Arizona republican., 1891-04-04
DISAGREEABLE PEOPLE.
1ne INFINITE VARIETY INTO WHICH
 THIS GLASS IS DIVIDED.

son-The Counsel for the Opposition.
 The DeLye Person.
 Copyright by American Press Association.l
 The fact that no two people are alike is one we are all familiar with, but in some moods and under some circum- stances We are tempted to wonder that in this infinite variety there is so little that is perfectly satisfactory. Outside your own family, an austere truth may induce you to add, or inside, how many persons do you know with whom you would like to be boxed up in one room for the rest of your hfe'
 You probably shudder at the thought; but why?
 Because nearly everybody has some disagreeable trait of character, habits, manners, conversation, looks or health which does not especially annoy us in the occasional intercourse of social life, but would be intolerable if forced upon our constant attention. Of course we know that we ourselves are no exception to the general rule, and that other peo- pie find us just as disagreeable in some ways and at some times as we do them, but never saw the sense of that theory that we must never perceive the defects of anything or anybody, unless we could do it better or were ourselves perfect.
 You, for instance, have not the slight. est idea of how Julienne soup is made, but are you not to know if it is ill made? You could not cut your own gown to save your life, but must you not find fault if it does not suit you? And in the same line of argument you may have, for instance, a very bad temper. but does that prevent you from perceiying that your neighbor is coarse or ignorant or dishonestt
 On the contrary, l think that ones own faults sharpen ones appreciation of the faults of others and make it harder to endure them.
 But apart from faults, how can any body with eyes and ears and trained perceptions avoid seeing how many per sons fail of making things pleasant for others, in fact fai1 of being agreeable, if they do not become absolutely disagree. able?
 Society does not go on harmoniously without constant effort upon the part of the persons making up society, and when through selfshness or laziness or from any other cause a person does not try to be agreeable he generally falls into the other extreme.
 We all are selfish. Some philosophers say that selfshness is the salt that pre- serves the world from corruption and de- cay, and these cynics go so far as to aver that martyrs and saints, and devotees and Damiens, give their lives to toll and suffering and death in the hope of earn ing heavenly rewards above their fel- lows.
 If these theories are correct we cannot hope to escape selhshRess as the basis of our character, but we can and we ought to avoid those outward manifestations that annoy other people-in fact, we mustn't let our selfishness make us disa- greeable.
 Probably you have been away from home during the past twelve months, have met a great many strangers, either on steamers or trains, or in hotels and boarding houses, and am sure you will remember the lady who always secured the most comfortable chair in the drawing room, who managed to be first served at dinner, and, if she had the chance, appropriated the lions share of the fruit, or the sweetmeats, or the cream. If it was warm she hastened to place herself at the coolest window; if coolshe shut up the room as if it were her private bed room; and in the train, if she fancied an open window, it never occurred to her that she was letting & cold blast upors the person behind who might be quite unable to bear it, or she may have chosen iE a stifing day to order all the ventilators closed because the dust would spoil her bonnet.
 If drive were in question she stepped out of the door little in advance of the party, and, uninvited, climbed to the box seat or took the coziest corner inside. If it was sunny she unfurled big sun umbrella and held it so that nobody could see the view, and the points pecked like birds of prey at all the eyes in the neighborhood. If celebrity were of the party she boldly took possession of him and ''gobbled' him as if he were ripe fruit, or she herself posed as the center of attraction and edifies the com pany with accounts of her tastes, travels, acquaintance with great people and de- tails of her private life.
 met several of this kind of disagree able, both male and female, last sum- mer, but in especial one who, having all sorts of worldly advantages and good looks into the bargain, might have been most delightful person had not she been so blindly selfish as to make herself thoroughly disagreeable sto every one she met
 Another very disagreeabls person is the Pompous man-he who takes position tnpon his own, or yours. or public hearth rug. with his feet apart, his thumbs in his buttonholes, an insuffer- able air of general tolerstion upon his lace, and tells you that the country is gong to the dogs because the president and cabinet are blind to the situation, which he proceeds to expound. with its remedy. It is no matter how deftly you turn the conversation or what topics you introduce; if you speak of pictures ne tells you how many he has bought and what long prices he has paid for mem; he speaks of the old masters with Nleration and indulgence. and tells what good advice he has given to most of the