminine foelins
OF triumph that found, log that !
am, ] had tho power to lure Dick
back to me the other night and yet |
knew that II ! remain as am must
comply with his request must not
ask him to dine with me and make
myself as pretty as can TO receive
him.
The tempter at my ear tells mo 10
do this-eyery woman in this world
likes to feel that she Is resistless un.
der some circumstances. Even the
worst or best feminist Of them all
zone that declares she hates men,
likes TO fell she can mould them to
her will by the force Of her brain
ifsnot by reason Of her feminine mag.
netism.
Let me whisper a great and very
secret confession 10 you. little book.
flhaye seen many women and known
many OF them intimately. and have
never known one so young or so old
that she did not like to influence a
man by her feminine wiles. =
lis nature. You see II In the tiny
little girl of four when she unconsci.
ously firts with grandpa BY putting
her soft cheek against his and curves
ner rougish lips In the most endear.
Ing. and innocent OF smiles. You see
tin the faint tint that comes to grand.
mas face when her favorite grandson
gathers up In his athletic arms and
proclaims loudly that she IL prettier
than any girl he has met al college,
However, " am citing to try and be
pig enough TO let Dick forget me.
Know he has had a great recrudes.
cence OF his love for me lately. You
see. little book, he must have felt
two kinds Of pity for me. The pity
o. my shearthurt and the pity OF nv
bodily hurt. or one OF these he was
the cause and he manfully tried 10
make Il up to me. rs
Hal told me the other night that ne
would not have me changed in any
particular except to be made physical.
Is we'll n. =" -
why, Margie.r he said. "as I look
back on you as aywife Il almost seems
to me that You are the one all.round
woman in the world. 5 iiIsssl : :
eYcu kept my home perfectly and
made u q home indeed. You always
had for me the food I liked. and n
was cooked to perfection. i aid not
realize this until you wero 10 long