Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1896-01-21
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The question asked IN the headline
may sound odd 10 you II you have never
taken tho trouble to give tho subject
serious tllought, but ] vontnre the broad
stafelnont chat you arc not able 70 an.
swer the question 'offhand - 70 ia an
admittnd fact. mnst confess. that the
eye il the Organ of vision, yet therh
is but little doubt, even ip the minds Of
lopticiahs and psychologists. that the
pheuomoun Of seeing Is chiefly mem
tal--in Othor words. that n is the mind
and not Che eye that see" How often
have y on soon a friend who seemingly
was niifs9ed IN looking intently at
some object on the table. at the opposite
side Of tho room OF at some picture, who
on boing aroused from his day dream
would confess that he was looking "a
nothing in particular. Tho explana-
tion Of the fact that no saw nothing in
particular is, plain enough II properly
set forth. Il is because his mind was
busy with other times and scoues.
Facs bits Of wayside scenery, ose,,
waIa beipB Iirosenled % view a the
panorama Of the mind and the minds
eyo''--or mental viaicn.-Vna Engaged
In eagerly scanning pictnras Of impress
gicns mala thereon u,onths yoare o.
scores Of years before. Another test Of
this mind vision theory is to ehut your
eyes tightly ana then ply the brain 70
the task 81 fooailing faces and forms
that have nat been seen by the eye for
yoars And, again, II you want 70 know
whether your companion looked at hia
watch win his brain or his eyes. ask
him tho time oi day after ho uts the
limepioce In hiE pocket - -
A Korslsn Criticism which American We
pa men should Take 70 Heart
An Engiishman romarked recently,
with the hankness Of his nation, chat
American women looked rs II they did
not WASH their facea, and that thsy gave
the impression % pushino tlaair stomachs
before them.
We may deiiy the afst charge. bat We
must adknos dge that there - som8
ground for tho second. No person with
ordinary powers Of observation oan fail
70 nodes th5 WY Ga which many wom-
On carry themselves ia thss respect, es-
nscially Ia these days of plain skirts.
belts and shirts 3 costume which ~ ad.
rhirahly calculated to display 60 the
Very e. adyantage eVoEy defect and
aWtWardness Of the human figure No
friendly drapery hides the ugly lines
and IN many cases they are very ugly
indaad
OF course &c Is often the faalt Of The
skirts. Why bad dreazpaker shopld
always insist ON cutting a alart short IN
front and then let it dip behind Ike tho
tail Of q bird Is q mystery, but she viii
do 60 Now, the average woman - hol-
/ low ia the back; therefore her akirt
should bo cut snorter behind than be-
fore, and dressmaheF who lIlalEaa .
/ gown hoop mp ia front ehould he impria-
onod OF fined Leaving the sins Of the
dtessmalora out 0f the Questlon, how
ever, the blame rests on the women
themselves nt
Look AZ them, standing about at any
ltilrond station On in any rhop "a l6ibr
lin nIace odIuhry. eotrhIa rIad
oIa women. clao. Of ootrso. foaf 1ftlG
ol them, IA tho prevailing uniform oi
aklII 1dl a1irt Hdltt They wear thil
r.lardlea q Shape and weight. from
tno alondoF Toa1H NIII % 90 1oaVy,
/ nIlddlo aged naolkof cI 1rlnmily
"A survey of them loa1s no 70 fhinh
hat the EnEliahman was jugtiaod IA
| hi6 opinion aud hnt the AmerItan atom.
och 0 81 ntnlI ucua Ihr
ptoI nio cIl Ihowtl1E oIb oan iot'
give a st0uk ni0iher,y looking woman
tor being unaainiy. but Whan a. oomo'
60 q thin. angular gil. nll bone and
muscla, thin without q ncurd 81 eunal'