The Pleasure-Spoiler.

Thames Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 10128, 9 December 1911, Page 6 (Supplement)

The Pleasure-Spoiler.

WERWERWER

pUIbUU \VJLLU Jj-tJU^JO Up 11. LUUS.ililb Jiuyuinl^, Ui iii^tb^aui/ uliaotoi'iiljj, .a oat cvuii'uga tiiiLUi'LaiUiubut. in Luy most cnrmui^' jpan 01 v auiiut,' -wuuu ti\ery neivc is suiaineu lo cuicii wuui iku auu>iv> aie aayii^j, sue— lvi, sovvy an i uui~iiu say it, women uit, tke worst olieuders in.tliis respoit — slio niaves iiyr- iJiiueictcU aim, _autl you iuse uiv icuiug ueuieuco oi. wiiiuh the whole sceuo rcbls. when Uiu gruut iSiugei' whoiu you havu couio miiea to heui- ax the «ung wiuuh Jiai» n).iuie her world lamous, la just bieathing -pianissimo' on JUor wonderful last uot«, aud' the audieuce in Ji»toniug in breathless . uilence - utitil t L&a died away, the pleasure-spoiler rustles -iusv programme, ■ drops hvr fan, -or her box oi" sweets, -.with' a noisy- clutter, ■ and strikes a note ut irritation in. your breast, ■ while tin-whole-effect of the 'beautiful song v spoiled' by her .thoughtlessness, her inability to ■ keep still. -

She is sure to be among the;audience in lecture-hall or assembly, and woe -betide you if you aro unlucky enough to be placed near her. She insists on fidgetting, touching- you arm 9< placing her feet on the bask of your chair, or her knee against it, if she sits behind you. Amd .she nnukes remarks . at ■ odd. moments, criticises ter neighbour^ .the actors, the i aitiste, or^>fhe speaker, ohattiag about nothing at all,-<and sets.your nerves,on edge, because of her lack of; repose. You ■ may glare at her, remove yourself as far as possible from her uneasy contact, even ask her .politely .to keep still, *or limit, Krremarks to ■ the .proper interval. But ,she is unconscious of the fact that she is a pleasure-spoiler, and no doubt puts down in her own mind as a ci'Qss.-grained mortal, who believe» in absolute silence. This h a restless age truly, and repose is not one of the applied arts, T>ut-T, for my part, wish, it had been included in some women's school ourriculum.