Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1885-08-05
Ears ana Ear-rinEA.

ssWhat do you charge for piercing
one pair of ears?" was asked of lead
ing ieweler in New YORK.
"Nothing. We do it to sell the ear
rings. 1t is very seldom that an ybody,
except intimate friends. ask US to pierce
their ears uBless they mean to buy
something to put in them-n
do the ears become lnfiamed after
the operation?"
VERY seldom If care is taken OF
them. Sometimes little girls will
scratch their freshly-pierced ears, and
occasion painful sores thereby. Grown
Young ladies, however, are much more
likely to follow our instructions, in
which case all trace of soreness ought
TO disappear inside of week."
DO old women ever apply for such
sn operationf"
II had one once. She was close on
10 sixty. She had never worn earrings;
out she got married in her old age and
her aged beau of husband Insisted
she should wear earrings. He was d
laboTeT. He came TO me and made a
great deal of fuss about wanting his
wife TO be in the fashion, etc. OF
course, / pierced the woman's ears.
She made thunder os a fuss over it
tainted and got her old man all in a
1orTy. But | 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
| didn't have 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 ear-Tings?"
Il cannot say. If l can judge by
those who visit my store, | should say
about ninety-nine out of one hundred.
There is a very strange case in this city,
talking about ears and earrings. The
person | refer to is very respectable
woman, and belongs to very resPecta-
bic family. therefore | dom. like to give
YOU her name. But I'll tell you her
story. Eight years ago she was courIed
by two Young meu, and finally became
engaged 10 one of them. L always
thought her parents Influenced her in
her decision. for | think she loved the
other the most. One day shortly be
IOre her marriage, she came into my
store with her discarded lover, and ac-
cepted a handsome pair of earrings
from him. / pierced her ears and she
insisted on wearing the earrings at
once. This WAS something unusual,
but 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 few
minutes, the store was without Gus
toner l heard her say: Goodbye; |
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. Size was married the fol
lowing week, and i've 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 tightened so around them
that they cannot De taken out without
a painful operation that would distigurc
the ears. Around the little wire the
lobe Of the ear Is as hard as stone.
She came to me in her predlcament.
but while she was willing TO part with
her lovers gift, could do nothing but
advise her TO go TO a surgeon"
Except among the poor, who veal
plated earrings, the Old-time practice
of piercing the ears with sewing nee
die and keeping the incision opel
with bit of straw has gone out OF
fashion. The reason for this is easy to
guess. 1t costs nething to have it done
in safe way by practical hand.