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Show Woman's Intuition Nullified By Love in Ordinary Cases By RUTH MILLETT Love may brighten a woman's eyes, but it certainly dulls her feminine intuition. That fad fact is never as true a when the woman is given small seems, she completely forgets there is such a thing as strategy andi reason to hope that her love is returned in full measure. Then, it becomes as obvious as red nail polish. She's always at home when the object of her affections calls for the simple reason that while there's hope she'll pass up other dates to sit expectantly by the telephone. We, the Women If he breaks a date with her. she eagerly accepts his excuse and says that she understands. She thinks of punishing him by being busy the next time he calls, but when that time comes, she has decided that she would only be punishing herself. And so she is at home to answer the telephone when It rings. Yea, she would "love to see him." Walk. Don't Run! She always believes that If she Is alone with him for an evening she can make him realise how desirable she is. And so when he suggests dancing or a show, she makes an excuse to keep him right where he is. Instead of making him use hi ingenuity In finding a way to be alone with her for a little while, she throws herself In his arms, almost literally speaking. She is impatient of any talk that Isn't personal, and she. manages to bring the conversation back after every digression to "You and 1." 8he has forgotten that it is much better technique to have a man leave before be la ready to go than to let him stay on and on until he is forced to say a bit sheepishly, "Well, I really must go now. Tomorrow's going to be a hard day." Even at those words she keeps him a while longer if she can manage. - The last thing she says Is, "Now, be sure to call as you promised." Beat Friend Went Tell Her Instead of being honest and practical prac-tical and saying to herself, "Look here, now, you're In love with a man who isn't really In love with you. What are you going to do about It?" 8he goes on making excuses ex-cuses when he is neglectful and triumphantly tri-umphantly finding more than was meant in his casual words of endearment en-dearment and his vague "ifs." Sometimes a more frank than charming friend tells her that she is wasting her time, but no one quite has the heart to say, "If you just weren't quite so anxious." |