Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-08-16

room the reporter saw TWO men en-
gagged in blowing glass, and third
experimenting them. One Of the men
had bar of ordinary crystal glass.
Holding it in the gas flame, he worked
| lump of glass around the end of a
wire, and then pressed the lump into q
mold. When he drew it out round
crystal glass eye was formed at the end
! OF the wire. While it was still soft he
handed it over to the other blower who
took very thin bar of yellow glass,
and heating it, worked it into the
crystal. When after a while he re-
moved the crystal and yellow glass
from the flame, the glass at the end of
the wire looked like round. glowing
eye. As it cooled down the yellow that
had been worked in began to resemble
more and more a yellow iris When it
was thoroughly cold and hard it looked
like large owls eye, the pupil being a
section Of the Wire on which the glass
was heated. p
q Before the glass had cooled, the first
man had heated another piece of crystal
glass. nodded it, and handed it to the
second man. who again worked in a
piece of yellow glass.
"We've got enough owls eyes now,"
the superintendent said. 81 guess you
had better make fifty dolls ewes, fifteen
pair blue and the rest brown
'You see,'' he continued, turning
to the reporter, ''baby dolls mostly
have hight hair and blue eyes, while
large young lady dolls are brunettes.
As the baby dolls are cheaper, there is
more demand for them and so have to
keep, more blue glass eyes on hand.
As he finished speaking, the, first
workman pressedthe soft, heated crystal
glass into a tiny mold, drew it ont
a tiny white hirnian 'eye, and handed It
to- the second workman, who inserted
a tmaH bluathisij Just as he hadEnsertett
the yellow pupils in the owl eyes.
After the glass had cooled down it
looked like a wee blue human eve
When fifteen pairs had thus been made,
the heated crystal was dipped into a
larger mold for large young lady
dolls eyes, and brown irises worked in.
When ten pairs of these had been made
the superintendent said:
'.Now that we've made ewes for
babies and young ladies, we'll make
some for ull-grown women-milliners'
wax Law figures, YOU know. Brown
eyes enough on hand. - -
This time ,tAe, heated crystal glass
was pressed into a mold as large as a
.woman's eye and "a -correspondingly
large iris was worked in.
is your principal trade in eyes for
dolls and lay figures, or in artificial
eyes for beasts and birds?' the reporter
asked the superintendent.
In ho lat+ THAT -, .ol4
have two diplomas from the Ameri-
can Society of TaNidermists.
.'Do you sell your goods at retail to
people who have had pets stutfed?n
moi am simply a manufacturers,
and sell to dealers in artificial ewes
though also sell to texidermists.
''And for what eyes do you have the
most demand?'
'sOf course, for artificial eyes for
stuffed household pets-dogs' ewes,
cats eyes. and small birds eyes
And do you keep these in all sizes?n
''Not only in. all sizes, but in all
shapes. The shape of the eve differs
according to the position of the bird or
animal though the difference is greater
in animals than in BIRDS
''In what an NAL does the shape of
the eve very the moSt?"
decidedly in the cat. The shape of
the eats eye runs all the way from
round to oval: 1t depends on whether
the cat is looking into Il flame of Eight.
or is in a dark room, or is purrinr, or
just waking up, or opening its eyes in
a doze, and on many other circum-
stances. Now, people may remember
their cat with most pleasure in cer-
tain position. and accordingly have it
stuffed in that position. OF course, the
comes to me for eyes which
suit the position, and it. is in shaping
them according to the exigencies of the
occasion that a manufacturer shows his
skill"
"Some animals I suppose have large
eyes for their size. and some small
eyes?' .f 20 $50
.sOh, yes. The owl has a very large
eye for its size, when You compare it
to the peacock, which has very small
eyes"
.sFor what animal or bird do ycu
make the largest eye, and for which the
Il make the largest eve for the
''Do you use other colOrs than brown
and yellow in making eyes for beasts
and birds?''
'FOr some fancy South American
birds l have to, or they wouldn't look
natural"
AS the reporter went down stairs, the
sun was streaming into the showcase
on the street, but the eyes didn't blink.
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