FLIRTATION.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 19142, 7 October 1925, Page 16

FLIRTATION.

Germans say there is nothing in flirtation; the French, adepts at la grande passion, think it- waste of time. In England it is part of our girls' primary education, says a contemporary English writer. Even Victorian mothers encouraged it, as long as there was no nonsense about marrying ineligibles, and to-day our girls, who flirt where they choose as.d marry whom they can, consider it a pleasing game for two. The flirt leads what she calls *'a bright and meriy life," wasting her charm and youth or episodes which lead to nothing, except a reputation for lightness, until youth goes a.id old age comes, when she can play no more. The girl flirt fritters away a man's affectiors while he is young and poor; so that, when he attains a marrying age and income, lie has no more to give, no wish to marry anyone. Ha has learnt that platonics may be more amusing than marriage and less disastrous than divorce. She has taught the man to flirt and lives tc regret that he learnt so easily. He is the man who makes girls lose their sleep for of him, even when he is snoring. Forgetful himself, h<! is always in their minds. He spends all his ingenuity not in thespursuit cf love, but in trying to keep single He is the delight of maids, the despair of their mothers. He plays at love and keeps women wondering what cards he is keeping up his sleeve or if he will play fair. He always has the best of the game, staking counters against their gold, winning a woman s heart before she knows she has lost it or realises he has no heart !ose - In his track he leaves women who have lost happiness, who have loved where they did not marry, or married *ithout love.