The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1910-12-31
THE MITTEN CODE
Brief Rules Fer the Guidance of
Unfavored Suitors.
WHAT TO DO WHEN REJECTED
Always Try to Parry the Blow With a
Ready Reply, Because Staring In Re-
proachful Silence Gives tho Lady a
Chance to Change Her Mind.


OF marriage are sometimes refused
usually because the lady thinks she
knows better
To comrort ones self iittinsly wh>r
rejected is no easy matter. The young
beginner Is advised 10 give some
thought to his next move in the event
of his. proposal being declined 10
stand staring in reproachful silence
displays lack of savior fare and
incidentally gives the lady chance 10
change her mind
| The really nice young man when re-
! iected inclines to gloom. The average
young man takes up an attitude at
sprightlintSs. To display relief when
| rejected may not seem in the hest
TASTE, bnt if Il girl has refused YOU
/ that is sufficient evidence that she has
/ no taste at all
+ Let us consider the method of the
! really nice Young man. He hints at Il
broken heart--a picturesque but i'm
probable happening He asks IL there
is no hope, Always he speaks In low
tone" There is the authority of the
best fiction for this Apparently h,.
never shouts his query from the door
steps as he is departing He men
tons suicide in Il uoncommital way
and eventually takes his leave with
one last fond. lingering look at her .
! One can only hope be does not spoil
7 m lru To. nf} &c. !, ~,
ping over the do0rmat.
So much for tbe really nice young
| man. The average young man has Il
variety of methods for keeping his end
up in the event of being rejected. He
imparts ali air of leyity to the proceed
inss which must be distinctly Irritating
when one is expecting time honored
references 10 fractured hearts aud
blighed hopes.
!. Copying the average young man. ynn
may therefore when rejected laugh
heartily and then remark:
We'll, but. joking apart, isn't the
weather heantiful?'
There is something about this formu-
In which prevents the waste of any
emotion except annoyance.
Another ga mbit in taking refusals is
TO smile with satisfaction and say the
simple words:
Il VIM
While the damseI is pIzzling oni
what the words may mean you can ri
feet your escape.
La re event OF an emphatic refusa
you can always ask smilingly:
''tiow did you guess was jolyingt"
An effective way to prevent a lacy
promising 10 be sister to sou is 10
get there first By promising 10 be IL son
to her. and you eau follow il up by
saying:
"Oh. we'll. / must be getting along.
I've got another call to make"
There is q Subilety about this remark
which enables you to take sour lea re
quite easily.
Always try, however. to ne ready to
say someihiug at 0nre. II after her
'N0" yo, shink you have been silent
overlonG. assume Il puzzled look AID
say:
LET me see what were we taking
about?"
Should the girl give reasons Tor re-
fl1sing yen remark:
Yes. that's jus, what Jane Jones
said last month when proposed to
her"
1t may happen that the lady answers
your prolr'sai thus:
mo. Harold, can never be yours
am nitiRnceti to another"
The best thing 10 do to avoid ex
pesure OF your disappoin, nleut IL to ex
claim:
Yes. knew that when asked
you
Another formula when regretted lies
In tnkiua list of names from yuur
pOfke,. consuming il and remaFking:
You're Miss Susan SuiIth. arcn',
you:"
Then you put a tick against the
name. sigh relievedly and take your
leave
II you have come primed TO say
'Tbank yo,l. Harriet: you have made
me The happiest man 10 all tue world,
in answer to her acceptance there Is
no reason why sou shouldn't say il in
reply to Der refusal.
In the event OF receiving refusal
by letter pretend that you did not yet
H. This has disquietine effect Or
ff you want TO get even wait ti'l she
questions you about 1t and then say
with every symptom OF glad relief:
oh. that letter was from you. was
It? couldn't quite make out the .slg
nature, aud thought IL was from
some one else Oh a similar matter
A sporiive remark Is permissible
sometimes when one Is refused with
lofty contempt:
That's all right. old girl. Tr0th Is
only asked you beet use WAS feeling
bit sorry for yol"
The main point ~ 70 be ready witted
enough TO keep your hat and stick In
your hand. DO not leave the honse
wbistling. though. II prevents you
from exhibiting an amused smile when
she peeps at you from behind tbs
front room curtains
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