The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1922-11-09
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Three Things Which Are Not Put
on the Market.
Health, Happiness and Love lmpos-
slbie to Acquire for a Price
Error Some Women Make.

'Don't cry, Anne, darlingI he isn't
worth 1t. You were too kind and
generous to him."
Thus did mother endeavor to
sootbe her daughter, who had just
been thrown over" by the man on
whom she had spent the greater part
OF her earnings during ten Of the four
teen months they had been engaged.
The circumstances which led up to
her, giving him money were excep-
tional, out Anne is by no means the
only overlooking girl who has foolishly
thought she could buy genuine lover,
q contributor to an eastern periodical
writes.
When the gentleman In question
drst asked the girl to be his wife, he
thought she was dear little girl, who
could earn little, and, as he had a
soft Job himself, the picture of home
and wife seemed very alluring. But,
by carelessness, ne lost his position.
Alter a week or two of doing nothing,
he limited that 1t was not fair to hold
her to the engagement.
II she had fallen In with his sug-
gestion and taken her freedom, in all
probability he would soon have got
some fresh work rather than lose her.
But the poor, toO-lOving girl gener-
ously agreed to keep him In necessi-
ties till he got place.
The average man might have be-
stirred himself to repay this Kindness
but even the decent-natured men are
apt to value at nothing that which
they get for nothing. The girl who
gives freely Of her affection, and
throws In money with the bargain, is
usually regarded as nothing.
Not only so, but in supplying a
man with money girl robs him of
the best part of his manhood, and very
often he turns against her Just be-
cause she has so robbed him.
There are, of course, some circum-
stances In which girl may wisely
offer q little monetary assistance to
her sweetheart, but even then, In
stead of buying an extra supply of
affection from him, she is running the
risk Of being forced to receive imi-
tation love instead OF the genuine
article.
Take the true case of young girl
who was not particularly pretty or
attractive, but always had plenty of
men to take her out Yet never once
did she become engaged. Her friends
could not understand why. until 1t
came out that she had always paid
for her share of the outing, and kept
the various young fellows supplied
with cigarettes, ties, socks and other
things dear to the heart Of men.
She was trying to buy lover, but
In reality was only paying heavy ins
stallments on a broken heart.
Real men don't use the frail shoul-
ders Of woman In order to climb
LIES ladder of success, They glory
In feeling that they have done 1t all
themselves. Even the worst of men
will shrink when a girl first offers
them money, but the taking Of 1t Is,
unfortunately, habit that is soon
acquired and very hard to break.
How often do we hear Of lovers
swindling their girls out of quite large
sums of money and then leaving them
in the lurch? Do we not wonder how
on earth a girl can be so foolish as
to lend her savings? One need not
wonder, once one knows the trick.
The man swindler who is out to get
money generally has some in hand,
which he uses as bait. He will take
a girl out; If he finds she has any
capital worth having, he begins to
splash his dollar or two about, and,
without actually saying so, gives the
impression that he has plenty.
Then when she has grown fond Of
him, and he is sure Of his power over
her, he tells some plausible tale
either his firm has forgotten bis quar-
terly check, or the bank is closed, or
perhaps he will say he has just
bought house. This last makes her
heart beat with hope.
'Oh, / can let you have some money.
Do let me lend you some" says the
girl, thinking she will be endeared to
him by her generosity, and also glad
to help the man she loves.
Much depends on how much he
hopes to get eventually whether or
not he accepts her first offer, but he
generally accepts loans from her until
she has nothing left, and then he
leaves her.
So much for the rogue man.
Since the fellow who is really worth
while Is also apt to become democrat
ICED by being financed by his sweet
heart, the very cruelest thing she can
do is either to offer money or encour-
age him to ask for II. The three
things we cannot buy are health, hap
piness and love.