Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-09-18
How THE RECORD STANDS.


THOUSAND PEOPLE IN THIS CITY WITH
ARTIFICIAL EYES THAT CANNOT BE TOLD
FROM THE NArURAL-PEoPLE WHO wEAB
EYE GLAssEs-How THEIR SIGHT Is TESTED.
A tray fitted with little velyet-lined COM
pafthents. out OF each Of which stares a glass
eye, a. one oil the objects I'm the window OF a
store on Pennsylvania avenue. IL is sur
rounded by speciacles and eye glasses of
various kinds and other articles sold by opti.
ciahs. Inside the store hanging around The
walls are many little screens or hangers nav.
ing ON them letters of different size, from the
huge type used on circus bills down ~ the most
minute type known To the printer.
"Oh Yes, said the optieian, when THE STAR
reporter entered the store anu asked about The
glass eyes, sell great many. la fact, con-
trol The trade here. Never saw a person with
an artificial eyer Well, there are "A Thousand
people An nus city wearing them. 1 could Lake
you along Pennsy iyania avenue now aid SNOW
YOU hity persons with them, and you would
never suspect IL. We keep "A large STOCK sun
one might Keep thousand nand, aud that
would represent u great deal OF money AT sI5
apiece, and some mig Int come i'm and mon
bc abie 10 nnQ In the whole Thousand AN ,sy,.
tnat would match his soundeye: ieiiyou some
persons VINO wear them? No, would mol DO
that. SUCH persons are likely 10 be sensitive
about IL, and ~ is a matter of professional con-
nuence with the optician."
~ nat are they inade OF" asked the reporter.
That rs secret which have not discovered
myself, said the opiician. II have tried Ia
could not do II. The glass eyes that used 10 be
soiu could be melted. They are covered over
with All enamel that As very durable.
Here the optlcian took "A glass eye from the
case ana ciapped ~ over one OF his own eyes, 10
snow how IL worked. The eye WAS delicaJeIy
veined, Just like the natural optic.
I'll CAUSES AloineuIary pain when IL - I'm.
serted ior The first time" said the optlc s.It
does not move at hrsL 1t Is like new siTos,
which has u become htted w the loot In q
lew days, however, II becomes we'll ntied in the
socket and VIII turn anu move just as the
less the weaIer turns HAS real eye far out
Oh tile natural lines oI vision. Some
persons wiz wear the same eye three
months, others ior ten years. A stonecutter or
brickiayer or a person who works In dust A.
apt 10 wear out an eye sooner than other people,
lne line dust cuts The enamel Yes "A persou
looks nuch better with AN artificial eye than
win disngured eye-sockeL IL il personal
vanity that makes some get them, but others
wear them Tor comfort We sell more in winter
than al other seasons. Ii protects the sensI-
i've parts oil the eye. Most people who wear
tnelh take tnem out at night and place them
IN Water and at the same lime wash out the
eye-sochet. lou cannot tell artificial eve
from real one IL IL Is properly lifted There is "a
young lady VINO Is a CLERK la "A 7In street store
who wears one. Ii You 40 into That store 4
VIII DEFY YOU 10 pick out the young lady with
the ait1lclai eye. There is another-a man
wno stands on 7tn street-bul A Cannot tell you
These Things, ior they are the secrets Of the
trade, You see.'
TESTING EYE-sIGHr.
"How do you test eye-sight9" Inquired the
printed letters that adorned the walls
THAT is something have been learning for
thirty years" said tine opIician with a smile.
40 tell you all In few words would be i'm
possible. IL Is something that comes 10y practi-
csh experience. One may nave theoretical
knowledse, out hr must nave practical expe-
Renee also. W hen "A man comes in 10 gel "A
pslr OF glasses you Viii watch him very cIs,.eIy
See now ne iooAs about hini, aud get some idea
Oh the defects OF his vision IruIn Inat Then N
Is necessary 10 know what his habits of reading
are, whether he reads ia the morning or al
nIgnt, and olher circumstances that might
affect tue case les, many people DELAY yeIIInp
glasses ana sufler Oy al. Tuey think Iney can
save themselves from glasses just "a tiIan at
the ginning oI winner Mill 40 without an
osercos,l. just TO accustom himself 10 Tie cold.
lie catcles u bad cold, ana then tie wants 10
wear Two or three oVercoats III person geb
proper glasses they wiii never do hIIn any IN
jury"
"oome people have two pair-one for reading,
one Tor the street" suggested the reporter.
"rney have a pair short distances ana
announcer lor seeiug al longer distances" said
the opLicIan. .-Such cases are generally those
oi persons who have delayed Ioo long
getting glasses. We make glasses Tor suca
people, lnat are divided, the upper part
oeing for cong distances and the lower part
Tor reading. IL Is pride tina. keeps some
people from wearing glasses. They dislike 10
acknowledge any innrmity. Sometimes You
will see sucu "A person holding "a Dook or paper
la very strange POSITIONS, 70 en-
aoe them " read with some ease. Many
ucople VINO use glasses 10 lry to Keen
AZ a secret Tney put them in their packed
aud oniy use them when they are ALONE
Iuere a. u great deal of mechanical skii
reu uired ia providing aid W the eyesixnl
" nen there is nytuing wrong behind the eye
any disease or dIsoraer Oh Tie optic nerve, that
Is a PROFESSIONAL matter lor The vculist bul lhs
al pIIances Ior aluiug vision are nlechsnical
aia require mechanical kuoW ledge. and oou.
lists as a rule have NONE OF that
FOLKS WHO WEAR GLASSES EARLY.
81 don't know that there IL any particular
class Of people who take W glasses carrier than
others" he continued. "Lawyers generally
rather Tree from infirnities OF vision. That .
due, think, 10 the TACT that law books are
always printed In large type. Preachers, On The
other hand, palronize the optlclan very early.
People VINO work near heal VI la heated places
generally nave their eyesisnt weakened early.
Painters are rather exempt from detects u
vision; they work In co.ors. but they are 10
ficcted colorB; whereas taitors who WORK In
coored cioLns-nat coiors-need glasses early,
Bur the eycsignt 10 very complicated thing.
and h auected by y thousand circumstances.
hes, said tne optician, IA reply ~ q suggestion
ny The reporter, "ueAr hLedncss inca cxsinR.
and IL is due, undoubtedly, To q large extent 70
the arrangements u The lights ana desks IN
schooi-roouls. The children are required 10
bend over their tasks, looking down aa their
books. IL they looked up NJ what they mad 70
read, In this way, land Ihe opllciau held up Q
vook before nih W tnat AZ MAS ABOVE the line %
abs eyes, 'ln many cases their sight would 10
saved. Then iu every case tue ligut should b.
arranged so ~ W come from behind, over their
shoulders, snd strike upon the page OF their