Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1908-02-13
SAGEBRUSH PHILOSOPHY


wholly unnecessary is the prop
osition advanced by Prof. Sterl-
ing, a noted English scientist in
advising woman to cultivate the
wink with a view to bring about
a more complete enslavement
of mankind. His argument is
good in that the effectiveness of
fine eyes may be UNNECESSARILY
enhanced through tactful man
agement; but he is simply tote
ing natural gas to Newcastle,
dontcher know. The born fiirt
begins to practice on us before
she is five, and never the woman
lived who hadn't learned her
lesson fairly well before she
reached the maidenly goal of
sweet sixteen.
There are novices, and awkward
squads and past masters, tbs
true; but the utility of the fem
mine eye is well known to the
sex, and it's power contributes
to our happiness, our hopes and
desires, and our defeat and un-
doing, every day. Those be-
spetacled prudes who in con-
vention in New York recently
hailed with glad acclaim a reso-
luton favoring the blindfolding
of chorus girls through inter
national edict knew what they
were doing. But what a blow
to lyric art-and what a frost
on trial matrimony as practiced
in our great social centers in
Guiding Paris and Pittsburg.
Douse her glad glimes, and what
could the poor girl do? Imag-
inc if you can, brethren, the re-
suit if that wireless biography
which obtains on State street in
Chicago, or on the only Broad
way, were abolished-the con-
sequent wreck and chaos where
are now busy and prosperous
divorce courts-that whitening
blight which must come to sur
burban flats and violet beds
bowling holocaust which would
sweep all-night cafes and all
right hotels off the face of the
earth-if Maymesie was not
permitted to use her persuasive
eyes. There is always the at
tractive woman; but the sight
less beauty of the Venus De
Milo never made date or
bought a bottle-it is the laugh
ing eye, voicing, witching, fas-
cinating invitation and languo-
rous that feminine sixth
sense-as turns mammals pic
lures to the wall, gets a move on
papa's miscellaneous expense,
and breaks the boys.
But while the eye as the ally
of her other charms may mis-
lead mankind, yet in their lin
pid depths there is always the
truth and never deception. The
gentle pressure of her hand
the smile of endearment and
kindred tokens of affection-the
soft spoken pledge in addition
to seeming physical and mental
surrender-all these may be
simulated as they often are. Ma
ture has endowed mylady with
qualifications wherewith if she
so will she befools and easily
blinds. But in her eyes the gods
of love and passion both abide,
ready and eager to hail the one
man as conqueror and king-in
these windows of the soul he
whom she truly loves sees sure
ly mirrored in his own image.
The man who as he quaffed the
wine of life from trimming and
cherry Tipped beaker never saw
the flaming banners of devotion
and desire twixt smiling, loving,
half-closed lids of maid, wife or
mistress is dullard and dolt-or
cuckold indeed! The loving eye
is diamond rare-a priceless
jewel to the man whose coming
it awakes to beaming, bewilder-
ing beauty-only let him be-
ware, for the market is glutted
with artistic limitations.
But, brethren, though she use
her eyes to mislead and deceive
us as she does, it is to be hoped
she will not resort to the wink.
The wink is naughty and there
is no need, for to most of us one