The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-07-28
BOGUS EYES. NOSES AND LEGS.
The Enormous Business Done i'm Arti.
ficiaI Appendages Eyes Put ln, and
How Long They Last.

ficial Appendages Eyes Put Ian, and
How Long they Last.
trrom the New York star.l
II think nobody would be so deceitful
a. to steal a SO eye."
The speaker was q well dressed matron
who had visited the office of a manufact-
urer of artificial human eyes" in
Bleecker street, to inquire what had be-
come of an eye which had been ordered
for her single-eyed daughter and paid
for In advance. The eye was discovered
securely packed away in little box, and
the lady took the treasure away. The
Office presented neat, business-like APP
pearance. Over the mantel-piece the
sign was conspicuously displayed:
"a deposit required ON all eyes or
dered."
81 don't want an eye myself" observed
the reporter to the dapper young man In
charge, "but / have few friends who
have just come in from Deadwood city,
and want not only eyes, but noses, ears
and teeth. Think you could straighten
them out?"
"Did they bring any dust home ?"
LOADED down. Money no object. !"
A pleasant smile fitted across the
Young mans face at this cheering infor-
nation.
"We can match your friend with eyes
of any size or tint, at prices ranging
from Sc to SIS; and l can direct you to
artists who will fit them with ears, noses,
teeth, eyebrows, arms and legs, if they
stand in need of them" he added, con-
fidentially.
"Are your eyes ready ?"
eve have a stock of 1000 on hand,
but the sound eye can be matched more
perfectly when We take the order. They
right fit, and there Is no more trouble in
putting in or taking out an eye than in
arranging your hat on your head"
How long will an eye last ?"
"With careful treatment it should last
six months or longer, but the material is
fragile, and unless handled very careful
" it is liable to break. The secretions
from the lids and lachrymal gland act
upon the enamel and in time destroy the
snoothness of its surface. The rough
ness thus created gives rise to irritation
and Inflammation of the lids, which, If
allowed to run its course unchecked,
will result in a condition in which 1t will
be impossible to wear an artificial eye
with comfort. 1t is advisable to remove
the artificial eye before retiring for the
night, and to wipe it carefully. Clean
Illness does as much good to the artificial
as the natural eye"
The house referred to is engaged in
the manufacture and sale of artificial
eyes, and is one of the many in the same
vicinity. The business OF importing eyes
is confined 10 three houses. A repre-
sentative OF one OF these said:
1--WE import the finest French and Ger
man eyes; the former are more perfect and
more expensive. We sell on an average
about six eyes week. We do no busi-
ness in the domestic article. The weekly
sales of imported eyes in this city amount
to about eighteen, the average cost being
$40. We can match every size, form and
color. These eyes are lost chiefly by
accidents, which befall men, women and
children alike, but it so happens that
men are the principal victims.
"Do you do any business III the nasal
ine?"
He answered this question by pro-
ducing a number of photographs of men
and women without noses, or whose
nasal adornments were SO small and
stumpy that the appearance of the
wearers would be decidedly improved
by their total absence.
"Look on these pictures" he said,
"and on these"
The new set represented the same
beings after being supplied with new
patent noses, and the change produced
was really wonderful. lin making a
new nose," he said, we ask for the pho
tograph of the individual before the
nose was broken or destroyed, and shape
the new one to correspond with the
original. When the work is properly
done it takes The closest scrutiny to de-
tect the work of the artist Our artiti-
cial noses are made entirely of pure sill
yer, and after being shaped they are
carefully tinted to correspond with the
complexion of the wearer. Such noses
cost from S25 to $75, according to cir
cumstances."
Ali artificial noses are not so expen-
sive, many artists using celluloid instead
of silver. These noses are adjusted with
patent suction springs. Ears and cheeks
are made of the same material, and also
Oh Butta- peTcHa anu hululuulu. Oou-
petent judges say that there are in the
United States fully 100000 "made-up''
men and women, whose teeth, cheeks,
noses and ears require to be renewed at
intervals.
The most important industry connect
ed with the building up of wrecked
human beings is that which provides
new arms and legs. Accidents on rail
roads and disasters in war supply the
principal subjects for the manufacturer
of artificial arms and legs.
One firm has contract with the
United States Government to supply
manned pensioners 100, 600 sets OF arms
and legs every five years. In that period
except with the most careful treat
ment-the limb wears out and must be
replaced. Legs cost from $65 to 1925 a
pair, and arms from $50 to 800. Ger.
tificates of physicians show that it is nc
uncommon thing for men to walk fifteen
miles day on false legs without sup
port, and to eat, write and play music
with false arms.
The Real Mission of the Piano.
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