Licking Valley courier., 1922-09-28
never FOR SALE
Three Things Which Are Not Put
on the Market.
Health, Happiness and Love lmpos'
sible to Acquire for Price
Error Some Women Make.

Don't cry, Anne, darling; he isn't
worth 1t, You were too kind and
generous to him."
Thus did a mother endeavor to
soothe her daughter, who had just
been thrown over" by the man on
whom she had :pent 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 I'm money were excep'
tional, but Anne Is by no means the
only Overlooking glr' who has foolishly
thought she could buy genuine lover,
a contributor to an eastern periodical
writes.
When the gentleman in question
first 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 allurlng. But,
by carelessness, he lost his position.
After week or two Of doing nothing,
he limited that 1t wac 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-lovlng girl gener'
ously agreed to keep him in necessi-
ties till !.e got a place.
The average man might have be-
stirred himself to repay this kindness,
bat 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 clrcum'
stances In which a girl may wisely
offer little monetary assistance ia
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 iml
tation love instead Of the genuine
article.
Take the true case Of n young glrl
who was not particularly pretty oil
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 Il
came out that she had always pait
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 a lover, but
in reality was only paying heavy in
stallments on a broken heart.
Real men dent use the frall shoul
ders of woman in order to cllml
life's ladder of success They glor!
in feeling that they have done 1t al
themselves. Even the worst of mel
will shrink when a girl first offer
them money, but the taking of It is
unfortunately, a habit that is sooI
acquired and very hard to break.
How often do we hear Of lover
swindllng their girls out Of quite larg,
sums Of money and then leaving then
in the lurch? Do we not wonder how
on earth girl can be so foolish a
to lend her savings? One need no
wonder, once one knows the trick.
The man swindler who Is out to ge
money generally has some In hand
which he uses as a bait. He will TAX
a girl out; IL he finds she has an,
capital worth having, he begins t
splash his dollar or two about, and
without actually saying so. gives tn
impression that he has plenty.
Then when she has grown fond o
him, and he is sure Of his power owe
her, he tells some plausible tale
either his firm has forgotten his quar-
terly check, or the bank Is closed, o
perhaps he will say he has Jus
bought a house. This last makes he
heart beat with hope.
"0h, can let you have some money
Do let me lend you some," says tn
girl, thinking she will be endeared I
him by her generosity, and also gla
to help the man she loves.
Much depends on how much h
hopes to get eventually whether O
not he accepts her first offer, but h
generally accepts loans from her unit
she has nothing left, and then h
leaves her.
SO much for the rogue man.
Since the fellow who is really wort
while is also apt to become demora
lied by being financed by his sweeI
heart, the very cruelest thing she ca
do is either to offer money or encoul
age him to ask for II. The thre
things we cannot buy are health, hay