The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1891-09-05
TIMELY TOPICS
Th0ughtfully Discussed For Careful
Readers.

Devices for cheating old age of its
unwelcomc touches multiply. Sensi-
BILE people realize that wrinkles are
most unlovely when they strive to
hide behind paint aud powder. 1t
takes so much of either to cover a
wrinkle! Perhaps it is because of the
quantity that paint seems particu-
larry hideous thing on an old face.
Still there are people and l suppose
there always will be, who fancy they
soften the hand-touches of time by
such applications, and doubtless men
will go on inventing identifying
masks, and some women wearing
them until the millennium, and then.
although nothing has been said about
1t, we can reasonably hope that all
women will either have naturally
good compilations, or else have at
tanned the heights of indifference to
such frivolous affairs.
Wrinkles seem to indicate a waste
of MATERIAL misfit in fact, and
they usually have rendezvous about
the corners of the eyes.
A German surgeon residing in ia.
pan found that the beauties of that
almond-eyed nation were very weary
of concealing their soft, melting orbs
beneath slanting lids, and quite will
ling to suffer little pain to attain
to their round eyed standard of per-
lection. BY making plat in the
skin at the corner of the eyelids he
found the effect was satisfactory, so
he cut out the superfluous piece,
sewed the place together, covered it
with plaster, and the Japenese beau
ties had "ox-eyes" and not scar.
Then a withered old Englishman
wanted to 60 home and marry a young
girl, and he considerably decided to
have his wrinkles removed by the
same process. 1t was tried, and was
such success that many time. worn
visages have since been presented
for the surgeons knife and needle
1t is said that Americans are es-
pecially fitted for this experiment,
not only Because they have such
horror of growing old, but because
rapid climatic changes bestow wrin-
kles upon them sooner and with
more liberal hand than upon other
people.
1t yet remains to be seen whether
the American mind will take kindly
to this system of improvement. The
feminine American mind is meant,
for even an outside Barbarian would
not suspect the average masculine
American of caring to be beautiful.
The Wyoming Legislature has de-
cided to tax bachelors two dollars a
year. No one knows why, but the
majority of people will imagine it is
for the purpose of discouraging them
from continuing in their unfettered
condition. Still, if the Wyoming
bachelor looks at the matter from a
standpoint, he will probably
continue to think it cheaper to pay
the tax than to get married.
If female suffrage had anything to
do with bringing about this result in
it may make other States
more cautious about placing the bal
lot in women's hands. Probably the
tax will grow as the new idea strikes
root and floulishes.
1t seems that Morgantown might
derive quite revenue from a tax
like that. Perhaps not, however i'll
the rule Kate Field suggests should |
be adopted; that is, that all those
who can prove themselves either
crossed in love, or true to some ones
memory, be excused from payment.
One never can tell. To an outside
observer there seems a quantity of
taxable material in Morgantown, and |
perhaps some such law as this would
ay bare the why and wherefore
~
1t really is discouraging when one
'ealizes how many things he learns
hat he has to unlearn. | had an
I'D Greek Professor who made me
commit my own translation, in prose
and have it at my
end for recitation. But l
lad to forget it at once, and appear
he next day with his version which
lever by any chance was similar to
nine, for even though mine happened
o be correct in few places he gave
ne different translation to increase
ny vocabulary-and l have always
aid up grudge against that man
or giving me what | thought then,
md still think, lot of superfuous
work.
1t used to keep the average school
10Y right busy to learn and unlearn
he Capital o. West Virginia, and of
curse no Geography examination
vent by without ones knowledge on
hat question being Investigated, an3
was with such feeling of uncer-
ainty that / always set down my
answer. If there was one thing more
han another of which | felt sure. it
vas the Mississippi river. 1t was a
cry real, Interchangeable thing, and
could see it plainly, always running
Icross the map between the same two
POINTS, but it seems | was deluded
bout the river, too. Happily for me
hasn't been skipping about contin-
tally, and / may be able to keep up
With it yet. Still, Lake Itaska is
orever deposed from the high posi-
ion it held in my regard. If it isn't
he source of the Mississippi, it is no
more than lot of other little lakes
hat | have entirely forgotten.
The State Park Commission of
Minnesota has submitted report to
he Governor of the State, in which
t says that the source of the Missis-
ippi is great reservoir nine miles
bove Itaska.
l suppose reservoir means an
ther lake, and one can't help won
Iering if that exploring Commission
vent entirely around the reservoir,
nd knows that it has reached the
Iltimate sOurce 7 don't oora ohont