The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-11-22
TAkE-AII-GIVE-
NOTHING WOMAN
BY. Sophie Irene Loeb.

y'l'm tired to death, Said a iritid ~
I mine the other day. Il have Just ma"
| 4 guest visiting me and at last have
discovered what has been worrying me
ever since l have known her
"Shc is a take all give-nothihE per
son. She seems to 20 through life ac-
cep,ing everything from everybody ana
giving nothing in return You KNOW
the kind.
| "They are the Pheasant parasNes
who inst cat YOU up with flatterN. get
themselves into Your good sraccs. ana
4 before YOU realize II they nave from
| YOU just what they want
Now this friend Of mine il \ very
,lpvab,e woman and rarely says any
thing in criticism If any one. So cv'-
dently the visitor must have Eon" the
limit.
She told me how the guest had sue
ceeded in getting her to join several
things. make donations for various
causes: and my friend learned after
| ward that ii wis only means for the
woman to get into certain social set.
Also at the las, she had to borrow
some money. giving as an excuse that
her income had not arrived on time
that month.
To make II lon. story short when
the hostess summed il all up She
found her visitor had b"e,i pretty
eNpcnsiy. proposition, and when She
looked back over the years that she
had known her She realized that
never once had the woman done amy
thing kind or gracious i'll return,
Not that one wants return i'll the
! sense of getting paid for what one
does" she said. but rather there are
humans who whcedle things out of
one and have no thoughts hut selfish
ones
Quite true. my good friend. There
. are many people like that Their
smile, which you think is sincere. is
sham. They are seeking something
/ your aid,
They rarely come ont openly. but
beat about the bush, and then choose
the psychological moment to press
their desires.
, They arc So clever, as "A rule. that
they are not found out until long
I latter. Here are ii few Ways by which
you can recognize the take all give
nothing person
The woman who cultivates y wife's
). friendship, but has designs ON her
| husband.
The person who loves to come to
! your "homcy dinners" but does not
, notice you il gathering of social
, lights.
The man Of the party who is looking
the other way when the waiter pre-
, sents the bin
, The woman who loudly insists on
paying your carfarc. but who has no
! intention of doing SO.
The man. who enjoys Your hospitality
and then tells other people how he
knew YOU when
The fellow who stands mp for YOU
, when YOU are with him. but who sits
down on YOU when you're gone.
The woman who is always borrow
ing a little household material which
, is always too small to return.
The individual who makes stepping
stones of You in private and is
ASHAMED of YOU in public.
The girl VIII" always goes to dinner
J., with you and your friends. but never
: invites YOU to dinner with hers,
The daughter who allows her old "a -
. Ithcr to work while she sits around
READING novels.
, The ncichbor who lets you attend to
her children, but doesn't care hang
4, labout yours.
: The wife who spends her husband $
money and frankly admits she doesn' t
love him.
The person who asks YOU To intro
duce him to your friends and then
!. makes Jokes about you after he has
met them,
| In word, YOU can readily see
through the petty CRATER almost the
-, first time you put him to the test