The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1880-12-11
+: Black Eyes painted
!: during the election,
+: . cents and 80 cents.
f.: Is. Canal street.

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devoted quarter of q century to tn
restoration of unlucky eyes, and his sol
says that in his prime the old artist hat
no equal An eye that would humiliat,
less skillful artist was q trile to him
while the countenance Of . person who
had engaged in a controversy with thu
Bottle Alley Gang was treat to the old
man. But age has told on the painter
His son has succeeded him, at least SC
far as the upper class of titty-cent eve.
go. The customers brought about the
lyoung mans promotion. A young
ihosdway merchant brought 1 peculi,
.srlyiofnate 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 large,
in appearance. The painter could see
by the man s dress and appearance that il
was a half-dollar eye. lie 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
80 as to bring out the light and shade in
q mastery manner. The trouble must
have been with the perspective, young
Mr.. Hubbs thinks, for the young mer.
chant igrumbled = great deal, and soon
afterward came back and ordered q new
picture BY the young man.
~ have studied with first-class art
ists,'' said young Hubbs, yesterday; ~
have painted at the Academy Of Music
and other places. A man has pot to be
trained to it in order to do fine work
like this"
"Why do you advertise to paint eyes
during electiOn?''
"Oh, we'll, it isn't exactly election, :"
said Mr.. Hubbs, "it's more the day
after election that w get the most Of
them. We used to be down at go
Canal Street, near Centre Street, and I
can remember when Twas . boy the black
eyes used to stand up In . line the day
after election and father would take 'em
one after another - fast q he could.
These customers were all hard young
men, bat We have all classes. Day be-
fore yesterday We had broker from
Wall Street, and just before that .
young we'll dressed lady. She said she
had fallen against . ferryboat, and the
broker said he got hit in the back Of the
neck. Both bis 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, 'Iknow
It's funny, says he, 'but there are the
eyes,
"Of course It's nonsense" continued
young Mr.. Hubbs, '.but Of all the black
eyes I've painted I never got one that
was caused BY a 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 lace. Tho basis Of Ill
the paintings Is tho same, bat tho super
structure varies with The subject's COM
ple1ion. The basis u 3 careful mixture
Of white, vermilion, chrome yellow, and
burnt lumber. A palsrfaced man win
take extra white and extra yellow; .
dark man extra lumber, and . rosy.
checked person calls for extra vermilion
skilhully laid in ON the lower edge Of
to picture and thinning out into white
or pink, according to the complexion.
6l 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 spells it in three days. Hot
water will wash it on.-Mew York San