The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1891-09-09
GREAT MEN AID eoREs.
Experiences of scientists and Literary
Men with Unwelcome visitors.

Experiences of Scientists and Literary
Men with Unwelcome Visitors.
A certain successful literary man
once granted an interview to a young
gentleman, says the Irish Times. The
youth began to talk about his accom-
plishments and his opinions, his auto
biography from the age of Is, and
the doomed author soon saw that only
main force would make the terrible
gabbler cease. For two mortal hours
did this torturer chatter on to his own
entire satisfaction. The host, dwell
ing in a secluded place. had not the
heart to turn the guest out into the
snow to wait two hours for train; so
he suffered and suffered until at
length in spasm of acute boredom,
he said:
''Mr. Blank. your train goes in two
hours time; you will find all the
weeks papers on your right; L am
compelled to start to work." and thus
procured respite from his guests
drivel.
Another rather distinguished man
had one evening visitor who began
to speak about certain branch of
science. The host. perhaps a dozen
times in the space of two hours and a
half, gave a preliminary Hem" be-
cause he wanted to say something; but
the bore waved him down with a suave
Zone moment, if you please" What
the gagged man wanted to say, and
eventually did say. was, that his call
er's lecture, though interesting. was
perfectly familiar to him.
You are in fact" he concluded,
''discoursing on my own special sub
ject."
Such statement should have discon-
certed man who had talked with one
even flow for the space of $50 min
utes, but not at all. With the placid
confidence of the Thoroughbred bore
he sweetly remarked:
'.Ah, we'll, you see how copiously
can talk on that subject! Next time
call YOU shall see that l can be quite
as fluent on another branch of knowl
edge"
That second call has not yet taker
| place.
When we hear of cases like thos,
| above cited we are tempted to wist
| that all men had something of Car
lyle's rudeness. The mighty Thomas
| was bidding Good day. to very con
| ceited young man who had favored
him with long sermon on things il
general; he went politely to the door
and then said:
''Well, Mr.. Blank. I've received y
for the sake of your father. Now
good-by; and l. earnestly hope II
never see ye again"
On another occasion Carlyle locke
o,,1o OF xTIcIf
had been holding forth for ever S
long, and said:
J s'Man, but ye're puir creetureH
The anecdote recalls one of col
bier who once got rid of tiresom
caller by putting his hands on his laI
stone and pensively gazing at the talk
ing nuisance. Finally he said:
II suppose now they tell you tha
God made youP"
The terrible insinuation was to
much for the bore, and he fled, utterl
routed.
But unhappily all men can not
rude, or, at any rate, they learn on
when persecution has become intole
able. Besides. these pernicious assai
ants can Rot be shaken lightly off. II
, as one will, it is impossible to persua6
some men and women that one has n
an hour to spare for them. They wi
grant that one should not spare mil
ute to anybody else, but their case
so interesting and SO very special tn
the man who refuses to hear all abol
= the matter is a callous brute. or an u
Il. start. or something peculiarly aba
ii doned. That, by the way, is strans
thing, which should be carefully Ike
in mind by all who ever hope to
distinguished.
!. Kindness to people who have
claim upon it is nearly always repa
by impudence. Every successful ma
from the statesman down to the bt
ting man, is besieged by people W
q want his time or his money, or bot
and the most cringing suitor is reat
to develop in a moment into the me
brutally insolent-perhaps going so
as to invent some atrocious scandal I
garding the individual who has often
, ed him. In time the unhappy man
eminence learns to laugh at su
things, but at first the indiction is ha
to endure.