Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-03-04

biack Eyes.
| Ii Is not an extraordinary event in Tho
| life OF the average man to become. Inv
some OF the numerous accidents which
are constantly occurring, the uIenyied
posse ssor Of II discolored optic. 1t Oft
times happens that the undesired ne.
QUESTION OF this chamcleon-li like cbarac-
teristic OF ones eyes Is superinduced by
a misapprehension Of ones strength or
his knc wledge of the manly art Of self
defense: The perversity with which
door hinges swing their incunbrancc
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 fiy-
ing chips, have no doubt caused many
an unforgiving eye and 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 deludcd suffering and disfeured
man with what the uninitiated have
fondly believed TO be efficacious RENE
dies.
The molluscous bivalve has often
strained its elastic ligaments and de-
stroyed its palatahle qualities in vain
endeavors to remove the rapidly-con-
gealing blood under many a swelling
eye. The cotylaid worm has oft, with
its triangular mouth, made "a stillate in
cision on bruised and rapidly darkep
ing organ, and there remained until its
symmetry of form vanished with the
usefulness of its mission. But 1t has
remained for the def fingers of man to
do oil hot ha r.
animal kingdom have failed to achieve.
Tor now, so oremunerating. 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
viii! 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-What are you charges?
Artist-Well. if it's not very bad
eye, we don't charge more than fifty
cents; we generally get dollar and n
half for painting both eyes; occasionally
a swell gives us two and n half.
Reporter-How and with what in
gradients is the operation performed?
Artist-Oh, that is our secret. and il
amt much of secret either. We Just
take some oil and rub it around the eye
until the skin becomes soft. for ii ia
originally hard and feverish after re-
ceiving thump hard enough TO blacken
II. We then take some paint and ex-
pertinent on their check or the back OF
:heir hand until we get the right color
of their complexion, and then with a
tinger-for brush, y"u 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 effect Of water?
Artist-Afler il gets well hardened,
one may wipe his face with a wet
towel. but ii won't do TO use warm
water; or. il fellow has lots of crow.
! feet in the corners of his eyes. il will
cause the paint TO crack. had an Eng
| lishman come mere one dav. inst afier
| 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 ii was n mistake
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 Jeff the other fellows
there. so had TO paint his eye again.
Excuses, did you say? Well. ! should
speak of it. One man will say he ran
against door; another had chip fiy
up and strike him in the eye; another
falls down, and occasionally one tell.
you he had fight, but generally 1t wa:
"onlv skyiarking with a fellow
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