St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-25
SOME PECULIAR AyERsIoNs.
Odd Dislikes OF Celebrities Known
in Past and COntempOraneOus
History.

IN faSC anu SOnfempOraneOu
History.
Every man has some pet aversion
some peculiar dislike-Which he hardly
knows himself until his attention is
called to it. Take the greatest man on
earth to-day as an instance, says the
Newly orkWorld. 1t seems almost incred-
ible that the sight of a set of false teeth
should make John l.. Sullivan sick at
the stomach, but it is fact neverthe-
dislike for white dogs. Dean Swift
says that Bolingbroke would .sact
like one bereft should he cast
less less toad" Button, the iUo' naturalist rail-
1quitea mild man under ordinary circum-
stances, would become very much in
-censed should an egg appear on his
dining table. AgasSiZ could not bear the
touch of polished steel, and an old
chronicler AYERS that King Ferdin-
and, of Spain, could not eat his
dinner, no matter how hungry, should
it be served on white china. A
stiff shirt bosom was the most ANNOYING
thing in life to Charles Dickens, and
Disraeli had an attack of vertigo when
he saw anybody chewing gum. Nine.
de Stael became violently i'll whenever
she looked upon the rising moon when
it was full, and Louis XIV. was made
extremely nervous by the sight of bare
footed children.
Roscoe COnkling has strong aversion
for frogs and tOadS, and wouldn't pick
one up even if fat fee depended on it.
Chauncy NJ. Depew is a Snake-hater.
He isn't afraid to tackle anything else
OH earth, animate or inanimate, but he
wants no SerpentS near him at any stage
of the game.
Gov. Hill cannot stand a warm bath.
He wants plenty of cold water for his
morning plunge, and it doesn't matter
where the mercury is, either.
Samuel j. RandalFs pet aversion is
the newspaper reporter. He is about
the only prominent man in public life,
who refuses, on all occasions. to be in
terviewed, no matter what the subject
may be or how much he might be bene-
fitted by the expression of an opinion.
Col. Tom Ochiltree has most intense
hatred for the society" sham. He will
drop almost any other subject to de-
nounce the pretensions of the upstairs
who claim to belong to the ''Oldest and
best'' families in the state. A little
thing like snake or toad does not
bother him in the least, and he could
peck at bird and bottle surrounded
by either or both.
Gus Williams hates an empty beer
mug.
1t is well known fact that before he
went to England Charley Mitchell, the
pugilist, confidentially told friend that
the munching of an apple would be
enough to make him lose fight, if the
annoyance took place at critical mo-
ment.
The sharpening of saw with a file
puts Steele Mackaye's teeth Oh such an
edge that he could bite tenpenny nail
in half.
Stuart Robson won't walk on the same
side of the street where macaroni is
displayed for sale. His partner, Billy
Crane, hates garlic, and an onion is one
of his special ayersions.
The smell of musk is so distasteful to
W, J. Seaman, the Irish comedian, that
he feels sick at the stomach every time
he plays in Chicago theater.
Jay Gould has great horror of rats
and mice. The sight of mouse would
disturb him more than the news of the
failure of a rival on Wall street.
EX-Secretary of the Navy George M.
Robson has a strong dislike for tea, and
the fragrant ordor of a drawing" sorely
Offends his nOstrils.s
A most remarkable aversion is that of
De Wolf Hopper, the actor. Stove
backing or a highly polished stoye Gre
ateS immediate nausea, whenever he
happens to see one OF the other.
George H. Boxer, ''the only literary
man in Philadelphia, hates an over
done canyass-back, and would rather
go hungry than eat one.
To see man eat with a knife has
such an effect on that jolly bon vivant,
Larry jerome, that he must needs
change his seat or leave the table.
The list might be heightened but for
the fact that nine men out of every ten
never stop to study their likes and dis
likes.e 1t can be put down with safety
that so per cent of mankind have hor-
ror of snakes-either living in the scale
Or in the imagination. Fifteen per cent
have peculiar aversions, and 10 per cent
extraordinary and illogical aversions,
somewhat similar to those of the eccen-
trio French monarch and the great Ma
poleOn.
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