Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-07-24
tween the two lines to field on the right
where they grounded their arms Henry
P. Johnston, in Harper's Magazine
The GLASS EYE MAN.
How ths Semi-Siehtl<sA Can. Coaaterfeit
sfuro.

| philadelphia Pressl
| Few misfortunes are taken less philo-
sophically than the loss of an eye Put
| ting aside the inconvenience, it is one OF
the worst of disfigurements; almost as
bad as the loss of ones nose. The alb
sence of an arm or leg has aften an honor
able explanation which carries the re-
! spectful and 'admiring sympathy OF the
able bodied, and even if the story be un-
true it seldom fails to obtain ready cred
ence, especially in country where big
war has ragged within decade. Any I'M
slghtlessness of the wound is hidden by
clothing, and soldiers are proud of the
empty sleeve or wooden leg, and often
scern to hide the deficiency with an arti-
fetal limb. With an eye, however, it is
different. Not many wounds received
in the battle would destroy the eyesight
without doing further injury. A bullet
piercing the socket would probably per-
forate the brain and kill outright, and a
sabre cut over the temple would leave a
CHASTITY scar to tell its tale; and so dead
eye may, as rule, be put down to dis
ease, or to some petty accident, and in
few cases to misfortune of birth. Small
pox and scarlet fever in many cases de-
stroy an eye; severe blow with the fist,
the point of stick or umbrella or pieces
of coal jumping out of the fire are fire.
quent causes Girls working at sewing
machines in factories often lose an eye
by the sudden breaking of needle, and
I'll \, oyya Hicf1n
selves in that way, relates prominent
optican of this city, by habit they have
of 'sunbuttoning their boots with fork. !"
Few people remain happy under so hide
Gus blemish, and, as science can dis
guise the defect so thoroughly that even
a glass-eyed man has difficulty in recog-
nizing fellow victim, it is not surpris-
ing that the general public has little idea
of the number ofsingle-orbed individuals
daily passed IN the streets.
WHERE THE CLASSY oRBs ARE MADE.
Artificial eyes are manufactured prin-
clpally abroad, although there are one or
two makers in New York. England,
France and Germany monopolize the
trade in this commodity, and by most OPP
ticians in the United States, Thuringian
(German) eyes are much preferred to any
other.
At well-known establishment on
Chestnut street a Press reporter was
shown a variety of artificial eyes of every
size, shade and color. They are made Of
porcelain, hand-painted, every vein being
perfectly marked, and the imitation is
complete. It costs ten dollars to purchase
one Of these, and it requires re-
newing nearly every year, as the enamel
wears off and the color fades. They are
made to fit with the neatest precision,
and there is little chance of small incon-
veniences happening to the wearer as
with Dickens old lady, whose glass eye
would twist round on the wrong side.
About one hundred and fifty artificial
eyes are sold annually by this firm, and
for the districts of Washington, Balti-
more, Pittsburgh, and Philadelphia to
provide veterans with imitation optics in
place of the real ones they had lost in the
vicissitudes of the War of the Rebellion.
Over a thousand men applied for this
privilege. They came in squads of twenty
at time.
Women are little ashamed when
they enter the store. They desire to be
taken as far in the rear as possible, and
leave as hurriedly as they can as soon as
the false eye has been fixed or renewed,
an operation of few minutes.
When the muscles of the sockets are
not destroyed, the eye can be put in so
cleverly that natural movement can be
given to the eye which almost defes de-
lection. but in cases where there remains
little to cling to, the eye remains station
ary Brown eyes are most easily matched;
blue are more difficult, especially certain
shades, as the play of light upon them
gives variation of color and sparkle al
most impossible to initiate artifcially.
Many interesting anecdotes are told of
peoples reticence in disclosing the fact
of their misfortune.
A ONE-oRBED FAMILY
A young man with glass eye was en-
gagged to be married, but he did not like
to inform his betrothed of his ocular de-
feet A week previous to the day named
for the wedding he confded to his future
father in-law, who, to his surprise, re-
ceived this information in highly amused
manner apll make it all right for you,
nv boy; you initiate me exactly in every
thing L do after supper tonight, and see
how good naturally Maria takes it''
Accordingly, as soon as the evening meal
was concluded, the father looked at the
young man and began to sing:
Oil do you know the glass-eye man;
The glass-eye man, the glass-eye man?
Oh! do you know the glass-eye man
Who lives down our way?
And as he concluded the last line he
took out his left eye and placed it on
plate in front of him. The young man
was very much astonished to find his
Maria's father was as unfortunate as him
elf, while at the same time 1t gave him
courage to reply:
Oh! yes, know the glass-eye man,
Who lives down our way,
and to deposit his crystal optic on the
table. Maria was convulsed with laugh
ter at the proceedings, but her future
husband was ready to believe all human
ity one-eyed when she trebled forth:
1 also know the glass-eye man
| Who lives down our way,
and dropped her eve into glass of wa
ter by her side.
Frequent assaults and battery have
been made by sternly virtuous females in
cars on glass-eyed men. Only recently
gentleman was enjoying the scenery,
fhroroh fbo cor UindOw with his natural