Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-10-03
WAL T-e TRAINED EYE SEES
LittIe Things That Make the Panorams
OF Life Interesting.

OF Life Interesting.
Robert HOudin. the sleight-of-hand
man. once said that he owed much Of
his sucU. IS to his persistent cultivation
Of the faculty Of observing ordinary
things lie cultivated this by watch
ing people as he passed them on the
street. by noting the details of differ
ence. He said that he finally got so
proficient that he could glance at a
shop window on passing It and tell
everything in il. ven to "DETAILS Of con
strGctiOn of the small articles. as the
pattern Of a chain in a jewelers. window
for instance.
In addition TO its mental training this
observing Of details has a more attract
i've side. 1t furnishes amusement and
makes an ordinary going forth for bust
ness or pleasure a veritable tript TO won
derland. If sou will take the trouble
to inquire into the matter you will be
surprised uc find how little people. even
women. observe what is going on about
them.
Women are Assays mentioned "a
alert and infallible observers. IS q
matter Of fact they observe very little
outside of the details of other women'I
hats and gowns. and they do not OBJ
serve these as much as they get credit
for doing. as any dressmaler or millinel
can tell.
You will notice this difference in OBJ
se~rvation in the conduct of people il
the elevated trains. One man. sitting
n a corner. peeriug over his newspaper,
viii suddenly laugh lie has seen
something To- amuse him in some per
on IN the car OF In some window the
gar has just passed. Now. others have
oeen looking ia the same direction az
ne but have seen nothing 10 laugh at.
The truth is they did not see what
ne saw. They were looking at il. but
.hey were looking with eyes unframed
,or details. The small. incongruou,
iements which make up humor ha6
escaped them. But if the laughing
zan had told what he saw the Others
could have laughed. 1t was not lack
Of a n of humor, but simply lack Of
observation
In any crowd that jostles along thu
idewalks Of Broadway there are a
thousand peculiarities of dress anS
manner a score Of incidents fun "a
lumor or of that gentle melancholy
which rctreshes like tears sled over a
novel The people who are fond Of
parading and seeing what is going on
are conscious Of this crowd in only 4
dim way. They do not think Of sepa
rating it further into details than pretty
Jr ugly, handsome OF un~attractive.
And in that way they miss almost all
The life and beauty and interest.
They see, but at the same time they
do not see and they forget that al
.he fun and all the shadow that written
put into print for them 10 read are but
taint reflections of the fun and shadow
If the panorama of life which is around
everybody.
The color Of a bootblack's shirt, the
cut of a working girls gown, the ways
in which women do their hair, the kind
of eyebrows and eyes, expressions o.
faces-all these things may be observed
and noted in such a way that a score OF
other things. unnoticed before. viii be
opened to view. The more this minute
and careful observation is cultivated
the mor entertaining and proi.abh
it '@U.ues, New York Sun
A Hair Tonic.
One OF the best hair tonics is the fol
which comes all the way from
Germany Any druggist will com
Oound it. and it is said that its regular
will keep the hair luxuriant and in
excellent condition. These are the ex-
act proportions: ''One hundred grams
Of alcohol. fifty of castor oil, two o.
rosewater and a little about a tea
'poonfuD quinine." 1t should be thor.
rubbed into the scalp about
.nree times a week New York Times
She DidHrt Want Much.
Among the arrivals on a HAMBURG
hip recently were a German widow
nd her seven china eyed, Haxen haired
tair steps. Being turned over by the
authorities to a German paternal soci-
ty Of the city. the widow complacent-
= sat down Hpnn their temporary
allowance, awaiting its evolu-
ion by the most natural laws into a
'ermanent weekly allowance. The
herman Ladies Aid society appointed
committee to wait upon her Ham
majesty and propose some plan