Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-12-11
BOGUS EYES, NOSES AND LEGS.
hctal Appendnges-Eyes Put I'm, and
How Long They Last.

90 W OeOssA q W CJCs
The speaker was well dressed matron
who had visited the office of a manufact-
urer of " artificial human eyes" in
Blocker 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 ap-
pearance. Over thee mantel-piece tie
sign was conspicuously displayed:
ga deposit required on ell eyes or
dered."
"Idon't want az 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. I"
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 IS to SIS; and can direct you 70
artists who will fit them with ears, noses.
teeth, eyebrows, arms and legs, if they
stand IN need of them" he added, con-
fdentially.
'Are your eyes ready-made ?"
We have stock OF 1900 on hand.
but the sound eye can be matched more
perfectly when We take the order. They
are made OF the finest glass. Get the
right fit, and there is no more trouble in
putting IL or baking out an eye than in
arranging your hat on your head"
How long viii an eye last?'
"With careful treatment Ii should last
six months Or longer, but the material is
fragile, AMI unless handled very careful
~ it is liable to break. The secretions
from the lids and laehrymal gland act
upon the enamel and in time destroy the
snlocthness Of It's surface. The rough
ness thus created gives r;se to irritation
and inflammation OF the lids, which, if
allowed to run its course unchecked.
will result in condition in which it viii
be impossible to wear an artificial eve
with comfort. Il is advisable to remove
the artificial eye before retiring fos The
night, and to wipe it carefully. Clean
illness does as much geo; = tie artificial
as The natural oJ-e."
The house RETIRED to is engaged in
the manufacture and safe Of artificial
eyes, and is one Of the many in the same
vicinity. The business Of Importing ey es
is confined to three houses. A repre-
sentative OF one of these said:
1--WE import the finest French and Ger
name the former are more perfect and
more expensive. We sell on an average
about six eyes week. We do 70 bust
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 in the nasal
line"
He answered this question by pro-
ducing number of photographs of men
and women without noses, o. 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.
Sand On these
The new set represented the same
beings after being supplied with new
pater: noses, and the change produced
was really wonderful. "In making q
new nose" he said, we ask for the pho.
tograph OF the individual before the
nose was broken CT destroyed, and shape
the new one to correspond Vita tie
original When the work is properly
done it takes the c!csc>t ec3 utiry to tie
toct the work o. the agti,s Ouc ;,t.i-
clal hoses are nlaf.e entirely Of pave sill
yer, and after beng shaped tht,v are
carefully tinted to correspond with the
complexion OF the vea,el. Sue. Roses
cost from S25 to $75, according 10 CT
cumstances."
All artificial noses are not so expen-
sivc, 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
Of gutta-percha and aluminium. Com
petent judges say that there are in the
United States fully c01.CG3 "raade up
men and women, whose teeth, cheeks,
noses and cars 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 III war supply the
principal subjects for the manufacturer
OF artificial arms and legs.
One firm has a contract with the
United States Government to supply
manned pensioners 100, 900 sets of arms
andlegs every five years. In that pc riod
except with the most careful t:ea:-
ment-the limb wears out and must 1T
replaced. Legs cost from $50 to Sis a
pair, and arms from S65 10 21o0. Ger
titicates OF physicians show that it is iit
uncommon thing for men to walk iitt,.,..
miles day on false legs without >u.'-
port, and to eat, wiite and play mas;
with false arms.
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How beau!if!1i are tbe innnoant and