Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-04-03
etters to the Editor
I lVamped Her own Husband

<fyumpco her own 7uspdno
~ Bdifor Of the Evening Public Ledger:
9t-The discussion In your paper
the present day stenog and the mar
II man has stirred up my blood and
\ ~ to say helpful word.
&3s1 have been through the mill. as
\ y saying goes. have seen my hus-
Ad falling" for his pretty, vivacious
1GoG: have felt the poison of the
Efoat green. eyed monster killing my
tetter self and I have suffered untold
3nental agony. 1t seemed hard to bear,
80 60 through it all knowing that the
! husband you love better than life itself
- heing. slowly but surely wsaned from from
9otl. Yes, that is hard. There were
SnSe when I fell on my knees and
4 Goked God to take me home. but some-
~ lived on. trying by all ways
.hnd means to keep my husband, schem-
46g and planning, not knowing which
Nay to turn.
N AZ one time ] planned to have my
SGnsband bring the girl to our home,
thinking that If l could make her love
me she would see the terrible wrong
she was doing.
Finally came the little hints Of di-
vorce and right then and there my
blood was up to the boiling point and
i knew there would never be Il divorce
] promised myself to fight to the finish
!, for the man who was mine by every
law of God and man. ] did not sneak
% and shoot them. neither did tie
them together and administer the leash,
but ] set about to camp my husband
just as the precious little stcnos was
doing.
t8 Think of that, folks; think of vamp-
~ Las. nd | hnnVlf
eelf some new clothes Ifor must
tell you I had lost most Of my, good
looks and vivacity during the fight 4;
i smuggled in q tiny box Of rouge and
used ever so little of it and l hXcd
my hair in the old pretty way:
made myself sweet, not to my husband
II pretended not to care) but to my
self. ! did even begin to peep at other
men (when my husband was near
enough to sec) and | used all the means
and ways that came to me-: and saw
my husband come slowly back to me-.
One day when we seemed very close
20 each other l told him how it hurt
me to have him care for some one else {;
I pointed out how wrong 1t was to
let this girl come between US and to
my great surprise. he agreed with me.
1 talked against the girl every chance
1 had and told him she spelled rum
TO our home and happiness: Oh. it
was long fight and a hard one. but
think of the reward when one evening
he said he had asked the girl to resign.
: / shouted for JOY and threw my arms
around him and cried.
Nearly year has passed. My huS-
band has promised that lie will never
pay the least attention to any woman
who tries to attract him to her. He
has had his lesson. He loves me better
now; 1t seems the very struggle has
drawn us closer together.
"A You stenographers who read this. you
young ladies who pride yourselves on
being able to vamp your boss and the
GOOD looking men in your office. take
3 word of advice from little woman
who has suffered because of one of
you. Leave the married man alone.
Never allow yourself to think you car"
for one of them. If he tells YOU tales
Of an unhappy married life. that is all
the more reason why you should steer
clear of him. Just try to picture the
little wife in his home. who is irving
with all her strength to make him
happy. Oh, don't make IT harder for
her and her little ones. Thcr" is lit' t
enough Of pleasure in this life for her.
. There are so many unmarried men YOU
can vamp and it should be more fun
for you when you know you are no,
causing sorrow ,and unhappiness.
y Remember that you can never get
out of an affair with married man
! unscarred. Play the game fair and
square, girls.
& And you young wives who are strug
Cling at home with your problems oi
the eternal triangle. remember that ii
that little game the cards are nearly
always stacked in favor of the
.S WIFE.
Philadelphia, March 81, 1922.