The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-06-25
THE WORSE BORE.

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A woman's weekly paper denounces
the male bore. He is. 1t asserts,
worse than the female bore. She
sometimes effaees herself. He goes
On forever.
1t seems a curious view. To most
people the statement would appear
truer il reversed Surely it is, tae
woman bore who asserts herself
from early morn to dewy eve" far
more often than the male.
The usual characteristic OF the
male bore is a dreary pomposity. The
most frequent feature of the woman
pores conversation is an unquench-
able garrulity.
How often do you hear It said OF
man that he talks 10 to the doz'
en- =, Very seldom. Among women i
is common reproach.
Everyone has known at least one.
and probably good many specimens
Of the woman who twill be talking.
1t is no exaggeration to say that
there are some who literally never
cease-except possibly when they are
In bed. Even then they probably talk
in their sleep.
Very often they are rather quick
witted,, the women who suffer from
this disease of the jaw. They are
seldom fools. Their conversation IN
small doses would be found exhilarat-
ing. Poured out in zone weak, washy
everlasting flood" it breaks the spirit
of the bravest 1t daunts. the fear
LEGS even of their own sex.
The announcement that such one
has called and sis in the drawing
room" produces upon household an
astonishing effect. Some fly to their
rooms and lock themselves in. Some
hide under tables or behind screens.
One recollects that she has letters
that must be written. Another res
calls the doctors injunction to her
to lie down for an hour every day.
Men bores are often very nearly
as bad, but they are bad with
difference. They are not. ike woai-
en- bores, above the average OF in
telligence. They are always stunid
And they do not, as rule, talk
indiscriminately on every subject.
They generally have one particular
topic, which they din into your dazed
brain until you lose all recollection
Of the time before they began talk
ing to you and all hope that they
will ever leave off.
sStill, there is way to stop the
male bore. You can pretend to be
an idiot and to misunderstood every
thing he says. Or you can insist on
changing the subject, in which case
his talk dries up. at once. Or you
can simply flee whenever you see
him on your social horizon.
No one has every discovered how
to step the woman bore. She does
not mind whether you understand
what she is saying. She does not
even mind much whether you listen.
Changing the subject has no effect
upon her. She will talk with equal
fluency on every subject under the
sun
And you cannot persistently avoid
her without appearing either rude. II
you are "a man; or unkind, il you be-
long to her own sex.
Yet it is a mistake to be too tender
with bores. They are victims OF mis-
taken kindness. They ought never to
have been allowed to become bores.
At the FIRST symptoms they showed
OF developing into nuisances. their
parents and guardians, their brothers
and sisters, their cousins and aunts,
their friends and acquaintances should
have fallen upon them and said very
loudly and alphabetically, Shut up
1t Is net enough to ask yourself,
as everyone ought to:N"Am bore?"
You should also consider whether you
are allowing any Of those you live
with to become bores.--London Mir
ron.