, 1880-08-29
GLASS EYES.
Two Thousand Chicago poo.,.
Equipped with These usa. p'
full Articles,
Gentlemen Who Are Hard to plea,,-
The Eye Of tho Future.

Gentlemen Who Are Hard to p,as,.
The Eye Of the Future. ''
Among the many popular superstitona y. ;,
day IS one that the often-referreJ-t tn b,,,,1 d
with glass eye is NEUROLOGICAL. or at faas. 70!
ceedingy tnfrcqucnt, person, whom it vor'.
impossible to gaze upon without amot,n. 0e
who Is as rarely seen rs is idea In the 49,. .aa
button Of q newspaper poet. ~'ooa'
A representative Of Tue TRIBUNE ca,,ea
tcrqay upon gentleman In charge of tba c;,ss
eye department IN one OF the prominent ' ~
stores' Win view TO ascertain -ng the ousN.s
make' prevailing FASHION, and number of .ts.'
eyes Of the bully boys OF Chicago, as nearts ssa "
it could be figured. u
He cautiously led the way to a pnod -
showcase, lined with velvet, and laid mr. ~
muititudiuous compartments Frnm sas. ~
these stared up an eye. There were thous,na
Of them visible. There were grav evss a@a ai
grcon eyes, and oyes Of gray1sh r1ssa aaa
greenfsh gray; there were blue eyes. md r,.s1 sa
eyes, and mott1ed eyes, and black eva, "ss .ss
brown eyes,. yellow eyes md s@ sn
eyes, hazel eyes and muddy eyes s"au 4u
eyes and large eyes, blear eyes .aa sas
bilious eyes, clear eyes aud h,nad,1-a a
eyes-of every tint, varlegatfon, md des.,.a
Hon- From every tiny square staret, NV y
optic-stared strnight up au unwiakino ~ ~
tering, fixed, and souliess orb-utteriv rs
out any expression save that Of propoundi,..s.
brazcu question: who are you?--and 1s As
two Of them alike It was the most Imoert{no.ss ~
looking tray Imaginable ~S''-'
Miss Landon never in the world could ,,r.
peeped into that showcase and written
The light Of midnight starry hea7er
Is In those radfunt eyes,
nor Dryden found in any one OF them tha n,u-
terpart Of the
Eyes that confessed him born :or Ktnzly .x,,
So herce+ they flashed intolerable daT |s
for there wasn't any more starry heaven or T.
tolerable-day flash in them than tn those ~.
brass monkey.
''Those eyes," explained the gentleman J..
Charge when HE TRIBUNE man had endured
the multltudinous scrutiny OF the trav t. H..
satisfaction, ,--s' those eyes are made by liz -
nous DR.. Muller, OF Uri, Germany. Ha IL - -
best maker Of artificial eyes In the world. M nj
has been IN tho business for ffty-hye yeais. ia r.
Ii now over 80
THEY AxE WORTH SO APIECE,
They are in three sections. The scierote-oy
properly, the ball-is blown on tube, and msts
perfectly round. The Iris, with the pnnI3 III. T.
patnted on thin, circular fragment, and Welded
soea2 to this oy compound and thea
the sumo manner. Whena patient applies 70 b.
fitted, after selecting an optic OF lie pronsr
CO. celor, :,,,tvs,a we cut It.. the globe Into = dix
accommodate him with an eye hat vii vii 70 ouas y
with ease and be gouged out with difficulty. ssa
one which will move naturally and have As
same expression US its mate"
1t may hero he stated that the expression NJ
the eye is given by the lids and brow, and thsr
beyond the slixht expression or CONTRACTION d
the i i5iS the ose itself has no changes at sa CON-
".How many glass-eyed people ara there in
Chica1os" WIS asked.
"Well. ! should estimate them at 2,o0Q Three.
1ourths of these are men, and over 50 per cent
are .nid.lle-aged persons. We sell about5Ua ayear
tho life OF glass eye is about four year, thst
makes 2,400; but. allowing for country trade md
breakase, figure our Chicago customers to b
about what stated"
"WHAT Is THE FASHIONABLE ooEoR7"
In Chicago now, blue. We sell ten assorted
blues to one brown or black. Ten years am Il
sold for every black, while in New Orleans
twenty-five browns ire inserted for every blue"
t,aa3, "p9 you, ever have much trouble fitting
"Somettmcs- Cock-cyed men are the hardest
to suit,-so hard to calculate tho old angie, and
give 'em the right shade OF srabismus, One old
fellow came in horo month ago who said that
hc1 III his present eye was looking At aspos
- tS~s ~ 10y 1bAS ~"
atleen tGel OH, nls iate amented oro Woun ns
sotu.ns " ttts tue ceAtnX La1rty Iees 70 ms ls!.
anu a;nt ."Gaty tcet ou9. paEntea Spots ~ tas
,.s9E p.aces, ana. wnae @ ne na1aed nls S ~en eys
- 49, o, We 1tueu 1ae stt51 es9 ~ edT nrs
~, anousn %o s4s t 9 nx
on S"ss .u 1. ta ac,ard T. rgaaSt
'iF ;,4i . a..t ~ "rJ the+ h;s .v;fa Ev,r1in,t
~. triseeo ~ g;loaEn ~ aG 1s ertad ~ on aas
~, =, iaf, aaIa1aa d;racsons a.. Unit
~ ,tti, t ,'-ss,,t en1f.Hai Efnallv
~. Gy.I ~. anu .'1rin rrht ana sd - ov to H.
'nd h sofr VIZ n ~ ha a c.n,a IN VIII niia n
st,,ra3 T., o-as, ~.y ~ th aaa iii nfr and
a,G - ,as .sas9s,tiy .1S sr,cStf1,' ia
nd tx av.. ,aovrG and he t}idn.t want IT tns
~ 4n,I y,s, tttnt to1tr. h 70 ,n,.5 nrd o;sred
n hike tho eve imct R,,r ha aaid that iit1le
t,,fyinr maio ft ali r;eht end ~ s1a TnnM oojv
rIyf him n liftie mink cotfnn-wh3c, he tbousht
ustier rhan whiro-it would he ali rioht Ne
rnva him tha cotton. and he went ~ hauuy
caring eycrybodv he rncr
m voTr rvrp v,, r,1r, r,,, mr. oxr p,p.
~ ~" 11@ a,, Ella ~ o1A t~0
soH: ..
YES. tnere are TOUR olind c!ergymen ~ tn
'ente "honl we supply with both eyes. euca
ases. however, are rather rare"
A. this juuGture man came in with 81
rn.saa e.... awtt =? .leu ~ GAu Wuon ~ -
3nTfnr tha uaa At ." s,ac;"iis a1errfonste
Ieri,Nls. she wontad =, oisss are Her one r.
nuininu mi, ,rns i;sht i,1e a4re.Ln, ,g,t, white.
:,thar fivelr- n ox.ro.s;,., t;. - ,nniT nearly
aif nm hnrr 70 r,s,1cf, ~ hcr sot{sfarr;nn il
arh eyn yvps ;naarfnI1 srSt sho 1cnketl in rna
lirrnr and v,-fonct} onI 1ho, ,Sa man r,shel
er or f., rha 'i;yht nearaI anrfonSIv in hef