Daily globe., 1882-10-05
LEGS, ARMS, NOSES, EYELAsHEs, &C.,
MADE AND RENEWED.
PROF. R. w. WEIGHToN, Proprietor.

LEGS, ARMS, NOSES, EYELASEES, &C., :.
|: MADE AND RENEWED. ::
| PROF. r. W. WEIGHTON, Proprietor. ::
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Pushing through the crowd that was COL
lected around entered and asked for Pro-
fessor Weighton.
gentleman behind the glass case re-
moved an enormous jewellers magnifying
glass that was screwed in his right eye,
| scanned me carefully, and not detecting
the absence of nose, or ear, or arm, or
leg. finally said:
Il am Professor Weighton-what can I
do for you, sir?''
Il wish to know, Professor. by what pro-
cess you renew legs, eyebrows and noses.
1t seems to me rather odd and difficult
profession.'
sit is difficult-you are perfectly right
as to that-but can not agree with you
that the business is at all odd. It is the
simplest thing in the world. Look. for
instance, at this nose I am perfecting,' he
continued, pointing to the curious looking
thing he had been cycling through the mag
nifying glass. This nose is almost in a
state of completion, yet I'll venture to say
you couldn't tell me what sort of a nose it
will be, Grecian, Roman or retrousse,"
l admitted that would not have known
it was nose if he had not kindly in
formed me.
The Professor smiled proudly
Il thought so," he said. SPY tomorrow
morning this will be one of the prettiest
Grecian noses you ever saw. See what a
handsome flesh tint am giving it. It is
for lady on Fifty-second street."
How on earth did lady lose her nose?"
''It was curious accident. which almost
rendered her inconsolable. Her father is
a well-known scientist and inventor. While
watching an interesting experiment in his
laboratory few weeks ago she stopped
over to examine the eccentric Of cog
whell. Being short-sighted she incautiously
bent too low. The wheel was revolving
rapidly-a siz and 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 operation. the
uncertainty of turning out a well-shaped
nose raised objections, and 1 was ordered
to prepare q wax substitute.'
DO you mean by natural meat substi-
tutior' a real nose of fiesh!" I 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 so shapeiy as its predecessor.
Is its durability. 1t will never come Off
Now. q wax nose will look very pretty.
and when her friends see Miss they
viii probably be more than ever i'll love
with her beauty, but it doesn't last, and
viii need constant repairing. It is scarce
ly SO good as celluloid. Have you ever
heard OF Poe's Story of the Wax Nose p
Wei, it may be exaggerated, but there is a
great deal Of truth in it. lIiss B-could
never live in a very hot climate. Her nose
might melt. and would certainly SOFTEN
This is very interesting, Professor" I
remarked, ''but is not your business small !?
I do not recollect Of seeing many people
with artificial noses.''
This branch of my business is not
large. We have, however, good deal of
repairing on old noses. The demand for
legs and arms is steady and pays well. In
addition to the number of people needing
cork limbs, the limbs must be totally re-
newed every few years, and that keeps the
business up"
DO you often have to fit ladies with
cork legs?"
Il take their measure. Great decision
and care is necessary. Great skill is re-
quired to make the cork of exactly the
same size and length as its fellow. The more
perfectly this is done the less limping you
Will observe"
Are ladies hard to please in the selec-
ton of limbsS'
"A lady came to me once and ordered
the foot of her cork leg a size smaller than
her natural foot. Her idea was to keep
the real foot concealed, and when oppor-
tunity arose to project her smaller and
more deiicateiy cut pedal extremity to the
public view. Vanity is the strongest point
! in some people. The operation of renew
ing eyebrows ard lashes, for instance, is
not at all comfortable, yet you viii see
| plenty CT people come here and submit to
1t, even though they are already tolerably
well supplied il those essentials. We use
real hair and a needle SO fine it Is almost
invisible. The hair IS threaded through
this needle and run through the skim
Il suppose this business for the most
part is confined 10 the gentler sex?'
Not by any means. 1t is altogether q
mistake to suppose women more vain than
men. Not long ago had an order from
young man OF this city for three-quar-
ter-inch dark brown lash. II IS q positive
fact that that young fellow, even in an or
dinary ten-minUte conversation, Will close
his eyes at least six times to display his
long. silky lashes. If you will step this
way viii show you through our operating
rooms,'' and, entering door, the Professor
led me through a suite of spacious apart