Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1891-12-26
THE ART OF LEAVING.
Don't Llnger Too Long over Your
Farewell.


DO cultivate the art OF leaving
promptly; even il you can't do it in
an artistic way, learn to do it some.
how.
Some people seem TO be anchored
IN the parlor when they pay call.
10 the flight OF time and the near ap.
proach of her hostess's dinner hour
this sort of caller pays no attention.
Frequently she says, "Oh must 90"
gets up, sits down again and goes on
talking, Presently she again says
that she must so, gets up and contin-
ues To talk. She gets into the hall at
length and talks there. Finally the
anxious visitee, who hears the baby
crying upstairs, gets the door open
Tor her guest, who makes a supple
mentary call upon the doorstep. ex-
posing the other To pneumonia. At
last she descends the steps, and the
hostess precipitately retreats and
shuts the door, for fear she will think
OF something else TO come back and
say.
The writer once heard OF a woman
who, considerably chagrined at the
1 announcement of a visitor whom she
knew had these staying powers Just as
/ she was preparing to keep an impor-
| tant engagement, decided TO 90 into
/ the parlor with her bonnet on and ex.
\ plain her hurry. She even arranged
/ with her husband TO come into the
room and remind her at the end u
\ quarter Of an hour
/ The guest did not take hint from
+ the bonnet beyond saying that SHE
/ would only stay Few minutes, but
when the reminder came she eXclaim-
4 eti, tOh, then | must 60, Of course,
/ stood up and remained talkingseyeral
minutes more, walked TO tie door
and stopped again AT last Mrs. r..
ia desperation, suggested that they
should walk along together as far as
they could, The visitor agreed, but
I even al the corner whore they parted
she stood tnlking long enough for Mrs
X 20 lose her train and her appoint
/ ment.
shy AMI nervous young people have
thr hurdrs time ia leaving. and are
more 70 be p!tird than blamed Their
suffering i often great. I'hey are I'M
pressed with tie idea ihu, tile how is
81 more consequence shan the what,
and they keep trying aud trying 10
lead the conversation mp 10 what
they think viii be graceful depart
utc They are wishing themselves
away q great deal more desperately
than Inv one else can They watch
Tor pauscs ID lie conversation and
clear their threats 10 introduce some
variation upon l.emueI's Il guess I'd
better be going but thcy are never
qlnck enough Somebody else begins
10 speak aud they resign themselves
{ Njth sinking hearts % waiting Huoth.
as irn minutes
Stlli Il is not always the caller 5
fault tlat she does not so Some
times Il Is the hostess who Is the In.
rui person. who ends every sentence
with rising infection, indicating
that il is only suspended and that
she Is going right on, la such case il
may appear 10 1 he caller as lit would
b. rude TO interrupt, her. though she
may have heard the muiiled tiptoeinc
Of the rest OF the family past the par.
Tor door and the subducd chatter q
china from somewhere. and have q
painful suspicion that dinner or tea il
ready and they don't want to ring til,
bell
But there ia one golden rule nj least
that the caller may stick TO. Whef
you once get UP 10 go never sit dow
again.