The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-24
AMERICAN WOMAN Is
SHY MANS SALVATION
At Dinner She Lifts the Bored
Englishmon From His
Boredom.
LONDON WELCOMES UEp
Her Brilliance Gives Life to
stupid Functions. say,
the "Timcs."
LONDON WELCOMES lIEp
Special Correspondence. 10 rnss,,

Special C0TresD0 ndencs IN TuE s.,
LoSDoH, May 16.-In one OF those rgh,
special articles for which the present
Times 10 becoming famous a writer nav,
pleasant and well deserved compliment
10 Americans, especially TO American
women. The caption Is THE Shy Man
ana the subtitle And the American In.
vaslon."
The writer starts by saying that This,
pleasing accompaniment OF the month ~
May the American invasion, bringa com.
fort to the heart. not only Of hotel asA
shop Keepers not only 20 ant dca .er,
and all that section OF the community @
whom the advent OF liners lOadp o.
wealthy. pleasure loving and ehterp7ia.
ing folk spells legitimate opportunity. hut
IL reiolces the spirit also 90 some one
else That some one u the shy uau
THE class OF shy man, large though y
Is. attracts llttle attention" says the
article. Their uOiuEs are not Chroa'c4r1:
no trade Union watches their Interests.
no representative voices their aspirations:
and they have not even q club ist3
which they may sink 10 murmur thcl-
mseries together. They can but en-
dure to the end with very poor prospect,
OF salvation. And whst Is Il they lave
TO endure? The most rigid and incessgat
persecution that man ever devised for h.,
fellows-artifcial intercourse.
"The shy man can talk on his par
tlCulHr subject wen enough = nH can t'Nr
Cuss several others with some senbiouct
Of animation n they interest him. VIVA;
he cannot stand IS the strain OF trying
to make money for threc-quarters NJ The
day and conversation for the rest He
cannot rely sufficiently on the resources
OF HE own nunty. How well he knows
tho agony OF the dinner party
"He longs for the end Of this endless
eating and he yearns for his hat aut
coat He IL bitterly conscious tina. lie
would be all right II ne were treated with
sympathy and encouraged to expand nut
he cannot take the Initiative. Ana,
angriiy he confesses IL. his countryworiei
give him no uua rter. They expect MN L.
perform the rites OF initiation Into those
obiect topics suitable TO the occasion.
They soon take his measure cast on him
the cold eve OF understanding and DIS
approval. turn with relief to their neigh
bors and publish abroad that he Ia a
bore, when all the time he IL only SUI
'erIng from dinner table panic-a DIS
ease that has embittcred the evening
how're Of MANY good men.
"But as we have said az this season
OF the year faint flame OF hope warns
the breast OF the shy man. II may be N,
knows that tonight or tomorrow niSat
when he murmurs How DO you doY 70
her who has been allotted 10 lin 10 thk'
down to dinner he may receive the same
again with the added clause pleased =
meet you In an accent that he has Learned
10 love Then he knows that his trial
are over FOR one eveniu2 az leaHr Before
the first flight of stairs have been nego-
tiatcd the cares OF conversation Will nave
been lifted from his shoulders.
AT first the shy man will probably con
fine himself to listening. not havlnS YET
accustomed himself 10 the changed a.
mosphere But white listening his min6
Will be at rest and he viii 10 entertained.
He will be listening to a member o: ths
most observant and humorous race In ne
world, giving her views on a variety OF
subjects with a wealth OF metaphor and
originality Of phrase and a verbal in
genu,ty that will leave him lost In ad-
miration. He knows that such mono
que might wea thai lnValrshl- D'f son
the supersmall talker, TO whom volubiliJ
's a. natural as silence To hmse BI;
for his malady II is the perfect cure
HE will hear how every corner OF ne
, civilized world appears to the natural
humoriyt and he will be initiated into all
the subtleties OF New York society And
presently he will respond. After q some
| what shaky start he will settle down 70
conversational readiness. resource and
brtlliance that win astonish himself He
will reveal himself, his work and his lifs
In a wholly Unprecedented manner. He
will feel that his Intelligence 10 being sSs
/ p"sc'et.d FOR once ne Will have exercised
the demon that possesses him. For one
moment he even dares TO hope that his
cure Is permanent Whether that be %
/ or not. ne knows that for once he 10 en-
| Joylns a dinner party.
I when the tine comes to cay suuo
night he will be asked to Come around
| and see US at Our hotel II you como 10
New York next fall you must look VI w
| surely Then ne will feel for once that
| he has been success and he will say
| rood night to his hostess feeling almost
| grateful TO her for having asked him."