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Show EYES MADE OF GLASS. THEY ARE1 GOOD, BUT BETTER 'ONES ARE MADE OF 8T0NE. ' la Germany and Franc Artificial Eye Am s Cheap aa Button a A Good Deal of Skill Required In rintshlns; Eyes, Price of Eyes in This Country. There is a gentleman in New York, married and the father of a family, who has worn an artificial eye fof many yearn without the knowledge of any member of his family. There are many men and women in public life who weal artificial eyes undiscovered. To do this of course requires not only wonderful jierfoction in the manufacture of the ey itself, Igit alBO great circumspection on the part of the wearer, whose vision i necessarily limited, and who is liable to exposure from the occurrences of everyday every-day life. There was, until recently, in New York city, a lady, the wife of a very well known mun, who was in the babit of meeting constantly very many persons, and who went out much in so ciety, who wore an artificial eye without detection. Many artificial eyes are imported from Germuny and France, where they are made almost as cheaply as buttons. In the diatrict of Thnrintna, in Germany, entiro villages of men, women and children chil-dren assist in the manufacture. The process is analogous to glass blowing. Indeed, it is a sort of glass blowing. The workman sits at a table with a gal jet flame from a blowpipe in front of him, which gives an intense heat, capable of melting the glassy substance which forms tho eye. He molds the substance M :t .. . , t .1 maij ninn - tin i-tuiixy ua iud jnnLvi wuuiu iiiuia uiuy. Then the pupil is put on by the sam process and the colors traced with small needles of colored rmbstanco, so as to imitate the dolicate tracer? of the eye Lall and pupil. THE BEST EYES ARE II ADR HERE. When eyes aro made at wholesale th workman makes haphazard a vast quantity quan-tity of sizeR, shapes und colors, and it ia presumed that a dealer can, by keeping a large assortment of these artificial eyes, manage to match the eyes of any customer. cus-tomer. But in practice this proves to bo an exceedingly difficult matter. The colors and shapes of eyes vary in numberless num-berless variety, and where customers are fastidious and with keen vision for shades of color it is seldom possible to suit them with these ready made eyes, and they are little used in first class establishments, es-tablishments, where perfect work ia Bought regardless of price. The expression "A bully boy with a glass eye" denotes a popular error that false eyes are made of glass. The fact is that the substance is more like china. About forty years ago an Englishman named T. J. Davis liegan to make artificial artifi-cial eyes in New York by s new process. pro-cess. He found a spar in Connecticut ; which which was peculiarly adapted for j the making of artificial eyes, and he : maintained that, after great research in other parts of the world, no stone could ' be found capable of yielding the same i results. This spar, to become ductile, has to be subjected to an intense heat for from thirty-six to forty-eight hours. When thus treated it is ready for shaping and coloring, and requires no-metallic oxides to work it, and is, t Bitarefore, not liable - to injury ; f roin the saline secretions and more j durable and artistic than eyes made in I the old way, which was to mix common ' glass with the metallic oxides, produo ling a material easily fusible by heat and tainy.irittle. Tho eyes produced by the Connecticut spar are tougher. Mr. Davis Da-vis kept his secret for many years, and ' before his death bequeathed it to hie sons, and they have made many eyes successfully for wealthy people who have tried in vain the best eye makers of Europe Eu-rope , CHEAP EYES USEFUL, eri. i ..ui ..I- ,.nM ! XUD UUCUJ vmmuK3 cro two vciy Useful in sparsely settled localities or email towns where people may want artificial eyes in an emergency. For Instance, a gentleman traveling in the west broke his artificial eye, and the only place where he could get another waa at a saddler's shop. He did not get a good match for size, shape or color, but he got something that served him until he could get to New York. j There are many things to be consid-1 ered in making a first class artificial eye. ' The right is different from the left. The j eize of the bulb must be taken into ao connt. The position must be prominent, 1 full or sunken to mate the good eye. ! The shade ot the white of the eye must 1 be noted, and the delicate veins and 1 tracery. Sometimes the bloodshot appearance ap-pearance of the good eye must be imitated. imi-tated. The diameter of the iris and the pupil must be marked, and the naturo of the operation on the diseased eye must be taken into account. All this requires ekill and dexterous manipulation. It is not unusual for person to keep several extra eyes on hand in caso of accident. Sometimes people out of town send orders for, eyes in the same way that other merchandise is sent for. The European artificial eyes generally last about twelve months only, when they j become rough and unpleasant. Even . the best false eyes will after a time be- j come rough and require to be replaced, j The best makers require that the false j eyes shall be taken out at night and kept j thoroughly' clean. In most cases what , is called an artificial eye is morely a part of an eye consisting of a small saucer which is not attached to the ball of the eye, but placed in proper position over it, and kept in place by the eyelids. Sometimes, when not skilfully fitted, they drop out and break. ' A first class artificial eye, fitted in every respect in size, form and color, , costs from $35 to $o0. The ready made j eyes can be bought for very much lesfl. j New York Sun. 1 |