The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1919-04-23
By Helen Rowland

Verify, verify, my Daughter, in the
days of her simplicity, peradventure,
every damsel with secret yearning
to become a Lorelei and siren for
the conquest and confusion of men.
Yea, in her visions the Sweet
Young Thing beholdeth herself SHOW
ing Theda Bara out of the limelight
and Nazimove off the boards.
Yet, alas, how sure and how as
tonishing is her awakening.
For, sooner, or later, she learned
that a STAGE "Vamp" no more re-
sembleth the REAL "Vamp" than a
stage beauty resembleth her photo
graphs, or than a hotel dinner re-
sembleth the menu card
| Lo, the stage Vamp is long and
tall and slender and sneaklike. She
hath BLACK eyes and .advertiseth
herself by wearing long earrings and
French couture and toying with a
cigarette.
But REAL Vamp hath retrous-
Sc nose nd baby stare and ANY wo-
man will tell you that her hair is
YELLOW, and that she hath doves
eyes and the ways of fiapper.
The Stage Vamp followeth her vic
tim about with sacchraine smiles, and
serpentine glidings, with signs and
Kisses and "Kiss-me's." And in real
life any normal man would turn and
flee at sight of her, in terror. Yea,
her first embrace would choke all the
romance out of him, and her first kiss
would smother the fame of his en-
thusiasm. For not even the Lorelei
could fascinate man if she sang too
LOUD!
But the REAL Vamp sitteth cozily
at his feet and purreth kittenishly,
as much as to say, ooh, you great
big, wonderful Hero! Pm such sill
ly, cute little thing! But will l DO?"
She clingeth unto his coat lapel,
and meweth Predetermined questions
in his ear. She looketh so helpless !!
And SO harmless!
Yet every woman that observeth
her longeth to claw her limb from
limb for the song of the siren is in
her eyes and the words of the siren
are her baby talk.
Yet, be of good cheer, my Daugh-
ter! For l have observed the siren
at her work; and / say unto thee,
not ONE of them hath ever drawn
prize in the matrimonial game!
Go to-! Hast thou ever observed
REAL Man following about in the
wake of Heartbreaker? Nay, veri-
ly; but only many little "Annexes,"
who are willing to serve as a back
ground and to be stepped upon as
doormats.
And, in the end, Cleopatra was
"stung," and Mary Queen of Scots
lost her head, and Gree herself sue
ceeded only in turning her adorers
into swine"
For the Siren Stunt, my Beloved,
hath been always a delusion and
snare, and hath never brought wo-
man ANYTHING save temporary d.
version and little balm for her van
ity!
Then, if thou wouldst win the
hearts of men, l charge thee, put
aside this "Siren stuff" and learn to
know understanding.
Seek not to 'lure" man, but to
LIKE him; seek not TO dazzle him
but to COMFORT him; seek not to
"enslave" him, but to CHUM with
him; seek not to give him thrills,
but SYMPATHY; offer him not kiss
es, but FRIENDSHIP; tempt him not
with subtlety and wiles, but with
good-natured smiles. And HE will
do the restl
For, believe me, oh, my Daughter,
he days of my youth were filled with
filtration, and | have known many |
men--yet it hath taken me all nv |
life, to learn this secret.
That NO MAN is AS MUCH OF
A FOOL AS HE SEEMETH! Selah.