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COMMITTEE ON FLIRTATION.

A report was now offered as to the flirtations each candidate
had carried on on former occasions—at Newport, Long Branch, or
Cape May. In cases where the candidate had flirted, and it
had been proven, he was instantly rejected, on the ground that
the Clarendon young ladies are well along in years—that they

[ILLUSTRATION] [Description: 628EAF. Page 119. In-line Illustration. Image of a group of women sitting around a table. The caption reads, "COMMITTEE ON CROSS HUSBANDS."] wish only men to join their set who mean business, and that all
chronic flirters should be instantly sent to Congress Hall and the
Grand Union, where there are plenty of idle young ladies who are
willing and pleased to waste their time on young men who always
talk, but never propose.