Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-10-12

the pursuer, and implanted in his
breast horror of being pursued. and
that makes IL a fatal thing Tor
woman TO take the initiative in love
making. This is why the women who
wear their hearts on their sleeves
never have any man troubling to PICK
them off, and why women who are
openly husband hunters never bring
down their quarry.
The peaeh that man Graves is the
one that hangs highest on the tree,
not the over ripe one that Is ready to
drop into his mouth. The bird that
he stalks through tireless days and
nights is the weary one that is always
on the wing, not the tame barn fowl
that is ready to come and eat out OF
his hand at his first pipe. And the
woman that he wants most IS the
ronan who wants him least. This Is
a constitutional popularity Of man.
Thus is he built, and there is no use
in arguing with the specifications.
For this reason in the love gamble
between sexes womaris one best bet
is always being uncertain, COY, and
hard to please. Naturally she must
first piaue a mans interest in her by
her good looks, or, her charm of man
ner, or, her intelligence Of converse
ton. Even the modest violet must
have astuteness enough TO grow in a
mans pathway so he cannot fail to
see il, IL ii ever hopes to adorn his
buttonhole. But having walked man
up to the perception that she is easy
on the eyes to look at, and agreeable
to talk to. the girls next play is to lie
low and simulate indifference.
Let her make the man feel that she
regards him as merely one among
those also present, pleasant enough,
but nothing to set girl crazy. IT,.
Above all, let her make him feel
that while she is not averse to matri.
mony, If the Prince should happen
along, still she does not regard mat
trinony as the be-all Of a womans life,
and that she Is not to be had for the
asking.
This is why girl who knows how
to play the love game always keeps
a man guessing. She never comes out
and tells him flat footed that she
loves with the love of dog that moth
ing he could do would drive him
On the contrary she makes him feel
that her affection for him is beauti-
full and fragile plant that must contin.
ually watch and cherish to keep alive.
Nor does she write him seven letters
to his one so that he feels that he
doesn't have to bother to answer, any |
way. On the contrary, she forbears
To reply to q letter occasionally, and
he telegraphs to find out why.
She cant call him up on the tele-
phone to find out why he doesn't come
to see her. and he comes on her door
stem because she has aroused his
fighting blood. He is determined to
make her presence. or die IN the at
tempt. She is in no hurry to name the
wedding day, and that makes him SO
afraid of losing her that he entreats
her to elope.
Undoubtedly one of the reasons why
there is a falling off in marriage Is
because girls are too willing. They
are too easy to win, and worst OF all,
their fathers and mothers show too
plainly that they are eager to wish /
their daughters off on somebody else
to support.
In the old days when parents had
sense to lock their daughters up in
the donjon tower to keep them from
their suitors, there we're no old maids.
A man will risk his life climbing up
to get the maiden tat he IS forbidden
to marry, but he will break his neck
trying TO get away from the girl who
Is trying TO marry him.
The eternal excuse that married
men make for the indifference with
which they treat their wives is that
no one chases a. street car after he
has caught it. The conjugal kiss is
dust and ashes on a mans lips when
It becomes daily custom instead of
a stolen joy. The touch of wife's
hand brings no thrill when it has be-
come part of the household machin.