Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-01-27

hctly, so therel But he snid to his
partner. Bill he says, old boy, I'm
shot all to sheoll"
Eyes.
II eyes are the windows OF the soul.
then the soul of a man with one black
eye would think II was getting along
about Aundown. II he had two put on
him, his soul would probably think II
| was about time to pull down the
shades and light the gas. girl may
have "A wart on her neck and be able
to conceal II, but II II is on her soul,
| her eyes give her away every time,
Judging by the once -orers person
meets nowadays, When aAfrst class
man can be had only at premium.
some girls could be arrested for hoard
ing a large quantity Of brass; but not
| the sort used In munitions, unless the
| owners might be sent over TO demoral-
| i5e the enemy a little more so than
| ordinary.
| Most people would prefer TO be
deaf. dumb, parayzed and feel liko
voting the Socialist ticket rather than
| spare their sight. The dictionary
name for cross-eyes is "strabismus."
but the old-fashioned way OF defining
such an affIlcticn was one eye look
ing In the pot and the other up tho
| chimney.
/ A specialist In eye troubles la
called an "optometrist Not many
call him by that name az they are
unable to pronounce It. As a substi.
tute name some people call him an
eye dentist" A permit to nj per
sons with eyeglasses at the presen,
time requires "A knowledge OF geom.
etry trigonometry, Rays arithmetic,
Wehster's blue-back speller and liver
troubles In years gone all that was
necessary was to be sure TO know
| which fork OF the road TO take Ind
whether the buyer had the necessary
number OF fresh eggs and friers to
trade for specs"
Folks with one missing optic supply
the deficiency sometimes by means
OF glass substitute. Watching an
uuwinking glass eye always looking
In the same direction, without know
Ing II Is n glass eve. has caused many
TO sign the pledge. There ought to
beaa law against persons with n glass
eye slipping II out of Its socket and
moistenng II in their mouth when
1t gets too dry to bat
Foreign matter in the eye is very
Irritating. Care should be exercised
not to get anything in except home
products and boycott all foreign mat
ter, with "A possible exception ID favor
Of the allies.
Grandmothers are mostly near
sighted. They use glasses out on the
end OF their nose to read with and to
look over the tops OF at fellow and
tell about back home when she was
n girl when a man. IL he worked
hard could earn go cents per day
and a dimes worth OF bacon required
the efforts of a real man to carry It
home from the grocers where the
family charge account amounted to
about SIS per year and was paid only
that often.
The most sickening sight In tho
world IN TO observe n single maiden
of about 2S summers. weighing In
the neiphborhood of 10, with face
like a concrete mixer trying to at
tract some fellows attention and
make Il mash on him by affecting
melting sloe eyes and klttenish
manner. on the other hand, N
contractor wished ten-story build
ing showed over onto another lot all
he would have to do would be to hire
one of these li0-pound wrens to look
"A fellow right square In the eyes for
about five minutes, whereupon he
would generate the required amount
of enthusiasm. to shove the said
building
Nobody has ever been able 10 paint
| a picture OF or describe the expression
shown in n brand new brides or
first time young mothers eyes. Later.
when the hubby has developed no
wings, as expected and the offspring
is sent away to the reform school, the
expressions change some.
Solomon failed TO mention another
warning 10 the citizens, and that one
Is to beware OF the person with his
eyes set too close together. He can
moi sec a Joke with n miscroscope and
things had better come all his way
fuses 10 listen why.
baby's eyes derclve 1t. for II can
NOT Judge distance. Also the poor
Innocent has TO learn by experience
the difference between n red coal OF
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