ANSWERS TO CO-RESPONDENTS.

Otago Witness, Issue 1905, 25 May 1888, Page 32

ANSWERS TO CO-RESPONDENTS.

[I must again remind correspondents of the necessity of writing on one side of the paperjpnly.] ' Fanny.—Flirtation is playing at love-making. There is a line to be drawn between pleasantry And flirtation. A man and woman can be pleasant to eaoh other without their being any suspicion of coquetry on her part or any implied love-niaking on his. When a man's manner is different to that of i a brother's, and a woman receives his attention*, wicli more self consciousness than would a sister, then there is either flirtation or love:- The smiles, the glance of the eye,, the compliments' givon aud. received; all this is flirtation. It is like love with the meaning, the earnestness,, and the nobility taken out ot it. It lacks all the self abnegation of love; is careless,, complacent, and heedless; so any woman or man who .sets a value on it is .quite welcome to it. It is a flower without perfume, a song without words; and instead of a living, bright, beautiful reality, is a corpse dressed up—for there is no soul in it. It is either indulged, ,iv by those who have not yet really loved or those who have done so and from whom the joy has departed. Adkle.—l shall be happy to hear from you again, i Not quite up to the standard. • ' ' Small Farmer.-See answer in Notes and Queries. F. W. _N. —I cannot undertake to recommend any particular preparation. Snowdrop.—Yes, they are. There is a little fullness worn at the back, that is nil. Muta.—Scarcely suitable for theladios' page. L. S. W.—lf you had waited Jwith a little patience you would have seen the insertion this week. It was received much too late for last" week's issue, and being written on bath sides of the paper it is a wonder it appeared at all. Fairy.—Anoint them with a little olive oil.