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Show THE DANGER OF ROMANCE j ' By DOROTHY DIX, tlie World's Highest Paid Woman Writer. j Dfjonc so much harm in the j -,':;;;,;' n,.r,hon,,,.-a. l,baS cople into the gutter and l -tno-.of. Vnd the worst I KVu.sihat not only has nobodv I " 01 creel a cure for it no one di?Ch cured- We court the dan-I dan-I L 1 I C ';! in-' annihilate us. and the i J f?r . ih i most in Bge ifl the I ,vt(- nrrtlv old we ma: be VC 'Vinune to attacks Of the fatal jsplan' "c and poets sine the glory of ! 1 s'pU" ,u roallO romance Is i Wnc'' i" of fPnllraental delirium1 ' h' rm-r- imtcad of pink, .to I i:i3B:', nd from v. hie h they generally 9 ,? ' dark brown taste of re- I Lftke " ' ; mouths. and an aching i 'r?C n,l i reputation that needs to to the laundry. Of ffkine nt the matter in this 'Wffli.u L:V li thoMmrnvm of all that was bUtfT cid iorious. beautiful, and thrilling - ' "ve h;un made j. a blanket I fcU rnr any kind of folly, and an lira 'SI,, Vf!no .or murder, but all W lMTZ m sP'" of all this pres., ! r Suff "he devil could shut up L. K' ,'kP a vacation now and then t .or romance which keeps working overtime. I K H ' -,b the majority of people romance whirl, put '"to the heart o n stcaleth away his brains and ! S Mm of his reason. It maketn him I J tebble like a fool, and write letters Md 5 LhSi cost him much money to get fVa.n. I- n,u,res him to nights i lfi-lt 1 if ip romance that makes an other- Uqu4 , . .. ., ::,!,.:!: 1 "I'"" '"" m ; Iltriruonlal paper for a wife, and fnsrry a woman whom he has never At. : . .i:.- l.'-m 1 ' n,e. lor Kit ' the fir't time at a railroad station and - rfcopnizM h a white rose pinned on Cirv Jer ion shoulder That .uch people gWli c ,,,, f1oi kiiler ran only be ex-j '.' ,! .j... .1 Hi..! il ine ': I.-,.-' "e :,. V UIlLshment capable of fitting the faZ crime they have committed against CUrk roramon one. .2 It must be perfectly apparent to ev- erf0ne who tnves the subject an v m tboopht that most of the sins that are i i to i itihbuted to total depravity are the art it result of the love of romance that is - ' ''J r.y : ;:, 1.. ini - -il -' far ms? rc ; human beings are concerned. Once (X Rt a man rcquire n thirst for roman- '" f, , '.it" labU- i .i (in a 1 1 - 'ning except the i-i f: hi thing, tor the first principle ot lomantii loe is thai It must be illicit love. TV real reason that men roam away . from their own linsidc is not because k Ihelr own wive.- are not as attractive ' is fon i : e's el-' '- Ian In eanc (key have an iJea that a forbidden UUu ove j9 more romantie than a duty love, d list I It isn't, hecauc" thr-re is nothing more i lordld and disillu-'ioning than Ivlnp ulttfl. iecrivin; and me;in; affinities in the fort of places where you are noi likely . 25c lo encoun'.i r your liiends. For the j affair- ih.. - r- pneticallv as lakin; dace iiiuiei tin ro-c arc r;en-,2C r;en-,2C erally conducted umlei shabby, ill mellin roofs It i only brine doped cp'on romance that enable a man to c-ndurr 'hem, or t'.::i. causes him to Sdopi r.nh a v.oi:i, n who ruins his treer, or lo lead a double life, or Itberwise contribute to tbe business Lof the divorc e coui t f Upon woman the effects of romance Eire still more dangerous because she has more tiui.- to indulge herself in it. rart Lh-r. in becoming a sort of secret i)1") drunkard who requires to be contin-. contin-. Wally stimulated by it. She begins her . & married li:e in a Mate of being all 'lit up on romance, and as soon as i 'hi : :., i , r - ; . $ ,p-ti- -I" .. !' - - hi e..nnoi ex . a Ut without thrills. This bads her to , ,b0 gt conclusion ihat as she does not , .40 hive tremors , rv tune she loo!, - tpOQ her hu' band ibar she has made fatal mijinke in marr-acc. and that U J1 yr'nslbie. prae. .-.:! man v.lm . laves Jcrt a d.-n :i p y. her hills, and (leave ber time to read erotic novels, is jj hot her real soul mate. He does not. comprehend her aspira- picas after the intangible and she feels JUST R . JUNE ART 1 Cod things, bright Ihtags. mmC mart .effective things are gar-menls gar-menls we doaire for tho oatdoor days of June, and they are all supplied in this oatlng costume of a smart green silk sweater, with a white vest stitched in green silk, and small green buttons. It's worn with a white pleated skirt of crepd le chine, green hose and white sport ho?L3. The hat of white silk, stitched crown and pleated brim. Is bound with green rossraia ribbon. that ?ueh an Idealistic nature as hers; should not be tied down to three meals! B day, and taking care of a baby, so 'she starts out on a till hunt for an ' affinity. I She doesn't mean any harm She I doesn't intend to be false lo her mar-Irlage mar-Irlage vows Its Just a plain case of beini; afflicted vuth romance, and its' only after she has gotten involved in I n first class scandal that she finds out! i that no married woman can be ro- mantic and still preserve a good bat-' ting average of virtue. So far as young girls are concerned., romance is a wolf in sheepS clolhinK; that is waiting lo devour them It looks so innocent : and is .so dangerous I i It Is the glamor of romance that makes I respectable young omen pursue good looking actors with compromising letters. let-ters. It is romance that makes well-bronchi well-bronchi -up Ctrl- induk-. in flirtations with strange men. and meet lovers of whom their parents disapprove outside out-side of their own h jnies, and contract! marriages thai thej Spend the balance of their Uvea In repenting. It Is romance ro-mance that tempts many a girl from the right path, not viciousness The suppression of romance is a reform re-form that ihe ami vice crusade ought to take up. Having abolished the saloon, sa-loon, let us trust that the prohibition partv will now turn its attention to ! wards doing away with the Intemperate Intemper-ate and dope sentimental nov el which : la the mother of romance. oo |