Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-02-15
The Delights of Tight Boots.

Winter has its uses TO the philo-
sophie man. He finds solid enjoy
ment in contemplating the feecy
vail that envelopes Nature and feels
renewed comfort in the chilly blasts
that dispel stupor and incite the
heart to renewed vigor. He smiles
serenely when hit by SNOWFALL,
laughs heartily when a cascade of
slush slides down his spiral column,
and rolls with mirth when he acct
IDENTIFY sits down vigorously Oh the
cold, cold and unimpressible ice.
But his principal enjoyment is in see
ing others happy, and Winter is
the grand gala season of supreme
contentment. Above all he delights
to witness the matudinal recreation
INDUCED in by the man with tight
boots. Winter is the season of tight
boots, and consequently a season of
bliss. The sight once seen is never
forgotten. 1t is, while it lasts, the
achme of enjoyment, the pinnacle of
delight. The man with tight boots is
impetuous-why it is SO, it is not
our province now to determine. We
simply state the fact. He begins by
standing on one leg. while he inserts
a foot in the bootleg. In this he is
generally unsuccessful till the third
or fourth trial, and then the excite
ment begins. He pulls at the straps
till his cheeks bulge out like half
grown pumpkins, and his eyes pro-
tude like door-knobs. He then
pauses and takes another pull, and
throws his whole weight on the re-
fractory calf-skin. The result is un-
expected. He pitches forward, and
lands on his nose, which plows
a hole in the carpet. He then utters
emphatic words enough to fill die
tionary, most of them referring to
boot-makers and boots in general,
and the boot maker that made the
boot and the boot with which he
now enjoys his present intimate
relations, in particular. He gets up,
seizes the straps and dances an ami
mated jig in the shape of figure 4,
waking the baby, upsetting the furni-
ture and starting up caudle lecture
from his wife, at the same moment.
He then pauses while he wipes the
perspiration from his brow. He
walks to the Dashboard and kicks
vigorously. He then grabs the straps,
bending every energy to the task,
see-saws awhile, waltzes a couple of
bars, and ends with an animated jig,
at the close of which the boot gently
slips on, just as exhausted Nature
was about to sound a retreat. With
aprofound sigh he sinks into a calm
while the heart slowly RECEIVERS its
equilibrium.
Next in enjoyment to seeing
tight boot put on is doing it yourself.
The sensation once experienced,
fingers, like the remembrance of for
hidden fruits, forever afterwards.
The pleasure, however is peculiar.
IL is not generally enjoyed by the
individual himself, at the time. In
fact Va are not likely to appreciate
any pleasurable act till it is passed;
and this requires GOODNESS of blood
and steadiness of nerve that few
possess under the trying ordeal.
When, however, seen amid the
glamour which time like distance
lends to the view, the excitement of
the hour resembles q bright oasis
amid desert waste. It is by such
retrospection the world is made bet
ter, and it is by just this process the
true philosopher, like the little
busy bee, abstracts honey from
every opening flower.