The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-04-07
GETTING RID OF BoREs.
A Pretty Girls Method Of Nullifying Her
Own Attractiveness.


Own Attractiveness.
No observer Of feminine beauty can fail
to see that its happy possessors are harass-
ed. It was remarked to particularly
handsome girl that she must often be an
object Of admiration for men who possess
ed no attraction for her, and, as she was
very tender hearted, she must find 1t diff
cult to discourage their attentions without
being guilty Of hardheartedness. 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 anovel method
for doing this some little time ago, and in
some cases 1t works to 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 GER
tain sad songs. The first thing do now
when am burdened with attentions from
man who bores me is to find out II he has
weakness Of this sort. don't ask him
myself, but have a friend draw him into
confession. Now, it is positively true that
have scared away men by the methods OF
associating myself in their minds either
with the food, odor or music that offends
them.
"One man who could not possibly be dis
couraged by my frigid manner had, ascer-
tanned, horror of sweetbreads. The sight
Of sweetbreads being eaten by people about
him upset him completely; in fact, it made
him i'll. Well we have supper instead Of
dinner at o'clock on Sundays, and, as IL
is informal, some of our friends who may
be calling late in the afternoon will often
sit down with us. The man who bored me
in this case found out that by calling at
$50 on Sundays he would receive the neces-
sary invitation when the supper hour
found him there, and as this allowed him
a good opportunity to be in my company q
very long time he settled down to the reg
ular custom of coming to our Sunday sup
pers. got very tired, for he was really
dreadfully uninteresting, and he liked me
most unpleasantly, so set myself to find
out if he disliked intensely any particular
dish. To my great joy learned of his an
tipathy to sweetbreads.
"The next Sunday night we Of course
had sweetbreads, and the way that man
suffered was the funniest thing you ever
saw. He stood it, though, and nibbled at
crust of dry toast and slipped clear tea to
keep at his post. The next Sunday he
came again, and when more sweetbreads
appeared be almost tainted. Then, in the
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
short formal call.
'sThen another man who pestered me
with attentions abominated the smell OF
peppermint He simply could not remain
in the room where the odor was. Iimme-
diately developed wonderful appetite for
peppermint candy, and there was invarias
bly, box Of it about when the bore called.
l finished him soon.
"Another had the habit Of calling in the
evening, and always staid interminably-
was at loss how to get rid of him until,
quite by chance, learned that the sweet
effect of depressing that man so that he
was ready to commit suicide. 1t really af-
fected him seriously, and after hearing it
he was Respondent for hours. at once
had my mother grow inordinately fond of
Tosti's "Goodby," and whenever the bore
called she asked me if wouldn't please
sing her favorite song. | had only to do
this three times when the bore ceased his
calls. Now Of course these plans will not
answer in every case, but it is well for girls
to know them, for occasionally they can
be called into play. ."-.New York Sun.