The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-01-16

IA was demonstrated thls morning
shortly before noon tint should prison.
efs break out oil the fourth story 81
The new Marion county jail, now under
|ccnsstllction, that y would Nc no effort
FOR them TO reach the ground safely
and quickly and they would not need
rope made from blankets. a young
man working on the building went
right up the side Of the structure ito
the root. looked Mt the clock On the
court house and descend led us easily as
ifahe we're coming down a ladder.
The cross-bar supports TO the windowa
|afe lust about the right distance for
steps and the bars above give excellent
iiaftl.hoits. Should the prisoners m
the upper cells reach the roof they
could come down on any side OF the
building, while Il prtsonefsIbroke outon
any the floors they would have no
trouble An reaching the. ground IA
safety and with the greatest OF ease. +
|;-lt must DO about the most pleas.
ant thing Ia the world Tor a woman q
nave men staring at her on the streets
and ID public places, that Is, In hotels
or restaurants. The proprletors and
the sattaches Of these places do not
sanction such things but they cannot
help the matter for, as goes the ola
saying, IA cat may look at a king,
and, 8of course, under the constitution
Of the; United States p starer may.
stare at a woman! She cannot help
| him from doing that and she may re;
turn his dying-calf expression with 9
dagger-look, which has about as much
effect upon, him as Il she had ggazed
into the sky. Fairmont Is no differ:
lent from any other city or town In
the country-all have their bunch 5of
starers, and so twill be after all the
women who are being stared at shall
have passed away and the starers are
sleeping in the; city Of the dead. These
Will be followed; by other women and
more starers, who can feast their
eyesSupon fair women. One might as
well sing Psalms to a dead horse as
to try t, stop men from staring at :wo-
men. The average man who feasts
his eyes upon women day in and day
out Is usually SO busily engaged in
this occupation during his idle hours
that he has no time to read a news.
paper; in fact. he hasn't much time to
do anything else but to stand on street
corners and visit public places that
lie might continue to do he stare
stunt. It's peculiar but nevertheless
true, that It Is q rare case indeed when
a woman cares to meet a man. who
stares at her. The starer usually
thinks that in looking intensely at q
woman that he may be able 70 flirti
with her and finally become acqualnt.
Cd with her. Durlng3a life time Of the
average man who stares he probably:
meets about one woman out 81 ten
Thousand under such circumstances.
and, to think, how much good time he
has lost by making eyes at women
which brought him nothing but dis
gust from those he thought he would
receive a smile or a pleasant look ut:
lease. There's nothing in staring at
women, It's . disgusting habit to get
into and one that will eventually
cause him to hit the bottom Of the so,
cial ladder with a deep stunning thud
that Will shake his body and rattle,
his brain around in his Uranium like
a buckshot in ID half pint tin cup. If
you must make eyes and stare at the
fair sex, It would be pretty good idea
to take a weeks vacation and so to a
city where there are variety shows
and get the staring and flirting germ
out Of your head. You will feel better
by doing this and when you return.
think that your mother was once a
lady and she had to. contend with star
ers. ltw not pleasing to her and
It's q safe guess that the average wo.
man with whom the 5starer stares that
she too will be mother some day.
but that her husband will not be the
one who rolled his eyes around at her
as II he had a pain.
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