The Washington herald., 1919-04-05
CONFESSIONS OF A
WAR BRIDE
Flattey-The One Big Trump
OF Sex.

VI Sex.
BeEuiling a man may be a very
easy task, but it has its dangers.
Modern man is wary. He is liable
to know his full value both as a
permanent provider and as a tran
pear to fall victims to the delight
full little traps of sex which are
set for them, but-thcy never are
the ones to be tricked in the end,
For some men, love Is neither a
sport nor an art-it is a barter.
and a serious business: and if they
arc thwarted or thrown down"
II they find that love has not been
faiI Ily swapped they go after re-
venge and some day they get it. as
they would get" any rival in a
shady business deal.
l wondered to which class Ham
iIton Certeis belonged, as l endur-
ed his close scrutiny of my dis
Euise-my rouge. gum. freak veil.
tight skirt and all. Judging from
the mans delighted smile l might
have been painted porcelain
Curio. And IT made me very un-
luusly he kept those marvellous
Chinese rugs for his personal pleas
ure. Just so would he keep a wom-
an If he wanted her.
''SCx-sex-sex! What's the mat
ter with you, Jane Lorimer?" 1
scoIded myself. Think of all that
Bolshevik stun in his desk. can't
yOua And those masquerade cos
tunes in his closet upstairs
They're mportant-while you NOPE
about SEX
And l promised myself that if
ever [ managed to get back my own
name and position, I would bar
''sCx" from my thinking for the
rest of my days. But meantime
Was it a morbid mind that made
me look upon sex as the con-
trolling motive in human Iives?.
Or was 1 only a normal young
woman just awakening to the great
parade of life-and just discovering
how sex flaunts itself up and down
the world?
and the one big trump OF sex is
fIattery, Jane Lorimer," I warned
myself "Flattery! Why. even now,
you're flattered because Tony Ger
tets calls your freak costume clever!
And Certeis is flattered because he
thinks you have taken pains to
dress up this way just to amuse
him"
To be sure. had not dressed up
Just to amuse him" I had made
myself over as an experiment-to
see if I could deceive him with my
shew-girl togs. For If I could fool
him. 1 could fool anybody with them.
been comforting with his people. He
returned to the room to propose that
I go with him to inspect the ruined
offices.
I'm afraid 7 can't explore any
thing rougher than a rink in this
tight skirt. Tony" 1 said as I shuf-
fled across the room.
Never in the world, I thing. was
there another lover so quick to
seize an opportunity for silent love-
making! My remark gave Certeis an
excuse for taking my arm and help
ing me. He made the attention
seem a joke, nevertheless l realized
that he was delighted to be so near
me.
"Oh" thought I. maybe that's the
reason women adore these tight
skirts so!"-
But I didn't adore mine at all
it shackled me.
Every morning since left COL
lege, have gone through some set
ting-up exercises before an open
window. I may not be as timber as
Pavlowa. but I am still fairly expert
in the old athletic stunts. And how
I have hated them. too. on freezing
mornings! But I'd never let myself
drop them from weakness of will.
wouldn't humor myself 50.
Maybe I've been too snug some-
times about by'agility," I thought as
skated along in my stylish
sheathe skirt. little guessing how
my hard-earned agility was to pre-
serve my virtue.