“FLIRT-CATCHERS.”

King Country Chronicle, Volume XIX, Issue 2050, 2 December 1924, Page 6

“FLIRT-CATCHERS.”

In at least two Sta/tes the campaign against the masculine flirt has taken such an acute form that professional “flirt-catchers,” in the guise of attractive girls, have been appointed to net as decoys to the unfortunate “masher,” and to hand him over, “hot-handted,” to the custody of the detectives who shadow her footsteps. As to the crime itf kissing, almost every State has its laws to protect fair lips from undesired salutes; and! how effective they are the following typical extracts from a long list of convictions show :—Rochester, New Yolrk : Charles Drobblc paid <IOO dollars for kissing Mary S. Hiniple, his clerk, coyly once; Joseph Branigan fined 11.50 dollars for kissing Mrs Maggie Oberile, a. widow, on the cheek; Marshall McDaniels fined 27.50 dollars for kissing Mrs Viola Dias, a young married woman; and William Hunter pays 150 dollars for kissing Sallie Jones 150 times.” Nor does the woman who steals a kiss escape scot-free as is proved by the fate of Blanche. Nelson who was fined five dollar's for kissing a clergyman, without his consent; and Etta Ashkraft, who had to pay five dollars for throwing a kiss to T. A. Fawcett, tailor.