The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1883-09-08

room the reporter saw two men en-.
gagged in blowing glass, and a thirG
experimenting them. One of the meT
had a bar Of ordinary crystal glass
Holding it in the gas flame, he worked
a lump of glass around the end of s
wire, and then pressed the lump into 8
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.
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 light 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 pressed the soft, heated crystal
glass into tiny mold, drew it out
q tiny white human eye, and handed it
to the second workman, who inserted
small blue iris. just as he had inserted
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:
Nov that we've made eyes for
babies and young ladies, we'll make
some for full-grown women-milliners
wax lay figures, you know. Brown
eyes, this time, because we've got blue
eyes enough on hand'' :
This time the heated crystal glass
was pressed into mold as large as A
woman s eye, and a correspondingly
large iris was worked in. .-~rj'o
.'ls your principal trade in eyes for
dolls and lay figures, or in artificial
eyes for beasts and birdsp'' the reporter
asked the uperlntendent. :.
''In the latter. That is my specially.
| have two diplomas from the Ameri-
can Society of Taxidermists. :" Y n
ado you sell your goods at retail to
people who have had pets stuffedp"
''No,sI am simply manufacturer.
and sell to dealers in artificial ewes.
though / also sell to texidermists.'
"And for what eyes do you have the
most demandP" Hl sI.l1 ,'..--N
"Of course, for artificial eyes for
stuffed household pets dogs eyes,
cats eyes, and small birds eyes"
"And do you keep these in all sizesP''
"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.n
ain what animal does the shane of
the eye very the mostP" 81 80
Decidedly in the cat The shape OF
The cats eye runs all the way from
round to oval. 1t depends on whether
'he cat is looking into flame of light,
y is In dark room, or is purring, or
ust waking up, or opening its eyes in
doze, and on many other circum-
tances. Now, people may remember
heir cat with most pleasure in a GER
ain position, and accordingly have it
tutfed in that position. OF course. the
axldermist comes to me for eyes which
uit the position, and it is in shaping
hem according to the exigencies of the
occasion that manufacturer shows his
kill.
"Some animals suppose have large
yes for their size, and some small |
yesP''
''Oh, yes. The owl has a very large
we for its size, when you compare r.
o the peacock, which has very small
yes" III
'''For what animal or bird do Won
make the largest eye, and for which the
mallestp"
Il make the largest eye for the
moose, and the smallest for the thrush. "
do you use other colors than brown
md yellow in making eyes for beasts
md birdsP"
"For some fancy South American
'irds | have to, or they wouldn't look
AS the reporter went down stairs, the
un was streaming into the showcase
N the street, hut the eyes didn't blink.
IN Y. San.
'rOssing the English Channel In a
Balloon.