San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-28
Bv KATHLEEN N
C MOST POPULAR WOMAN WRITER FOR WOMEN"

There is no one word in all the dc
tionary of our American slang that
more fully. perfectly and completely
expresses its meaning than the word
"vamp."
One hundred carefully selected word.
would hardly cover the same ground y
one were trying to express eXSctIy Whal
a ''vamp' is. ~
A 'flirt" is not the same thinG st al.
Every one flirts: flirting Is merely
bid for admiration and affection.
Babies flirt. Small girls tiTt When
they come into the drawing room az yea
time with mothers friends. IohtlclanN
are all professional f,irts. And dear
90 ladies flirt from their aim charls.
A flirt is benign. and = vamp. i
malignant. II one may use meulcS'
terms.
Flirting Is durable: vampirg has an
iasidious fashion Of becoming CHROME.
More than that. there sre severn.
tvpes Of flirt for each age and sex o"l
there is one type Of vamp.
For the yamp has q single weapon,
ucrthy-as another weapon was ioucn
10 be-of a whole ring OF operas 1ne
weapon is flattery.
The Unmarried Yamp. .,
A vamp shorn Of flattery, receiver
rnG given, is no vamp at all.
Compliments and personalItiss hIe
the big wings upon which she ilutleL'
from flower TO flower; robbed OF them
she falls TO earth, a small. heIPle'S'
pItiful wreck. =,
witty. rich, clever. travelled. well rCaC'
tamons and successful-theSe are but
sounding brass and tinkling cymbals II
she hath not flattCry.
The unmarried vamp Is a negligible
slament. She is merely q more or less
desperate type of flirt. She may say
daring things. but everyone knows that
sks neither understands them nor
means them.
you've simply captivated this poor
ola husband of mine, Mabel" says tht
" ;fe 10 her. affectiOnately. And SNUG
slng IN against Arthur. on the front
Seat Of the old car, rafting home, sac
adds. half-amused and half-admiring
"WelI, YOU old flirt. saw you
carving on with Mabel Miller
The Genuine Namp.
But to the genuine vamP. who Is
ALWAYS married or widowed, grass OF
sod /" the wife has, and has rightly, G
different attitude.
The wife knows. in her secret, sen.
s;ble heart, that Arthur, with his bald
snot and his aversion to cheese IN tn
u.acaroni and TO widows that rattle
nights isn't really going to fall in love
With the ravishlng Mrs. Adams and
divorce his lawful partner and desert
bis two adored little girls. Only-oniiiy'
fnlters the wife. with watering eyes, IL
all $3.50 horrid-and so silly.
II is so hard to see the man that one
roypects and loves making ar absolute
fol of himself, and all men are fools
under these particular circumstances
Ard il is hard to feel that one mas no
choice but to be misjudged.
For if the wife laughs hardly at the
matter and assumes a sort OF phlio-
sophie gaiety about it, then the world
saws that she is simply frantic.
.'Mary's trying TO put a good face on
il. but YOU can see it's killing her
If the Wife WeepS and BrOOds.
If. on the other hand, she weeps,
kroods. becomes silent and Is changed
then she has to endure dreadful pity
and open recognition Of the fact that
she cannot hold the man she loves.
And through it all she is baftled aud
Infatuated and exasperated TO realize
that Arthur really doesn't like tue
woman: that he would be frightened
eff his feet at the mere thought of any
thing permanent in the association
taat il Mrs. Adams were free tomorrow
and Arthur free the day after, they
wouldn't want to marry each other!
Meanwhile. the endless humiliationi
90 on, and their friends say wonder
inaly:
''What on earth does he see in that
woman? Why, Mary's got three times
her brains"
But Mary has been his wife mint
years. and Mary is not dressing very
smartly just now; until they get lit
tie bit out Of the woods after the sick
nesses and the purchase of the house
Mary will have no new clothes. AE(
Mary is apt TO say, with her atfe:
tionate smile, after breakfast:
Vamps Don't Talk This Way.
Darling, you asked me if you looket
fat in that suit believe it does max
you look fat.
Don't forget to telephone mother
viii you? And l wish you'd go Sc
your own mother-you made her quit
cross with your silly talk about tn
family last Sunday.
"And see the piano man, won't you
Ard pay him. And don't eat ric
lurch, dear, or you'll be all upset thi
afternoon.
kiss him, dear, he wants daddy t