Maryland free press., 1862-11-21


20 have the compliment made up. We lifted on
the rest ind attached them by means OF Hgnet
ring to the remaining Bpger-movsment perfect;
you should zee him pass his fingers through ms
bair-natural as life. The hand il wonderful
thing-that.beats me-leEs are mere U, out
the bandi-Eere," said he. recovering from MS
momentary admiration of nature, "here s draw
ing of pretty thing. A Hudson's Bay trapper
had his hand bitten OF by bear, and come t. US
to replace it, do you want something really use.
ful7'' said 1. 'Yes,' said be. So made him this
dagger and finds it particularly handy uhsnthere
are any bears about. Look at the action OF this
spring and ratchet. elbow: you have only to touch
the little button in the elbow, and the forearm
closes as natural as life. Who would wear an
empty sleeve when q member like this san be OBJ
tained7 We Away recommend our arm and hand
patients to wear q cloak neatly folded over it, ss
it prevents any attempt at hand. shaking. We
don't warrant the shake-tho touch isn't q1ite
NATURAL
"But how about the more delicate operations
eyes and noses7" inquired.
i"0h, we do any feature at q moments notice.
Noses, for instance: the best way is to bling \
patient to the modeler, who first designs the miss
ing member in clay after q portrait or from il
structonf from this an india rabber cast is tatea
20 which we st on 4 pair OF spectacles, to break
the flesh line; and when the superstructure is
complete, an artist puts on the complexion"
"And eyes?" added, deeply interested.
"Eyes we do,aot do 80 mach in, he add, pol
ogetically. "ThereS is Nj Boiseuou, from Paris,
who travels with all the eyes o? Europs--from the
black of Andalusis to the blue of Scandinavia
"But how are they appledI"
"Easily as possible" he added, pulling out, a
drawer and display ing the sfturnsd gaze of win
kless scores. "Lst me see," said te, rapidly ia.
king up eye after eye, and comparing them with
my own. 'Light grey-that'sa good match
Now, with this little ivory Jenny We prize the
eye into it's socket; the muscle being left, we get
good motion, and the deception is perfect. A
lady once closed her good eye, and went up to the
glass to see her false one. There Is one little
drawback, however: you can wipe away q cold
tear perfectly, but as the eyebal itself Is not
sitivs, the flies sometime walk about upon IT,,
I which looks odd.", I. a .
"You must see vas! ieS. Of ;nained um anit,7
! said l. ~.
+ "And vanity, too, be replied. "But am
afraid must leave yoas as ] see there is . leg.
beloH-k knee. two toeE. and an arm waiting ts s.e
are near lexse day, l supposs--is the Honorable
Augustus Witherdman calling for his calves"
/ As walked komeward, my head full of the sub.
ject had been dwelling upon, the "artihcisl man
seemed to meet me u detail everywhere. There
were his teeth grinning at me in glass eases out
side the dentists shops-tseth in sets, with the
new patent elastic india-rubbsr gums, warranted
equal to the living tissue, without tho dissdvan.
tage Of growing gum .bois. how many fair danes
smile at us. whose hishing ivories have lain for
years on continental batt!e-grosnds or, psfhsps
under the rerdant eburchyard eod ct home! The
hairdressers' windows, again, bloomsd with dscep
| tion. Here, indeed, art has made sstrids. The
old stereotyped form Of wig, with Its sprawlipg
! wavy curl of Rlossy black across the forehead,
hanksd with the frothy bosses of curls on either
side, leaving the hard akin line to disclose the
bungling hand Of man-this is gradually giving
place to higher efforts. Mark, for instance, that
wig, SO puritanical In it's plainness, with few
grey hairs artfully cast in; sec, again, what sf
forts have been E2de with the net parting, to
stimulate the thin roofing of the hair and, again.
how its setting-on gr adually fines OF towLrds the
forehead. And what shall We say to those loHg
coils of gold which hang in such peaduloas rich
ness: these are the contributions OF the posr Ger
man peasant girls to London fashionable lfe.-
Does my Amelia exc out her natural trsss.s with
these shining snakes of glossy hair? Does my
maiden aunt Bridget hide the gradually widening
parting Of her once raven locks with that plated
corornet1 What member is there in this ertful
age that we can depend upon as gsnain.H what
secret bodily defect that that wicked Times does
not show up in its advertising sheet and tell IL
how to tinker2
And if the individual can thss ,crastily be built
up imagine, good reader, the night dissolution.
Picture your valet taking OFF both your legs (such
things are often done], carefully placing away
your arm, GissDgaging your wig, easing you OF
Jour glass eye, washing and putting by your
Easticators, and, finally, helping the bare vital
principle into bed, there to lie up in ordinary like
dismantled hulk, for the rest of the night In
these latter days we are indeed, sometimes, as the
Psalmist said, fesrfully and wonderfully made;
and, like the arthor OF "Frankenstein," )" we may
:r-moiS at our creations. A. w.
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