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Show POSSIBLE TO SEE TOO WELL Mr. Boster Makes Some Observations on the Prevailing Stylo or the Large Eye-Glacses. "Will you plfaso tell mo why peoplo nro wearing such torrlblo looking eyeglasses eye-glasses nowadays?" Boater naked hla spouso. "Specs aro bad enough at any tlmo, but tho hind bo popular now1 nro tho limit! A tortolso shell rim nn inch thick, and tho rIrsscs themselves about four times na large as wo havo been necustomed to! What's tho an-. swerT "Do peoplo see better through theso, big glasses, or do they wear tho things to mnko them look Intellectual? If tho Idea Is to mako folks look wlao, these glasses fulfill their mission, for thov make neonlo look HL-n owls. "Look at Tilly Ann Jones I Eyes tho slzo of a plnhcnd nnd glnsses to fit a glantl However, tho things do succeed suc-ceed in making her look wiso, nnd a wondorful Invention they nro to havo such an effect on Tilly Ann!" "I don't think theso big round spectacles spec-tacles nro Intended to mnko peoplo look wlso," responded Mrs. Boster. "Thero nro many oyo nffectlons theso days, nnd tho larger tho glasses tho lp.rger tho lenses, and tho moro things aro magnified, I suppose" "Good I" exclaimed Boster. "Tho goods are Indeed very well recommended. recom-mended. At the same tlmo thero Is a disadvantage In soclne too woll. Too powerful glasses have spollod many a lore affair and preventod tho union of loving hearts. "Obfogle was onco in lovo with my slatcr,-'and ho couldn't soo very well. Ho thought sho wns beautiful. Tho peculiar affection of his oyeH mado her appear bo to him. Sho really wasn't beautiful nt all, according to other pcoplo's sight never had been and never would be. "Now It hnppcned that Obfogle went over to Germany nnd wa3 gono n long tlmo, ns lovers usually nro In romances, ro-mances, nnd then ho came back In tho samo romantic way. On his way to call on my sister when ho got back ho met a friend of my sister's nnd inquired If Sadlo wero ns beautiful as over. "Ho was told yes, that Sadlo was ! Just as' beautiful as over no moro, j no less. Obfoglo had acquired a pair of owl spectacles of tho ultramodern ) typo. Ho supposed that If Sadlo had j looked lovely before her loveliness ' would loom up twice a3 lnrgo through I tho now and moro powerful specs. "With a smllo of nntlclpatlon bo j enmo to tho houso. When Sadlo en- ' tercd tho parlor ho took a good look I nt her and was never seen again Just as they say In story books. "On tho whole, specs aro a bad thing. I hope you nnd tho girls wilt not Invest in them, even if they aro fashlonablo at presont." |