The Penn's Grove record., 1885-08-01

"What do you charge for piercing
one pair of ears2" was asked OF a lead
ing ieweler in New YORK.
Nothing. We do it to sell the ear
rings. Il is very seldom that anybody,
except intimate friends. ask US TO pierce
their ears uRless they mean to buy
something to put in them
"Do the ears become maamed after
the operation2"
VERY seldom if care is taken Of
them. Sometimes little girls will
scratch their f~reshly-pierced ears, and
occasion painful sores thereby. Grown
young ladies', however, are much nor
likely to follow our instructions, in
which case all trace of e ought
to disappear inside of a week"
"Do old ome ever apply for such
an o~peTatiOn?"
ii had n once. She was close on
to sixty. She had never worn earrings;
but she got married in her old age and
her aged beau of a husband insisted
she should wear earrings. He was "A
laborer. He came to me and made a
great deal of fuss about wanting his
wife to be in the fashion, etc. OF
course, l pierced the woman's ears.
She made a thunder OF a fuss owe it
tainted and got her old man all in a
worry. But l didn't mind it much. |
could see a sale of a nice pair of ear
rings, and could afford to be cool. The
old fool didn't buy anything, because
1 didn't have a pair of earrings
for 81"
"Are ears pierced more than once?''
"Yes, frequently, Sometimes the
tube is taken out too soon, and the
opening closes before it heals. Then
the operation has to be gone over with
again. In that case 1t is always pain
full"
What proportion Of the female
family do you suppose wear a r-rlngs2"
81 cannot say. If | can judge by
those who visit my store, l should say
about ninety-nine out of n hundred.
There is a very strange case in this city,
talking about ears and earrings. The
person / refer to is a very respectable
woman, and belongs to a very respecta-
bic family, therefore / dom. like to give
you her name. But III tell you her
story. Eight years ago she was courted
by two young men, and finally became
engaged to one of them. l always
thought her parents Influenced her in
her decision, for l think she loved the
other the most. One day shortly be-
fore her marriage, she came into my
store with her discarded lover, and ac-
cepted a handsome pair of earrings
from Rim. / pierced her ears aud she
insisted on wearing the ear rings at
once. This was something unusual,
but a pretty girl generally has her way
in this world, and | allowed her to
crafty her wish. They both fingered
at a show case, and when, for a few
minutes. the store was without a Gus
toner | heard her say: 'GoOd-bye; |
may never see you again, but these
earrings shall never leave me- They
rather surprised me by kissing, and
then the man left the store alone.
Five minutes later the young woman
walked out. Sic was married the fol-
lowing week, and five years ago her
husband left her. The strange part of
the story IS that she cannot get those
earrings out of her ears. She is
wealthy and they are out of fashion.
But she must wear them. The flesh
somehow has frightened so around them
that they cannot be taken out without
a painful operation that would disligure
the ears. Around the little wire the
lobe of the ear Is as hard as a stone.
She came to me in her predicanent,
but while she was willing to part with
her lovers gift, l could do nothing but
advise her to go to a surgeon"
Except among the poor, who wear
plated earrings, the old-time practice
of piercing the ear with a sewing nee
die and keeping the incisiOn open
with a bit of straw has gone out OF
fashion. The reason for this is easy to
guess. 1t costs nothing to have it done
in a safe way by a practical hand.