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rise against a custom that has been honored by the most civ
ilized nations of the globe and only ceases to infuse itself into
the lelations between the two sexes as we approach the boun
daries of .barbarism or semi-civilization. It is the vivifying
principle that enlivens the gaity and blandishments of polite
society. It is the mirthful leaven that gives life to all the
public social entertainments of our enlightened age. It
shines like a star of the first magnitude in the brilliant con
stellation of charms that lovely woman displays for the pleas-
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Flirting is Justifiable
It is exceedingly strange that in this fast age a cry should