The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-08
LAURA JEAN LIBBYS DAILY.TALKs ON HEART TOPICS Copyrighted 1918. ,scca-.. Newspaper s,na,e.e.
MAKING FRIENDS
 WITH STRANGERS

"The faults of others with freedom we
 blame,
 But tax not ourselves, tho we practise
 the same"
 Believe me, there is more truth than poetry in the old saw: "A new broom sweeps clean" This is especially ap- plicable to the handsome dapper young man who suddenly appears in a small town and captures, without effort. the hearts of all the girls whom the home peaux had oeen all their lives striving to win. The average girl finds 1t dtfh- cult to enthuse over tho young men she has known from boyhood up. There is no romance in walking home from church with a youth whom she remembers seeing once upon a time with jam-besmeared face and knick- erbockers sadly in need of patching at both knees, to say nothing of elbows out of his jacket, and freckles. People seldom forget a ludicrous picture of that kind.
 A girl who has known a boy from the cradle up, knows pretty well what he is going to talk about before he opens his lips. There are few, if any, subjects he can introduce which she is not quite as well informed about as he is. If he attempts to talk seriously to her there is no responsive chord in
 her heart to touch. He finds love making, up hill business.
 - Let a handsome young stranger come to town, and the interest of all the marriageable maidens is aroused at once. They ask of each other "who is her. and they cogitate over wheth- CT he Is married or single. If he is fortunate enough to secure an intro duction to one esteemed family in whi1h there are young girls, his social success is assured. Little affairs are given for him that he may meet the most desirable girls in the commu- nifty. Every door is thrown open to him and the young women are with each other to make his calls pleasant and themselves pleasing. If he is fairly good conversationalist the girls vote him splendid company" his hattery falling upon willing ears.
 He has no difficulty in cutting out the difident town beau. He can dance like professional, sing in way that makes feminine hearts futter, put a world of meaning in a lingering glance, or clinging hand clasp. He selects the prettiest girl to make love to, but she must have the wealthiest of family. The poor but lovely young girl he passes by. He has no taste for love in a cottage.
 When he has made such quick time in his moving that his betrothal to the wealthiest girl in town is announced in few weeks after he has met her, the young man who has known and loved her all his life, but had not the courage to propose marriage. begins to sit up and take notice. He won- ders what the girls in the home town of this paragon think of him and if he is as popular with them. After personal investigation, he discovers the man bears too sporty Q reputation in his home town for the young wo- men to extend him ap ,entre into their homes. That girls fair name would suffer if she were seen talking with him, or accompanying .hfm to any place of amusement, that he will work only until he can accumulate a few dollars with which to. try his luck here and there l1eiress hunting. It is a kindly impulse which prompted re- ceiving an agreeable stranger into ones home on friendly terms If he proves worthy of every confidence, well and good. When he asks for daughter's heart and hand, 1t will not do the least bit of harm to do little inves,,- gating, quietly. If he bears an excel lent reputation in his home town it's a big feather in his cap. If he is all that he purports to be, he will court investigation, instead of showing re- sentiment at Q doubt