The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1882-11-01

Pushing through the crowd that was
collected around, says II correspondent,
| entered and asked for Professor
Wcighton.
\ gentleman behind the glass case
removed an enormous jewelers. mag
nifying glass that was screwed in his
right eve, Scanned me carefully, and
not detecting the absence of Il nose, or
ear, or arm, or leg. finally said:
q am Professor Wcighton-what
can l do for you, sir?'
81 wish to know, professor, by what
process you renew legs, eyebrows and
noses. 1t seems to Inc a rather odd
and difficult profession"
at is dillicult-vou arc perfectly
right as to that-but l cannot agree
with you that the business is at all odd,
1t is the simplest thing in the world
Look, for instance, at this nose an
pcrfccting," he continued, pointing t.
the curious-looking thing he had been
eycing through the magnifying glass
"ThiS nose is almost in Il state OF com.
plctiun, vet Ill venture to say you
couldn't tell me what sort of a nose it
will be, Grccian, Roman OF %retroussc y
| admitted that | would not have
known it was Il nose if he had not
kindly informed me.
The professor smiled proudly.
81 thought So" he said. "By to-
morrow morning this will be n of
the prcttiest Grccian noses you evcr
saw. See what a handsome flesh tint
I am giving it. 1t is for a lady on
F~ifty-sccond street"
"IIow on earth did a lady lose her
nosc?"
at was a curious accident, which
almost rendered her inconsolable. Her
father is a wcll-known scientist and
inventor. While watching an interest
ing experiment in his laboratory a few
weeks ago she stopped over to examine
the eccentric of a cog-whecl. Being
slo~rt-sightcd she incautiously bent too
low. The wheel was revolving rapidly
IL siz and q whiZ and the nose from
the bridge down was shaved clean off.
The family physician was sent for and
wanted to make a nose from the arm,
but, aside from the pain Of that opera
ton, the uncertainty of turning out a
well-shaped nose raised objections, and
l was ordered to prepare a wax substl-
tutc."
"De YOU mean by natural meat
| substitution Il real nose of tlesh?"
asked.
"Certainly. The skin is removed
from a certain portion of the arm, the
proper preparations made, and the arm
then bound tightly over the missing
nose. The flesh soon adheres to the
face, then the arm is detached and the
nose is shaped. The advantage OF this
style of nose, while it may not be SC
shapely as it's predecessor, is it's dura-
bility. 1t will nevcr come off. Now,
a wax nose will look very pretty, and
when her friends see Miss B they
will probably be more than ever in love
with her beauty !; but it. doesn't last
and will need constant repairing. 1t
is scarcely so good as Il cclluloid. Have
you ever read Poe's STORY of the Wax
Nosey Well, it may be exaggerated,
but there is a great deal of truth in it.
Miss B could never live in Il very
hot climate. Her los might melt,
and would certainly soften"
"This is very interesting, pro-
fessor," | remarked, "but is not your
business small? l do not recollect
seeing many people with artificial
noses"
"This branch of my business is not
large. We have, however, 4 good deal
of repairing on old noses. The de-
mand for legs and arns is steady and
pays well. In addition to the number
of people needing cork limbs, thelilnbS
must be totally renewed every few
years and that keeps the business up"
"Do YOU often have to fit ladies with
cork limbs?"
al take their measure. Great pre-
cision and care is necessary. Great
skill is required to make the cork of
exactly the same size and length us its
fellow. The more. perfectly this IS
done the less limping you will OBJ
serve"
"Vanity is the strongest point in
some people. The operation of renew
ing eyebrows and l~as!,cs, for instance,
is not at all comfortable, yet you will
see plenty Of people come here and
submit to it, even though they are
already tolerally well supplied in
those essentials. WeNsc real hair and
a needle so fine it is almost invisible.
The hair is threaded through this
needle and run through the skin"
81 suppose this business is for the
most part confined tothe gentler seX:'
"Not byanymeans. It's altogether
a mistake to suppose women more VAIN
than men. Not long ago | had an
order from Il young man OF this city
for Il thrce-quarter-inch dark brown
lash. 1t is a positive fact that that
,.nunr fallow aNnn in an ordinary Ten