Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 February 1908 — WHEN THEY ARE NOT WANTED. [ARTICLE]

WHEN THEY ARE NOT WANTED.

Bome People Seem to Have Faculty for Unconsciously Butting-In. "Have you ever noticed,” said melancholy man, “how it Is the vocation of certain people to get in the way—to be around when they are not wanted? ,1 suppose that if they were aware of their Calling they would feel bad about it But, as a matter of fact, they never are aware of it, and this, probably, explains why they keep at it. Take my brother-in-law, for instance. He has a marvelous faculty for turning up at inopportune moments. If we are going to have company to dinner we can surely count on a message from him asking whether it would be convenient for his wife and himself to drop in on us. If I am anticipating a quiet hour of reading in the evening it is ten to one that I’ll hear his voloe in the hall. Just as I am hastening, to close up my office in the afternoon he is apt to come in and establish himself for a prolonged talk. Take a hint? Such men never take a hint They are bo obtuse that they don’t see when their presence turns company into a crowd. They , have not learned the ail of effacing themselves on occasions, and they never will. You feel sorry for them at first, but Borrow soon changes to another sentiment.’’