Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-01-31
BLACK EYES.
Isan Francisco Chronical

It is not an extraordinary event in the life OF
the a. erage man to become, by some Of the
mum Tous accidents which are constantly oe-
Curing, the unenvied possessorof a diScolored
OF tic. 1t oftimes happens that the undeslred
a gu sition OF this charlottesville characteristic
q ONES eyes Is superinduced by misappreaen-
81 n oi ones strength or his knowledge of the
manly art OF self-defeRSe The perversity
with which door hinges swing their incum-
b ance al; r, after the suns rays and the lights
OF night Lave disappeared. and the total alb
sence OF any regular system as to the velocity
and direction assumed by flying chips, have no
doubt caused many ian unforgiving eye and a
stain OF battle, or to whatever exterior causes
Tie Galk and revengeful eye" may owe its
origin. has for long number OF years occu-
pltd the attention and science OF the medical
p ofession. Nature has often deluded suffering
I'd disfigured m' with what the untnitiated
have fondly believed to be eftics c.ous rene
dies.
'qhe pclluscous bivaive has often strained
its elastic ligaments and destroyed its palatabe
qualities In vain endeavOrs TO remove the
rapidly cOngealipg blood under many SWELL
ing eye. The cOtylaid worm has Oft, with its
triangular mouth. made stiilate incsion on a
bruised and rapidly darSening organ, and
there remained until its symmetrJ OF form
vanishs with the usefulness of its mission.
But 1t has remained for the deft fingers OF man
TO do all That the medical profession and ami
NAL kingdom have failed to achieve. for now,
S, remunt rating has the sc'ence Of ieye paint
Ing tecCme, that some half d dozen artists To-
cared In this city are slowly but surely tread
Ing The path to wealth and WANING the laurel
OF tie philanthropist. 1t was the fortune OF a
member OF the Chronicle staff to tcall-not to
solicit rofe ,sional service-uDon one OF these
useful MT mbers of society: from whom he
CLEANED the following Information:
ArtlSt-Oh, yes paint a great many black
eyes. Times ase little dull now, since the
holidays have passed, but they will brighten
up as soon as the picnic season commences. 1
black eyes after every Sunday excursion.
RepoIter-Whata are your charges?
Artist-Well, II it's not a very bad eye, we
don't charge more than fifty cents; we gener-
ally get dollar and half for painting both
eyes; occasionally swell gives us two and a
Rep:-How and with what ingredients is the
Artist oh, that is our secret, and 1t amt
much of secret either. We just take some Oil
and rub it around the eye until the skin be-
comes SOFT for 1t is originally hard and feveriSh
after receiving thump hard enough to blacken
1t. We then take some paint and experiment
on their cheek or the back Of their hand until
we get the right color of their complexion, and
then with tinger-for brush, you see, won't
work 1t into the pores OF the skin-we paint
the eye until no one can see whether it's black
or not.
Reporter-Will the paint withstand the eff
feet OF water?
Artist-After it gets well hardened, one may
wipe his face with damp towel, but it won't
crow-feet in the corners of his eyes, it will
cause the paint to crack. l had an English
man come here one day, just after his arrival
from Australia. He was mistaken on the
wharf for 1.-The man that looked like him." and
was struck in the eye. OF course 1t was mis-
take; but he had got black eye all the same,
and, after had finished the job, he went over
to bathing establishment and took hot bath
and that washed all my coloring Off and left the
other fellows there, so had TO paint his eye
again. He said to me: ..This is a-of a
country; man get 1T in the heye as soon as e
puts is foot on the blawsted wharf" l don't
think he liked American ways. Excuses, did
you say? Well. should speak of it. One man
will say he ran against the door; another had a
chip fly up and strike him in the eye; another
falls down, and occasionally one tells you he
had fight, but generally it was ''only sky
larking with fellow. -