Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1888-12-05
GLASS EYES.
Row They are Fashioned and Made
by the Partisan Experts.

The Paris trade IN glass eyes must be
very rich one, for every week there
are nearly one thousand enamel eyes
made in Paris. The important manu-
ncturers. the scientific men, the art
hts of the profession, inhablt the Fau-
bourg ST. Honore and the neighbor-
Iood OF the Madeline. They travel all
ever Europe and transport their manu-
hctnres to st. Petersburg, Vienna and
eveR Constantinople. The sumptuously
furnished salons in which they receive
their clients In Paris indicate connec-
lions among the wealthier classes. They
generally select one-eyed servant, re-
placing the organ of which he is de
hcient with one OF the best articles of
their Manufacture. When client, a
little frightened, perhaps, at the pros
pect of an operation, hesitateS about
eonfiding an eyelid to the instruments
of an operator, the latter rings a bell
and Jean PolypheInus makes his ap-
pearauce.
"What do you think of this fellow?''
asks the operator of his client. "Study
his featurers and tell me frankly what
you think"
"He looks well enough" answers
the other little hesitatingly.
"Well, Jean. reveal your secret II
| tie gentleman"
Whereupon Jean introduces a knit.
| ting needle under his eyelid, remove:
his eye and places 1t in the hand of the
astonished spectator as unconcernedly
as though it were a shirt stud.
The cabinets of the large Partisan
| derlers contain thousands of samples oi
eyes, all slightly varying the one frou
the other. SJme are small, others large
some black, others blue, hazel brown
light brown, blush and greenish gray
| There are laughing children's eyes, The
| liquid-looking eyes OF young girls, tn,
languid eyes of middle-aged women
eyes with an amiable or sinister ex
preston, or severe, official eyes, or tn
slightly iilmy eyes of old men.
Many of the French dealers, too
keep eyes which they loan out by tn
week OF month, or even for special oc
| casions, and there IS a constantly ac
| cumulating stock of eyes which hav
been returned because they would no
lit some fastidious customer. Th
manufacture of artificial eyes consist
of three very distinct operations. Be
fore the artist, who is seated at table
is a lamp, the flame of which, blow
by a bellows moved by the foot, give
a pointed Jet of the strength he desires
and within reach of his hand are place
rods OF enamel of different colors. III
begins by taking hollow tube of col
orless crystal, one of the extremities o
which beng soon melted by the fire O
the lamp forms a ball when blown
AS the color gwen by the crystal ha
no resemblance to that of the sclero
tica, usually called the white or til
epe, the first laDer is to color the bal
in such a manner that it may be of tn
same tint as the natural eye. To at
tain this result he applies to the bal
enamels of different colors, which
amalgamatIng with that of the crysta
In pasty state, gradually give it th'
natural tint of the eve. This obtained
l-ne makes circular opening IN the cen
tire of the ball destined to receive th
ii ipupll and iris. Tne artist begins o.
he iris, which is formed by severa
l4malgamated enamels. The iris finished
me places In its centre a spot of blac
.namel; this Is the pupil, which he er
circles with its areola, and he con
cludes by drawing those infinitely sma
lDres which are found in the Iris. Th
globe of the eye being completed, 1t re
mains now to place 1t in the centre {
the ball. Nothing is more simple. Th
hole made in the ball, which become
he sclerotica, having been calculate
according to the size of the eye glob'
Is placed in it and soldered by mean
If the lamp. This done and the al
lists finishing touches having rectifie
he small imperfections OF the whol
work, it only remsins to pare this ba
1 III order to obtain the eye shell. \
! mold of any kind is used, the breat
and hand OF the artist being alone en-
ployed. Each artist. by the by, is pei
4 suaded that he alone possesses the be!
formula for producing the most limpl
enamels, whose color is most like tha
of nature.