Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1881-12-24
THE WASHER.
One Of the Excrescences OF Ameri'
can City Life.

can lily LiIe'
N. Y. Truth.
An outgrowth of snobbishness has
latterly developed to an extent thai
promises to become public nui-
sance. Since the time when Adam
| first looked askance at the strange
young woman to whom he was in
| troduced In such unconventional
fashion, frail mankind has suffered
| from an irresistible inclination to
look at pretty face, and, when
found, to let the eyes linger upon II
withdraw them and liDger again.
And even those who are not what
| NAV he termed ladies' men cannot
escape the infatuation. An intuitive
appreciation Of the beautiful will al
WAYS draw even the unconscious ad =
miration of the Wis avis in car, at
church, in a theater or on the street,
and since all women are beautiful
by comparison, OF course-few es-
cape the annoyance of the masculine
visual homage.
Ii it may be called annoyance. A
respectful glance of uudisguised adj
miration seldom meets a frown; a
little affected start of pleased sur
prise at pretty face is always more
effective than studied compliment,
and the most modest girl in the
world feels thrill of gratiflcation
at a stolen glimpse elc quent OF mans
Acknowledgment of beauty.
1t is harmless sort OF filtration,
neither offensive to the girl nor OBJ.
trusive by the man. 1t is recognlz
ed as perfectly natural that the sight
should drink in the beauties of seem
cry, of decoration, of dress what
wonder then, that a sweet face In a
love of a bonnet should catch and
rivit the gaze, innocent OF any ln-
.ention to stare, and conscious only
that the object is "pleasing to the
sight and very fair to see."
No; only the prudes pretend to
resent the inquisitlve eyes which
gather honey from every passing
fiower-the love of the pleasing
which feasts delightedly on an at
tractive presence. But the simpllci-
ty of mere admiration is turned to
annoyance by the conceit OF that
species of the genus Snob which calls
itself Washer. Fed upon the mo-
lasses of his own conceit, pulled up
with a CONSCIOUSNESS of his own ele-
gance, and oiled all over with the
unctious belief that his own invinci-
BILE power of fascination, he ogles
every girl he meets with smirk OF
dissatisfaction.
He is impervious TO contempt, too
thick skinned to comprehend gem
tie rebuke, and every woman who
condescends to refrain from pointed
ly ignoring him is scored as another
mash, In billiard rooms, where he
never plays; at bars, where he never
"treats," at hotels, where he never
dimes, he bosts of his "mashss' to
all who have the moral courage to
snub him, and lives life of com
placency within the little world
bounded by his patent leather boots
at the south, the "totty" little mar
row -brimmed hat at the north, with
the Joints of his elbows as the other
cardinal poluts'
IT the annoyance could be ignored
it might be borne like the offensive
breath of ELUSIVE acquaintances, or
the sickening stream of tobacco juice
squirted across your boots; but the
insolence is often carried to ex-
tremes.
There is only one remedy for this
new form OF insectivorous prosecu-
ton. The constitution does not an
ticipate it, and the code is silent upon
1t punishment, but there is wicked
sense of humor in human nature
which would hugely enjoy the re
lation of a decoy, followed by
between the masher and
big brother with flexible horse
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