Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-12-02
Black Eyes painted
during the election,
25 cents and so cents.
1872 Canal Street,

Mr.. HuSbs, sign painter, is the EN-.
ployer of these banner-bearers. He has
devoted quarter of century to the
restoration of unlucky eyes, and his son
| says that in his prime the old artist had
| no equal. An eye that would humiliate
| less skillful artist was trifle to him,
| while the countenance of person who
had engaged in a controversy with the
| Bottle Alley Gang was treat to the old
man. But age has told on the painter.
His son has succeeded him, at least so
far as the upper class Of fifty-cent eyes
60. The customers brought about the
young mans promotion. A young
Broadway merchant brought peculi-
arly ornate eye to the paint shop on his
way to business, and found young Hubbs
in charge. The eye was like cross be-
tween rainbow and an archery target
in appearance. The painter could see
by the mans dress and appearance that it
was a half-dollar eye. He did his very
best, and the young merchant came ev-
cry morning for several days to have the
chrome freshened up. One day the
young merchant found the senior decor
ator in charge. Mr.. Hubbs prepared
his background with all his old skill;
then he mixed his tints and laid them on
so as to bring out the light and shade in
a mastery manner. The trouble must
have been with the perspective, young
Mr.. Hubs thinks, for the young mer-
chant grumbled great deal, and soon
afterward came back and ordered new
picture by the young man.
81 have studied with first-class art
ists," said young Hubbs, yesterday; 81
have painted at the Academy of Music
and other places. A man has got to be
trained to it in order to do fine work
like this.''
"Why do you advertise to paint eyes
during election?''
ooh, well, it isn't exactly election"
said Mr.. Hubbs, 'sit's more the day
after election that we get the most of
them. We used to be down at $50
Canal Street, near Centre Street, and [
can remember when was boy the black
eyes used to stand up in a line the day
after election and father would take 'em
one after another as fast as he could.
These customers were all hard young
men, but we have all classes. Day be-.
fore yesterday we had a broker from
Wall Street, and just before that
young well dressed lady. She said she
had fallen against ferryboat, and the
broker said he got hit in the back of the
neck. Both his eyes were black and
blue : That's funny says I, that you
should get hit in the back of the neck
and get two black eyes by it, Il know
it's funny says he, but there are the
eyes,
"Of course it's nonsense continued
young Mr.. Hubs, &c but of all the black
eyes I've painted never got one that
was caused hy fight. They all come
in some strange and mysterious way
Mr.. Hubbs said that it had been
found that you could not paint the same
thing on every face. The basis of all
the paintings is the same, but the super
structure varies with the subjects COM
plexion. The basis is a careful mixture
Of white, vermilion, chrome yellow, and
burnt lumber. A pale-faced man will
take extra white and extra yellow; a
dark man extra umber, and a rosy
checked person calls for extra vermilion
skillfully laid in ON the lower edge of
the picture and thinning out into white
or pink, according to the complexion.
Oil paints are used, and chalk is rubbed
on to rid the painting of its gloss. The
only trouble is that dust dirties the pic
ture, and spoils it in three days. Hot
water will wash it off.-New York Sun.