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Show FLIRTING. The story is told of a traveling man In another state, who, when smiled upon coyly by a pretty girl, promptly responded to her advances, made her acquaintance and asked to bo taken to licr home. To this slip consented reluctantly. Having been Introduced Introduc-ed to the mother the stranger explained explain-ed his presence to tho lady by telling her that ho had brought her daughter home, as ho wish some man to do with his own daughter under the circumstances, circum-stances, 1n order that shc.the mother, might teach her the danger of flirting. flirt-ing. Whether the story Is true or not, It is one that might easily be true in any town of our State so far as young girls are concerned. For It-is unhappily unhap-pily the factthat many glr' are greatly great-ly given to seeking the r,nMcc of presentable pre-sentable strangers through' inviting smiles and glances directed their way. Most of them aie tauuht better, all of them know better, but for all their teaching and their knowledge, few of them are aware of the risks they run. They arc rilled with the natural love of admiration; they have the Joyous, mlschlovous spirit of youth, with entire en-tire confidence in themselves, and for the most part are free from the thought of real evil. They know they are doing wrong, but are too innocent and Ignorant to know how wrong or wheie their act may lead them. The censorious who see their behavior beha-vior will not bellevo them Innocent; tho strangers whoso attention they challenge will doubt them and mav lead them on until their eyes are opened and they aro shamed or until their steps can never moro return. At tho least, btrcet flirtations are wrong and lowering to self-respect. No girl can Indulge in them and think-well think-well of herself. |