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Show j Dorothy Dix Talks i By DOROTHY DIX. the World's Highest Paid Woman Writer 5 THE LOVE PIRATES j The Judge of the Chicago court of domestic relations Is going to put heart stealing in the same class with sheop stealing, and hereafter, any vamp, male or female, who purloins the affections af-fections of a man or woman from his or her rightful owner will have to answer an-swer to a charge of petty larceny, and bo punished by getting either a stiff fine, or a. Jail sentence. Good! No other thief in the world Ls as mean as the one who sneaks into a home and robs It of all that wus fine and valuable In It. "Who steals my purse steals trash." but the man or woman who steal's a woman's affection af-fection and loyalty to her husband, or a man's love and faith in his wife have taken that which leaves them poor Indeed. The Jewels and sliver of which a home is robbed are often recovered and may be replaced. ne can make other mono to take the place of thut Whleb a burglar took, but the treasures treas-ures of the soul that are once lost are gone forever. We never recover our blasted illusions. W never believe again in one who has been faithless to us. Perhaps it is because it is so impossible impos-sible to make the punishment fit tho crime that wo have let tho home wrecker go scot, froe, but surely it Is time that their evil trade is stopped, and they be made to suffer some penalty pen-alty for the harm they do. Therefore everyone will watch with Interest for tho effort of the Chicago judge to protect the hearthstones of honest husbands and wives against these social so-cial yeggmen and women. if course, the greatest difficulty In dealing with the lovo thieves ls that those who are robbed, are always guilty guil-ty of contributory negligence, even iv hen they have not gone into the den of robbers and virtually begged to lie stolen No men and women who keep their hearts safely locked up at home lr. the stoel vault of honor, and faith, and duty are in any danger from "tho other man" or "the other woman." No vamp, no matter how ox like her eyes, or how long her Jade ear rings, or how snake like her figure, can work a spell on the man. who( having married a wife, cleaves unto her and refuaes to let his fancy roam around seeking lesser loves. Nor can any man, no matter how handsome he is. or how adroit a flatterer, steal away tho heart of a woman whose whole worbl is made up of her husband, her children and hor home. It ls the gay and frivolous minded men and women, those who take the r xponsibllltles of life lightly, thoaa who are plcasuro loving, and restless, and nvld of new sensations, who bo-come bo-come tho victims of tho heart snatch-ors. snatch-ors. and they are robbed because they leave thej doors and windows ope-n. and hang out an Invitation to Hie dishonest dis-honest lo come In. I ndoubtedly there are many men 'anel women who lollow home wrecking as a paatlme. They are neurotic creatures, crea-tures, who get an added thrill or Joy out of a flirtation, through the knowledge know-ledge that they are- . SUSing soin OHS else to suffer the tortures of the damn- jed, and aro committing the unpardpn- 'able sin themselves. j There are men who think every married woman is fair game, and who : have no conscience about leading 'weak, silly wives to forget their marriage mar-riage vows. They make lovo to married mar-ried women rather than single wo-, wo-, men because It ls safer, for they aro : yellow curs, too cowardly to pay tho prioB of their flirtations. And there are plenty of women, plenty of girls, ovon, who boast of their attractions for marrle-d men, and win. take a devilish delight In flattering flatter-ing Home hald-headed old idiot Into thinking be Is young and handsome ugaln and in love with them, and in milking their fat, old wives, mad with Jealousy These women belong to the gold-digger clan, and they prefer married mar-ried men to single men because they huve tnoro money and are easier worked. work-ed. After all, however, to j'unlsh the love thief ls not as important an It is to prevent the robbery taking place; and it is cynically true that most men and women mako less effort to safeguard safe-guard the heart that has been given Into their keeping than the) do to take Oaro of a battered silver spoon. No woman would leave h-r diamond pondnnt lying around, exposed to the covetoua glance of any light-fingered (Chambermaid. On the contrary, she keeps It under lock and key, but she will appear In a sloppy wrapper, with her hair uncombed, an.! have a nuurrel with her husband at the? breakfast table, ta-ble, and send him disillusioned, and disgruntled down to an office full of daintily dressed business girls, who aro alive and alert, and w hoso advancement advance-ment depends upon their making themselves agreeable to him. And then she'll wonder that some good-looking good-looking stenographer snatched uwny from her tho affection of which she was too lazy and careless to take care. A man who has ten thousand dollars dol-lars worth of bonds hires a safety deposit de-posit box In which to keen them safe. Hut he will marry a pretty, warmhearted, warm-hearted, pleasure loving young girl, and after he marries her be never says a word of love to her. or shows her my tenderness, or tikes her to places oi amusement, or does anything to make her life happy. And he can't understand how It happens that some b talking chap, who reeds her 'uin-gry 'uin-gry soul on love-making, ami gives her tho pleasures he doesn't, steal her hc.irt away from him. The moral of all of which is that if we don't want our treusures to bo stolen, we must take caro of them. Dorothy Dlx's articles appear in this paper every Monday. Wednesday and Friday. |