The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1891-12-31
THE ART or LEAVING.
How Some People Appear Utterly Unable
to Tear Themselves Away.


promptly; even if you can't do it in an
artistic way learn TO do it somehow,
SAYS the Pittsburg Commercial GazeHe.
Some people seem to be anchored in
the parlor when they pay CALL To
the hight of time ard the near APP
proach of their hostess dinner hour
this sort of caller pays no attention.
Frequently she says. Ga. | must go,
gets up. sits down again, and goes on
talking. Presently she again says that
she must 20, gets up. and continues to
talk. She gets into the hall at length
and talks there Finally the anxious
yisitee. who hears the baby crying up
stairs, gets the door open for her guest,
who makes a supplementary call upon
the doorstep. exposing the other to
pneumonia. At last she descends the
steps and the hostess precipitately re-
treats 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 an
nouncement of visitor whom she
knew had these staying powers Just us
she was preparing to keep an import
ant engagement decided to 60 into the
parlor with her bonnet on and explain
her hurry. She even arranged with
her husband to come into the room and
remind her at the end of quarter
of an hour
The guest did not take the hint from
the bonnet beyond saying that she
would only stay few minutes. but
when the reminder came she exclaim-
cd: 'Oh. then. | must go. of course,
stood up and remained talking several
minutes more, walked to the. door and
stopped again. At last Mrs. r. in des-
peration. suggested that they should
walk along together as far as they
could. The visitor agreed but even at
the corner where they parted she stood
talking long enough for Mrs. r. to
lose her train aud her appointment.
Shy and nervous young people have
the hardest time in leaving and are
more to he pitied than blamed. Their
suffering is often great. They are i'm
pressed with the idea that the how is
Of more consequence than the what
and tisey keep trying and trying to
lead the conversation up to what they
think will be graceful departure.
1Hct dit W iSHliiS tltuISelNcS tiN ~ a
great deal more desperately than any
one else can. They watch for pauses
in the conversation and clear their
throats to introduce some variations
on Leniuels i guess I'd better be 60
ing" but they are never quick enough.
Somebody else begins to speak, and
they resign themselves with sinking
hearts to waiting another ten minutes.
Still, it IS not always the callers
fault that she does not go. Sometimes
it is the hostess who is the fluent per-
son, who ends every sentence with
rising infection. indicating that if is
only suspended, and that she is going
on. In such Il case it may appear to
the caller as if it would be rude to in
terrupt her. though she may have
heard the muiiied tiptoeing of the rest
of the family past the parlor door and
the snbdued clattcr of china from
somewhere and have Il painful sus-
picion that dinner or tea is ready and
they don't want to ring the bell.
But there is one golden rule at least
that the caller may stick to. When
YOU once get up TO go, never sit down
again.