The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1888-03-10
NOSES MADE TO ORDER.
Warranted to Hold Their Color
and to Wear Forever:

w arr nLeQ 10 dOlQ 4u01T COlOT
and to Wear Forever.
The Art of Making Artificial Ears, Fin
gers, Teeth and Soft Palates Discussed
by One Of It's Most Expert and
Experienced Exponents.
.The discovery Of xylonite has marked an
era of improvement in the art of making
false noses,' said noted Chicago doctor,
who supplies unfortunate people with arti-
fetal proboscides when accident or the raw
ages of disease have removed that very
prominent feature, to a -{ail reporter.
:Before that tine,'' he continued, ';we
had to make noses out Of rubber and paint
them to the right color Rubber is not a
flesh color, and when the paint began to
scale Off the effect IVES not at all good. A
rummy nose was a beauty beside one that
needed new coat of paint. But xylonite
can be made to take color very easily, and
we get it in all shades of pink, to CORE
spond with the tint Of the face. It is light
and very hard. 1t is almost impossible to
break it. See here,'' and he took Il blank Of
toe material and dashed on the floor with
ali his might. 1t was not 10 the least af-
fected.
.sFor nose" said the repairer of facial
damages. 1--WE find OUT which way the flesh
and blood nose naturally curved. There isn't
a man living, suppose, whose nose was ex-
actly in the middle Of his face. NVeiind out
from his friends what his proper appear
ance was, and then we make u wax model
us near like life as we can. A plaster cast
is made Of the model, and then the blank
xylonite is heated SO as to soften it and
~ 1,r
screw. That forces it into the proper place.
It is then polished up and attached either to
springs on {. sponge cut button-shape SO it
viii crowd into the cavity and hold on with
enough force to keep it from falling out. /!
the flesh shall have become sunllsli around
the nose so much as to cause the eyes to
have a staring look, spectacles are worn to
offset it, OF course, you understand that this
is not a practicable nose, as the stage car
penter would say. It is for looks only.
Methuselah couldn't have worn out such Il
nose. It will last forever. and that; as long
as any one would want it, and the old doc
tor chucl1ed at his joke. " a cody wants to
be careful how he goes into arough-and- tuia-
bic tight Wit! one Of them on his face, for he
might get his nose Knocked off. He ought
to holler: Here, you just wait spell I'LL
put my nose in my pocket
do YOU ever make artificial outer
earss"
s;Never had a. call for one yet. They
could be made ail right, but to insert one
would be to destroy the hearing. which
would be too dear q price to pay for the
whistle.
Fingers and hands, though, are often
made They are the hardest things to get
right. They are made Of tho same material
--xylonite. The joints of the wrist and fin
gers are made in what mechanics call the
univ ersnl Joint. You often sec people on
the street who always wear glove on one
hand. That is their artificial hand. The
well-made hand can close up the fingers SO
that articles can be held almost as securely
as With th, natural hand. Usually ouly one
articulation is made in the fingers, as it is
very tedious 10 put i'll the two joints. Alti-
fetal feet have never made for patients,
although they would be much easier than
artificial hands.
& Here is something which might interes:
you, said the physician, handing the re-
porter red flap of soft rubber spatulated
at one end like q beaT er's tail and bearing
small rivcts at the other
'What's that's"
'sT!lat,s an artificial soft palate. You
know some people are SO unfortunate as to
be born with cleft in the roof Of the mouth,
which in1cricrcs sadly with their speech.
All sounds which depend! upon the breath
being excluded from the nose, like n and
M they are unable to pronounce. These
sounds arc called nasal. because they ga
through the nose. Look in the glass with
your mouth wide open and yon will sec a lit
tic tongue dangling away back at the roct
Of the mouth. This is the uvua, which
is absent in the cases Of those who have cleft
pal;Atcs. 1t helps i'll swallowing as well as
in speech Now, this artificial uvu!a is not
the natural shape, as you see, but is tblnned
out and spread cut like q fan ut one end.
That is so that it may rest against the
MUSCLES which would naturally move the
palate The other cud Of the piece is
riyeted to plate which is kept il, the roof
Of the mouth either by suction or by
springs.
"a queer thing about these cases Of cleft
palate is that the perception OF the proper
sounds Of letters dies out as the man grows
older. a. child, in whose mouth an artificial
palate is attached, soon learns to talk us
Naturally as people whose pal&tes arc nor
NAL Bat those who have passed middle
life before they have one put ii have. it is
said, 20 learn a language like French, where
the great prevalence 81! udSOl &Dul!uS GULL
pei them to notice their Importance Only
in that way do they lean to speak English
properly Talking about plates reminds
nc.'' concluded the doctor ''of the old
fashioned style of teeth Before tho MAJ
terlal Of which artificial teeth arc made
was invented sets used to be carved out Of
what was called hippopotamus ivory. When
/ was a young mani can remember when
there were only q nozen houses hercw
was a young man used to get front teeth
for artificial plates from the Old Indian
burying ground. The teeth were very
sound, and have known them to be in use
for over thirty years without showing signs
Of decay"
Mute Memorials.
One day in 1852 Sidney shivers, of Web
ster, Ga, then eighteen years Of age, en-
tered lis fathers house, and, divestine, him
self of his hat and clothes, dressed himself
in the uniform of a Confederate soldier. in
order to enter the Southern army, in the
meantime hanging the hat and clothes that
he once WORE. Innn 8: neg in his room From