El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-07-27
Woman Who Takes Mans Love From Wife,
To Whom He Has Vowed Ii, Called Thief
Correspondent Writing To Miss Fairfax Sure Married Men Don't Want
To Take Single Girls Out Without Getting Return Check Most
Of Such Gns Are Pachced Hands At Homewreckng


ST REALLY wonder what motiv,
I married men have in taking sin.
gle girls outZ" writes Virginia I.
m sure they don't want to take
I tnem out without getting a return
fcneck. There really ought to be some
punishment for them, as il seems un-
Iair that because a man has money he
I can 90 as he pleaSes and thinks
] every girl viii fall for him. So
many married men with cars. money
sumo to get away with murder and
I aren't decent husbands or citizens.
I OF course, the man is not TO blame all
the time OF all the way, BECAUSE there
are some girls that only enjoy going
out with married men, forgetting en-
tirely that their actions may be
I breaking up a home Such girls must
| have day OF reckoning eventually.
they want good times and pretty
clothes But when they get such
things without paying. how often the
VIE pays There IS nothing like in
dependence, and woman's honest
earning capacity is her great asset
Do you agree with me2"
Ny spontaneous answer to Nir-
GINA IS:
yes. my dear. I agree with you
and then some"
Having gone on record. let's go
into the matter a bit more thor
oughly and circumstantially.
The woman who takes a mans love
from the wife to whom he has vowed
IL at the altar and from the children
10 whom he has dedicated 1t BY
bringing them into the world. II a
Sometimes to test her power. some
times oHt Of ennui or curiosity, some
times because she thinks she's play
ing such a safe game" a woman
drifts into an affair OF the heart with
a man whose heart Is supposed TO be
the possession OF another woman
A love affair between a man who
IS married and a woman who isn't
his wife may start through prCpin-
guilty, or some accident OF careless
and lavish chance But generally
both the individuals concerned see
where they are heading, and have
plenty OF time to get off the express
on which they are embarked before II
gets momentum for its journey
Once in a while a girl drifts into
friendship with a married man before
she realizes that he is married That
is generally because he IS q cad
cause he is thoughtless or even in
noceut OF harm
Once in u While.
Once in a while a married man
drifts into friendship with a girl who
develops, all unexpectedly. for him a
"a scfnarion or svnuarhv or an actual
magnetism almost beyond their power
to resist But the great and astonish-
ing thing about IL all is that when
the feeling between two who have no
right to care is deep and overW helm
ing, they generally make fight
against it-generally weigh and meas
ure and consider the unhappiness |
their happiness might cost II they
leave havoc in their wake It is not
until they have struggled 10 master
a passion whose great power may
make up for the fact that it isn't
legitimate.
But most OF the affairSof the heart /
between married men ana feminine
love pirates-are iEnoble and con-
temptible things The woman is ali
too often a practiced hand at home
wrecking. Her desire for power IS