Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-27

I There can be no hard and fast lines
| in so changeable a thing as converse
| ton, yet II one is of the observer type
of humanity he will have no difficulty
in placing in their proper position those
who will never willingly let others finish
what they are saying
Such action may show number of
| things. ranging from interest to con-
ceit, through the medium of meanneSs.
These are the three main stages. There
are, of course, many variations.
A man may be so interesting in him
self, or the world in general, or some
invention, or some hope or ambition,
that the one or the other quite runs
away with him.
Such man often is said to have a
single-track mind. A man may be
air minded" as the phrase has it.
This strikes us as an absurd phrase,
yet 1t undoubtedly points to the super
enthusiasm of the friends of aviation
Those profoundly interested in avia-
ton have all the confidence of the
small boy in the grand worth of his
new toy. They know that they are
backed not only by wonderful product
OF mans mind and skill, but also by a
great program of propaganda
Your average aviation enthusiast talks
of nothing else. He is likely to listen in
bored way while you discuss your
favorite sport. or your garden, or your
books or hunting dogs, or what not
The moment. however, you give him an
opening by daring to mention the word
'air," he Is off at rapid pace.
This Is the type of enthusiast whose
conversation is based on interest The
next type is he who is so concerted
that he fondly believes that every one
is interested in everything he says and
does. We have treated this person in
the flgurative-very--Mr Jones above
enumerated. She doesn't mind In the
least interrupting your flow of words,
no matter how important they seem
to you, because they seem utterly I'M
important to her That only is impor-
tant which she is interested in, not be-
cause she Is so interested (see our first
type), but because you are not interest
ing, and, therefore, can have nothing
interesting to talk about, or, If it is
noticeable in itself. you fail to put 1t
over in the proper style.
X X X X
It must be confessed that this type is
often found combined with the third
the one who interrupts what others say
through sheer meanness.
Conceit is at the base of this, too,
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thing else, foaming rage against every
other person who has something to say
or topic to talk about.
Naturally enough, such disposition
is carefully cloaked beneath all the
sophisticated arts of the day, so that
only the discerning are able to place
exactly such specimens.
Through careful direction and indi-
rection such person-for the sake of
argument say such a woman--is able to
impress others with her unselfishness
when all the time what she does is
dictated only by sublime sort of super
ego.
When any one Of her family Is i'll her
own heroic endeavors in their behalf
are played up" 50 capably that hearers
shortly forget that any one Is sick, and
only remember that some one-and
what a one-is taking care of somebody
or other.
Try to flag her attention TO the proper
subject of discussion, the one who suf-
fers most, and she will interrupt you
even before you get started. Then an
honest observer longs to be child
again, just for moment, to be able to
say, with young Conrad Now listen
here, I'm telling something interesting,
and I want to hear it, tool"