THE MERCENARY GIRL.
♦ The cost of courtship would seem to be on the increase. Everywhere one hears yotinrr fellows confessing, with a shrug, "No. 1 don't know any girls; I can't afford to." Is this masculine attitude justifiable in every instance? Certainly not in every case. There are still plenty cf nice girls who are not mercenary, who do not judge a man solely by his qualifications as a good money spender. ... J But a girl cannot very well announce, ,:,. this to a man. ■>- : : i: : :f : s s>v*J Whv. on the - other hand, should he not; be frank? Why should he not explain to the girl who has attracted him that his salarv is not large and that he can afford to spend only a small amount Tor amusem The right sort "of girl "*£ i?? " - him all the more for th*con .dene An J the sooner he is rid of the -•« sort *ne fortunately, *, ? sometimes *&« ary, -- • " - -A ■ ' Li
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15748, 24 October 1914, Page 3 (Supplement)
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158THE MERCENARY GIRL. New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15748, 24 October 1914, Page 3 (Supplement)
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