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Appendix and my conscience is clear! Therefor

st of these

econd is

rd is a Tra

watched her

n in the whole chorus of a comic opera. For a chorus girl practiseth her wile

n-and-out she gette

th her as a halo in his sight. She walketh upon heel

neth over and wi

h dove'

eth him with alcohol. She arrangeth his pillows and comfo

be babied-and s

sympathy-and s

rt-and she maket

at a pink tea beside a ministe

ere in a sick man that he shall flee before

though his heart be encased in barbed wire,

ll right; but a wife

ilver in a strong box and your jewels behind bars of iron;

Lorelei is passeé an

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ee: the maid, the matron, and the widow

chool of Experience and her crêpe

none shall gossip about her; but whatsoever s

hey shall declare that she but seeketh to appear simple. If she smoketh a cigarette, she will make ex

r name, and none of the discomforts. She shall marry a second time if

e rest shall follow like unto a flock of Geese. Yea, in the matter of women, man

secret of all wisdom. She shall feed the lambs from the chafing-dish and the lions with honeyed words; she shall coax the smoker to smoke; she shall hold a match to his

been married once? And a woman who hath once b

TER

Son, that thou mayest unders

w places, her nets are cast into the sea, and her hooks a

all never marry!", yet doth she seek to lure thee with joss s

hand confidingly into thine overcoat pocket be not persuaded. For the to

r; when she inquireth concerning thy health and urgeth thee to wear rubbers,8

air tumbleth down, in the game of tennis, turn away thine eyes, lest th

do not bear her in thine arms to safety; but, for thy soul's sak

doeth this that she may mark thee for her own; and, until it be was

he patteth thy fingers and yearneth to bathe them with sweet ointments; when she weareth

old them, but thou sha

trategy fell

how I have learned of Woma

woman, and I

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in his diary, concealed in the pocket of his s

my Daughter, and ponder thereo

ld, there be but two things whi

um Pipe is

her is

second, that I doubt not the former

unto upward of seven hundred damsels. And I say unto thee, not one

purchaseth a meersc

e wooeth a woman

his shekels that they may be co

he encaseth

he wasteth his golden hours

y he wasteth golden years in

e burneth tobac

burneth incense

pipe hath snapped! A sudden chilline

r the ardor of his devotion unto the woman wax too intense-a

s all up

hich having once been caught, need89 no longer be pursued.' But I s

ou devote thyself unto a meerschaum, and

se from thy devotions for but a little while, lo, t

aceful man! For, life with a pipe, or a wo

them is all wearin

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