Jilted Girls.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXXII, Issue I, 2 January 1904, Page 58

Jilted Girls.

A normal woman would not be soured by being jilted. She would only be a little wiser, a little better able to judge between the true and the false afterward. She would not be so ready to trust all men. but would have just as much faith in the one man as ever, should she love again. For faith, hope and love are the natural heritage of the normal woman. These qualities are as much a part of her life as life itself. There are girls, of course, whose natures never recover from the shock of being jiited. The wise girl, however, reeoimises that it is better to be jilted before marriage than neglected afterward. She may love him dearly, and vet willingly give him up on hearing that his heart has changed toward her. Probably the worst sorrow a girl can know would be hers, with the knowledge that his heart has gone from her to another. But even then, if she truly loves, she would not feel bitterly toward him. She would lose her child-like, girlish trust, v.hieh led her to believe all men good and noble. She would be better able to distinguish between the false and the true as a consequence. And if she loved again, after time had healed the wound, it would be in the same blind, unreasoning, trusting way. if she was the normal woman.