The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1892-06-04
THE QUESTION FIEND.
suggestions for Those Who Desire to Max
Themselves Agreeable.

suggestions for Those Who Desire to Make
Themselves Agreeable.
When you are introduced to anybody,
it is natural that you should want to
make yourself as agreeable as possible.
Begin by asking questions. This is
an inquiring age, and if you put your
new friends on the witness-stand, and
keep them there constantly, they will
have no chance to catechise you.
A good way to open fire upon new
acquaintance is to ask him where he
came from, and what he came for, and
how he likes it now that he has got
here.
Then you can ask him how old he is.
Everybody, especially ladies, will enjoy
talking about their age.
If he has crows feet at his eyes, and
gray hair on his temples, he will be
pleased to tell his age, and hear you
descant upon his youthful looks and ap-
pearance.
You can say some thing like this
supposing you are speaking to a lady:
''Why, my dear Mrs. Jones! how we'll
and young you are looking! Strange
how some people do keep their youthful
looks! Why, let me see, you must be
considerable past thirty! and no gray
hair! You don't use hair-dye, now, do
you?''
There is another question which you
have perfect right to ask-who's going
to hinder you, we should like to know?
And that is:
Chow much do you make year in
your business?
Follow this up by such queries as
these:
"What do you do with your money?
What interest do you get? What do
you intend to do with your property
when you make your will?" etc., etc.
Then you can recommend some
church or society as deserving; and
signify that, for the sake of accommo.
dating peopAe who have property to
leave, the said church or society will
accept requests when freely offered.
The next thing to be attended to is
pedigree. If you were going to pur-
chase horse, you would want to know
who his sire and dam were - why
shouldn't you be as particular about
the pedigree of your new friend?
Of course you want to know who his
parents were, and if he ever had a
grandfather. Perhaps you may have
known somebody who knew some Of
them.
If so, and there is anything about
any of the aforesaid ancestors that YOU
think your new friend would rather
not talk about, be sure and bring that
up. 1t will take the pride out of him,
and he has no business to be proud
Certainly not.
For ''why should the spirit Of mortal
be proud?'
You can inquire if he wasn't second
cousin to the Mr.. Jones who was
hanged in North Dakota or Nebraska
last week for se-stealing. Tell him
you think you heard so. And then you
can sugar-coat this pill by the supple
mentary remark that everybody has
some relatives of whom they are
ashamed.
Perhaps he will get angry-some peo-
pie are foolish enough to do so in such
cases-and if so, you can appologize,
and tell him you didn't suppose he
would care: and add, by way of a
clincher, that he needn't flare up so, for
it is the town talk,
Ask questions if you would receive
information. 1t is the only way to dc
business; and if people do not like to
be questioned, they must manage to be
born deaf. If anybody goes about
with ears on their head, they must ex-
pect to have them bored occasionally
| Kate Thorn, in n. Y. Weekly.