Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-09-21

Eyes that -" not--E"inG the Kind that
are Exported to Fill Chang
ing Eyes.

are Exported tn Fill Nacanries--Chang-
ing Eyes.
We sell from 100 to l50 artificial
eyes year" said a Philadelphia OPP
tician. "and the demand seems TO
grow greater every year. There is a
very large nominal profit on these
goods. for they sell at Sloto SIS each.
according to grade; but when you
consider the trouble and annoyance
the fitting involve, and the time it
consumes You can easily see that
they are wei! worth the price charged.
We never have a customer that Is
satisfied with lis new eye at the first
trying ON Within a day or two he
comes back and claims that the color
is a shade lighter or shade darker
than the good eye. or that they don't
match in some other way. There Is
only one thing for it, We must go
over our whole stock until the eye is
matched. and our time and trouble
must count for something. We have
number Of steady customers who
always buy their eyes Of us and bring
them to us to be cleaned and re-
paired"
Where do you get artificial eyes?
They are made at StutZebach III
the Thuringian Forest, i'll Germany,
and the works employ large force
of skilled workmen. 1t is wonderful
how closely they initiate the human
organ of sight. l don't believe there
is an eye that cannot be almost per
fectly matched"
do artificial ey Is wear out 2
oh, yes. an eye wears out in about
two years. The salt and other aka
line substances in the tear duct
eventually eat off the polish and the
inner surface becomes rough and re
qlires to be repolished.''
I've have some custOmers-ne
vous and excitable people-who are
constantly changing their eyes, and
not at all to the betterment of their
appearance Others provide them
selves with several eyes and use them
alternately. Their wearers must
take them out at night and keep them
in clean water. for the secretions of
the eye would otherwise gather upon
them. Moreover, the muscles that
keep them in place require frequent
rests"
What, are the eyes capable of
movement?'
"One of the great perquisities in
the removal of an eye, when it be
comes necessary, is to leave the sur
rounding muscles intact This is
generally done by experienced occn
lists. but sometimes cases come to us
in whiah the muscles have been re-
morselessly destroyed. and then we
find it almost impossible to make the
artificial substitute look natural. |
know pretty young lady whose glass
eye will stare stolidly and solemnly
at yoIl, as if the owner were inwardly
accusing you of some grave ofiense,
while her natural eye is twinkling
merrily at the joke that she is listen
ing to or at something funny that she
sees. Once, when she was looking
into her pocket-book for some change
with her good eye, that terrible arti-
fetal eye twisted itself around in my
direction and glared at me with a
malevolence that frightened me. 1t
was only then that l discovered that
it was a glass eye, for it was very
we'll matched. When l subsequently
examined The young lady's case L
found that nothing could be done
for her. She must go through life
subject to all kinds of misunderstood
ings, just because surgeon who
didn't understand his business had
bungled over the operation on her
eye. I know also, an old gentleman
whose right eye beams with intelli-
gence and amiability, while his left
glares gloomilv forth with an air Of
extreme disgust aud dissatisfaction
with the world" Philadelphia
Times