New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-12-10
4 uNInnE CHAMPIONSHIP.


desires to fill the trump Of fame as full as 1t can
hold with Bauer. That not remarkabie-the
yearnng for wide recognition is common. "naU
is remarkable is the means which Mr.. Bauer pro-
poses to employ to attain bis end. These means
are two in number; to w.t. Mr.. Bauers eyes. From
his home in the Quaker City he has sent forth this
remarkable promise and invitation:
I, the Powerful Diamond Eyes, King Of the World.
will conquer any man or person In this world with their
powerful eyes; and II any gentleman wishes me TO I'D,
dure my eyes NewYOrk city call upon me ana VIII
light gas light and candle light and also on the sun
also will put out electric light with the eyes srS SOW
eyes call on Ine or send to ,..., r, p,,.rn
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PhHddeiphid, Dec. T.
1t will be seen that Mr.. Bauer is prepared to cope
with all corners, not with brawny fists but with
more delicate weapon He claims in effect. unless
we misunderstood Mr.. Bauer. that when it comes
to eyes he holds the championship of the world.
And certainly if he can do what he alleges Mr..
Bauer is not the victim of an optical deluson The
public has been laboring under the impression that
nobody with the single exception of The American
Eagle of the Fourth of July Grafton is equal to the
feat of Enduring" his eyes on the sun. to say
nothing of gas or the electric light. In one Of his
glowing pcrofatiOns Mr.. George William Curtis
represent, the Eagle rs gazing unhinchingly on
the noom-day sun of Liberty" and il is the settled
conviction alike of Fourth Of July orators, ocusts,
opticians and ornithOlOgists that the feat stood for
the utmost cxertion of the power OF the eve OF the
Eagle But here comes Mr. Bauer, OF
Philadelphia, who claims that he can
put out tho electric light with Bauers
eyes! Manifestly the presence OF this tremen-
dous achievement the Eagle may well pale his IN
efcctual eyes Still it is only fair TO remember
that the Eagle has never been put to the test re-
frrtcd to- We all are aware that he is game bird
that knows 10 such word rs fail. and hence we all
arc confident he would resent the insnuatiol That
he cond not put out the electric light with his
If Mr. Bauer Is able to put 1t out with BIuerS eyes
By all means. therefore let us have match be-
tween Bauer and the Eagle. And may the best
owes win Disdaining any Intention of casting
any reflection ON the Bauer eyes. the patriotic in
stincts of the American people outside of Phila-
delpha will probably load them to lay odds on tho
Eagle.
Ben Jonson once made a remarkable request
Of Celia. Said he to Celia, said he.
Drink 10 me only with thine eyes.
The circumstance suggests question to
the eye champion Do You. too. Mr.. Bauer,
do your drinking with your eycsi Can you
toss of brandy smash with your right orb and
dispose of a champagne cocktail with your left
Ana # not. are you not filled with envy rs you
think OF Celai To he sure. Jonson does not cx-
prcssly state that Celia did actually do her drink
ing TO him with her eyes But the poet was gem
tlcInan and never would have asked favor of n
lady TO which she was unequal Perhaps Celia
could not have put out tho electric light with her
eyes but IL IL clear that considering the age III
which she lived, she had unusually able pair OF
luminaries. If Mr.. Bauer cannot drunk with his
eyes let HIM frankly say so, in justice to Ceha.
man with such eyes hi- in his head can well af-
ford to be generous especially when there lady
in the case. If it turns ont that he can and does
drink with his eyes that consideration may injurc
him with the Trohbltionisls, in ease he runs for
Office But we take it that Bauer is too sensible
to be an ollice-scckcr.