Morning journal and courier., 1891-05-08
GETTING RID OF B0RES,
A Pretty Girls Method or Sullifyins Her own Atiractiveness.

From the New York Sun.l
 No,observer of feminine beauty can fail tosee thatits happy possessors are harassed. It was remarked to particularly handsome girl that she must often be an object of sd miration for men who possessed no attrac- tion for her, and, as she was very tender hearted, she must find it difficult to dis courage their attentions without being guilty of hsrdheatedness. She laughed and replied:
 "Yes, it is very difficult at times to get rid of men you don't like and not hurt | their feelings. found out a novel method | for doing this some little time ago. and in | some cases it works to Q charm. You may | know that it is often the case with men | that they have strong dislikes for certain | things to eat, for certain odors and for cer- | tain sad songs The first thing do now | when I am burdened with attentions from | a man who bores me is to find out if he has | 0 weakness of this sort. I don't ask him myself, but have friend draw him into s confession. Now, it is pofitively true that | have scared away men by the methods oi | associsting myself in their minds either | with the food, odor or music that offend. | them.
 cone man who could not possibly bs | discouraged by my frigid manner had, | ascertained, horror of sweetbreads The | sight of sweetbreads being eaten by people about him upset him completely; in fact it made him ill. Well, we have supper in stead of dinner at 6 o'clock on Sundays and, as it is informal, some of our friend. who may be calling late in the afternoon will often sit down with us. The man wht bored me in this case found out that b, | calling at 5:30 on Sundays he would receiv, | the necessary invitation when the suppe, hour found him there, and as this allowed him a good opportunity to be in my com pany a very long time he settled down t, the regular custom of coming to our Sun day suppers. got very tired, for he wa really dreadfully uninteresting, and h, liked me most unplea.antly, so set myself to find out if he disliked intensely any par ticulsr dish. To my great joy learned o his antipatby to sweetbreads
 l "The next Sunday night we of cours, had sweetbreads, and the way that mar suffered was the funniest thing you evel saw. He stood it though, and nibbled a a crust of dry toast and slipped clear tea tt keep at his post. The next Sunday b, came again, and when more sweethread. appeared he almost tainted. Then, in tn. most natural manner, told him that adored sweetbreads, and had decided they were just the thing for Sunday night sup pers That was the end of him. He never came to the house again except to make 8 short formal call.
 "Then another man who pestered me with attentions abominated the smell of peppermint. He simply could not remain in the room where the odor was. I imme- diately developed a wonderful appetite for peppermint candy, and there was invaria- bly a box of it about when the bore called. | I finished him soon.
 "Another had the habit of calling in the evening, and always staid interminably. l was at loss how to get rid of him until. quite by chance, learned that the sweet song of Tosti's called 'Goodby" had the effect of depressing that man 80 that he was ready to commit suicide. It really af. fected him seriously, and after hearing il he was Respondent for hours. I at oncs had my mother grow inordinately fond ot Tosti's "Goodby," and whenever the bor. called she asked me if wouldn't pleas. sing her favorite song. I had only to dS this three times when the bore ceased hi calls. Now of course these plans will no answer in every case, but it is we'll for girl to know them, for occasionally they can b called into play"