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Show Paints Wild Beasts' Eyes. Ono of tho oddest waja a joung woman artist of this city has of adding add-ing to her Incomo Is tho painting of tho glass cyos that nro fitted Into tho heads of wild animals sent to a taxi dcrmlst to be stuffod nt mounted, sajs the Now York Press dho Is not called upon to paint theso special ejos for tho ordinary run of our native na-tive beasts. Sho only gels ono ot theso orders when somo sportsman has killed a panther, n grizzly, or a tiger anlmnls noted for tho snvngo glaro of their eyes Then sho takes nil tho pains sho Is capnblo of to get tho "glare" Just sb savago as sho can. Dcforo sho begins work sho learns In just what attltudo tho beast Is to ho mounted, for it would novor do to rep-lescnt rep-lescnt tho animal with his cyos ablazo with tho light of tmttlo It ho was to bo postured as Ijlng half nrleop. Tho work docs not pay well. Hometlmes tho artist gets only a dollar dol-lar a pair for tho oyos, whllo now nnd again sho gets as much as $2 a pair. |