Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1880-02-12


1t is not an extraordinary event in Tn
life of the average man to become. by
some of the numerous accidents which
are constantly occurring, the unenyied
possessor of a discolored optic. 1t oft
times happens that the undesired ac-
QUESTION OF this chameleon like charac-
teristlc OF ones eyes is superinduced by
mlsapprehension of ones strength or
his knowledge of the manly art of self
defense. The perversity with which
door hinges swing their incum brance
aJar, after the SUMS rays and the lights
of night have disappeared, and the total
absence of any regular system as to the
velocity and direction assumed bv fiv-
ing chips, have no doubt caused many
an unforgiving eye and a disinherit-
ing countenance. To remove this stain
OF battle, or to whatever exterior causes
the dark and revengeful eye" NAV
owe its origin, has for long number of
years occupied the attention and science
of the medical profession. Nature has
often deluded suffering and disfgured
man with what the uninitiated have
fondly believed to be efficacious rene
dies. @
The molluscous bivalve has often
strained its elastic Iigaments and de-
stroyed its palatabie qualities in vain
endeavors to remove the rapidly-con-
gealing blood under many swelling
eye. The cotylaid worm has oft, with
its triangular mouth, made stillate in
cision on bruised and rapidly darken-
ing organ, and there remained until it's
symmetry of form vanished with the
usefulness of its mission. But it has
remained for the deft fingers of man to
do all that the medical profession and
animal kingdom have failed to achieve,
tor now, so soremunerating has the science
of eye painting become, that some half
dozen artists located in this city are
slowly but surely treading the path to
wealth and winning the laurel of the
philanthropist. 1t was the fortune of a
member of the Chronicle staff to call
not to solicit professional service-upon
one of these useful members of society,
from whom he CLEANED the following in
formation:
Artist-Oh. yes, paint great many
black eyes. Times are little dull now,
since the holidays have passed, but they
vii! brighten up as soon as the picnic
season commences. tell you, that is
our harvest; fifteen or twenty black
eyes after every Sunday excursion.
Reporter hat are you chargesp
Artist-W if it's not q very bad
eye, we don't charge more than fifty
cents; we generally get dollar and a
half for painting both eyes; occasionally
swell gives us two and half.
Reporter and with what in
gradients is the operation performed?
Artist-Oh, that is our secret. and it
amt much of secret either. We lust
take some oil and rub it around the eye
until the skin becomes soft, for it is
originally hard and feverish after re-
ceiVing thump hard enough to blaeken
it. We then take some paint and ex-
pertinent on their cheek or the back Of
their hand until we get the right color
of their complexion, and then with a
finger-for brush, you see, won't work
it into the pores Of the skin-we paint
the eye until no one can see whether it's
black or not. 9lr
Reporter-Will the paint withstand
the effect of water?
Artist-After it gets well hardened.
one may wipe his face with wet
towel. but it won't do to use warm
water; or. If a fellow has lots of crow
feet in the corners of his eyes. it will
cause the paint to crack. | had an Eng
lishman come here one day, just after
his arrival from Australia He was
mistaken on the wharf for ''the man
that looked like him." and was struck
in the eye. OF course it was mistake;
but he hrd got black eye all the same,
and, after / had finished the Job. he
went over to bathing establishments and
took q hot bath and that washed all my
coloring off and left the other fellows
there, so had to paint his eye again.
Excuses, did you sayp Well, should
speak of it. One man will say he ran
against door; another had chip fly
up and strike him in the eye; another
falls down, and occasionally one tells
you he had a fight. but generally it was
only skyiarking with fellow"-
San Francisco Chronicle.