Morning journal and courier., 1880-03-01
Black Eyes.
Peculiar ProfessiOn-HOVv Inture d Optics are Fixed up ssas Good as New.''
 TFFom the San Francisco Chropicle1

Peculiar ProfessiOn-HONV Hnture d Optics arc Fixed up ssas Good as Nevv.''
 lFrom the San Francisco Chronicle.l
 It is not an extraordinary event in the life of the average man to become, by some of the numerous accidents which are constantly occurring, the unenvied possessor of discol ored optic. It ofttimes happens that the un- desired acquisition of this chameleon like characteristic of ones eyes is superinduced by misapprehension of one's strength or his knowledge of the manly art of self defense. The perversity with which door hinges swing their incumbrance ajar, after the suns rays and the lights of night have disappeared and the total absence of any regular system as to the velocity and direction assumed by flying chips, have no doubt caused many ''an unfor- giving eye and disinheriting countenance." To remove this stain of battle, or to whatever exterior causes the Clark and revengeful eye' may owe it's origin, has for long number of years occupied the attention and science of the medical profession. Nature has often de- luded suffering and disfgured man with what the uninitiated have fondly believed to be eficacious remedies.
 The moluscous bivaiVe has often strained it's elastic fragments and destroyed it's palata- ble qualities in vain endeavors to remove the rapidly congealing blood under many swell ling eye. The cotylaid worm has oft, with it's triangular mouth, made stillate incision on bruised and rapidly darkening organ, and there remained until it's symmetry of form vanished with the usefulness of it's mission. But 1t has remained for the delft fingers of man to do all that the medical profession and animal king lom have failed to achieve, for now so remunerating has the science of eye painting become, that some half dozen art lsts located in this city are slowly but surely treading the path to wealth and winning the laurel of the philanthropist. It was the for tune of member of the Chronicle staff to call-not to solicit professional service-upon one of these useful members of society, from whom he gleaned the following infor- nation:
 Artist-Oh, yes, I paint great many black eyes, Times are little dull now, since the holidays have passed, but they will brighten soon as the picnic season commences. tell you, that is our harvest; fifteen or twenty black eyes after every Sunday excursion.
 Reporter-What are your charges?
 Artist-Well, if it's not very bad eye, we don't charge more than fifty cents; we gen. orally get dollar and half for painting both eyes; occasionally swell gives us two and half.
 Rep.-How and with what ingredients is the operation performed?
 Artist-Oh, that is our secret, and it ain't much of secret, either. We just take some oil and rub it around the eye until the skin becomes soft, for it is originally hard and feverish after receiving thump hard enough to blacken it. We then take some paint and experiment on their cheek or the back of their hand until we get the r1RnG cOloE oL tAeI complexion, and then with finger-for brush, you see won't work into the pores of the skln-we paint the eye until no one can see whether it's black or not.
 Rep.-Wiu the paint withstand the effect of water?
 Artist-After it gets well hardened, one may wipe his face with damp towel, but it won't do to use warm water; or, if 8 fellow has lots of crow-feet in the corners of his eyes, it will cause the paint to crack. had an Englishman 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 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 of and left the other fellows there, so had to paint his eye again. He said to me: "This is - of country; man gets it in the heye as soon as e puts is foot on the blawsted wharf" 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 chip fly up and strike him in the eye; another falls down, and oc. casionally one tells you he had fight, but generally it was ''only skylarking with fel- low"