The evening world., 1890-01-31

comes in to buy n lorgnettc II is usually
the custom 10 try their eyes with vnriou.
lenses in order TO get the right focus II
their sight liz defective, 70 that wo may
lit the right kind of glnsses in the fromes,
for We never keep lorgnettcs in stocl
with the glasses already adjusted.
During tho present season we haze
had lots Of young ladies' in here who wish
to purchase %lorgnettes, and n good many
Of them are honest enough to own NJ
that there is nothing the matter with then
eyesight, and oil they want of the spco,a.
cles Is 10 complete their fashionable nj.
tire. In such cases we are perfectly will
ing to fit the frames with plain g'asf
disks, for Il suits the purposes of the giddy
young creatures just M we'll. and they
cost less than finely focused and polished
lenses, which are sometimes very ex-
pensiye. =.
Then there are others who are n little
sensitive about acknowledging their wenk-
ness for fashionable foibles. and who try
to make us believe that they nre either
shorts GIFTED OF ur.sighted, and give IN
lots of trouble in trying to ascertain whR,
tho exact difficulty is. 1t doesn't take us
long, though, 10 find out that they are
only up to a gentle game of bluff. and OF
course we arc willing TO humor them To
their hearts content. They never suspect
for q moment that we have discovered the
fraud. aud go away perfectly satisfied
with their own cleyorness in conccnllng
the real motive OF their purchase"
An ordinary observer cannot have
failed 10 note the general prevalence al
the ~lorGnette habit among the women fox
of late. The marrow tortOisc-sh,ll frnmrS
are tlirted about everywhere. They dan.
gle before ones eyes in tho street cars
and 'busses, in tine fashionable uptown
prCmenades OF al afternoon. in the big
stores, at the theatre and ouera. the halls
and receptlons-eyerywhere, in fact, that
society ome md those who wish TO Le
regarded rs such are TO be found.
A yelr or " ago n lorgnctto was n Gu
riOsIty in New York, and the appearance
Of one Of them in n box ut the opera or
in the theatre would almost create II zen.
sNtlon in the audience. Now. however,
the lorGnette is the rule instead of tho
exception.
The bellies OF the town are becoming
much more expert in their use than their
great = great = grandmotherS, who knew
nothing about amy other kind of eve.
glasses. The prospect is that they will
become still more proficient if the fad
has the run which is predicted for it.
In the first pace the lorgnette. despite
lis general use, has the gTeat advantage
Of attracting general att, ntion to IT'S
owner whenever Ia appears in public
places. which is one oi the strongest
points in its favor from tho average lemi.
nine point of view. OF course. there are
modest young IN of retiring d~sposi.
ton who do mo- like that sort of ihins,
and who would shun the lorpnette as they
would ANYTHING else which served to make
them unduly conspicuous.
But New York girls as n rule do not
shrink from publ e admiration, and sucha
device as the lurgnette therefore answers
their purpose ad nirably.
Again, II is equally valuable OIId eitct-
i've as "A weapon OF odensu as we'll as de-
Tense, and the east with which AN export
IN the use If this instrument can annihil.
ate any person in her immediate vicinity.
whether the object TO be paralyzed is a
male or a female, 10y a cod aud stony
stare through the tortoife-shell frames is