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play fair IN attracting men,
In answering I said that person,
ally the unScrupulouS, man-de-
vourine widow" does not happen
to have come under my own obser-
vation, but it may be that she
exists. And added that surpris-
ing number of women writing to
this column felt sure of it.
Now comes an avalanche Of let
ters from widows, from Maine to
California, defending themselves.
They insist they are as honorable
in their dealings with husbands,
fiances and "steadies" as the un-
married.
But how can they help it If men
find them more attractive? They
know the game, and they do not
take men too seriously. knowing
that all men are just grown-up lit
tie boys.
MORE THAN WILLING"
Here are several letters from
the front. The first calls girls raw,
crude and too anxious to please.
"Dear Miss Fairfax:
I'm regard to your recent article
on widows, questioning If they
have or have not a code in deal
ing with other women's masculine
possessions. let me ask where. on
this troubled planet. does a code
exist? Certainly not in business,
politics or in the dealings of men
and women.
widows do not start out de-
Nberately to ensnare the guile
less male bird. He is the more
than-willing victim, and very likely
because he has a wilmer and COM
palmer at home; also, she may be
. Slattern.
MY kidnapping has never gone
any farther than having lunch or
dinner and a possible theater
treat with some other woman's
husband. They like change OF
talk, a little flattery instead of
complaint, and if a wife hasn't
learned the art of swapping the
lock on the domestic bird-cage,
why blame the bird when he tries
his wings-not too far from home?
"MERRIE WIDOW"
WITHOUT MALICE
The next widow writes without
malice" she says:
"Dear Miss Fairfax:
I'm a widow, and proud to say
It isn't necessary for me to kidnap
any man-sweetheart, husband
or someone's else boy friend.
II write this without malice, for
all that has been said against us,
and in the hope that girls and old
maids will get their chances in
spite of the widows and marry
some poor devil who has not been
whistled off by a lady who doesn't
take him too seriously.
PROUD WIDOW"
And here's one from a widow
who still believes in feeding the
brute"
''Dear Miss Fairfax:
II am the proprietreSs of a tea
room and restaurant, and l be-
lieve in giving my patrons good
food and good cooking. I've lost
count of the number of proposals
of marriage I've had. Husbands
come here to dine and enjoy a
good meal. when they can't stand
the stuff they get at home.
why don't these complaining
ladies learn how to cook?
SKILLET SALLY"
QUITE RISKY
"Dear Miss Fairfax:
HE hasn't even told me that
he is interested in me. but he
seems to like my company, when
ever I go out with him. But that
has been only three or four times.
However, whenever I go, fall
deeper and deeper in love. Do
you advise me to tell him love
him? I'm 1s, and he's in his
early twenties.
GIRL IN LOVE"
AS the young man has never
told you he cares for you, it would
be pretty risky, it seems to me,
for you to come out with declara-
ton of love. When it comes to
proposing and telling man how
much you care, it must be done
with all the tact and finesse of 3
magician.
OF course, a good many women
do propose. but they do it so
subtly and skillfully that the man
is certain it is he who has popped
the question.
THESE PARENTS FORGET
"Dear Miss Fairfax:
when we were in Junior high
school, our problem didn't make
us so unhappy, but now that we
are older and seniors in hign
school, we take it hard that our
parents will not let us have dates
or go out in any groups where
there are boys.
1T isn't that they consider us
too young, because they never ex-
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