The morning news., 1888-06-17
THE MAN WITH THE GLASS EYE.
Points About the Curious Artificial
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Points About the Curious Artificial
Feature.
NEW YORK, June 16.-"It is all wrong to
say a bully boy with a glass eye," said
Maiden lane manufacturer and importer
who is something of a wag.
"Why is it all wrong"
swell, they may be bully boys, but there
is no such thing as a glass eye"
"What would you call this?" we asked, at
the same time holding up an artificial hu-
man eye.
''I would call that a crystal eye, because
it is made out of crystal and not out of
glass;"
sis there any differenceP
'Of course there is. As understand it,
crystal eyes cannot be moulded into shane
Just how they are colOred and made TO
initiate the natural eye | have no idea
You see the method of making artificial
human eyes out Of crystal is one of the
secret arts l have tried to see whether
there is not something in the books, but the
writers maintain deep silence on the sub
ject."
"Where are most of the artificial ewes
madef"
"We import most of our eyes from
France The manufacture of artificial hui
man eyes is in the hands OF a few French
worknen, who keep the process a secret. the
same as the workers on Gobelin tapestry
keep their art n secret. There are two or
three in this country engaged in the manu-
facture of artificial ewes, but their product
lack often the close finish and the natural
ness of tho French. Yet we can make a
good eye to order"
"How much would an eye to order
costW
mot over $15 We keep large assort-
ment in stock, and if we can fit a man the
cost would be only $40. There is not such
difference in peoples eyes as most persons
suppose. The ordinary eve and the gray
eve, and what is called the wall eve, are
pretty much on the sane pattern. Oculists
have studied the different shades and tints of
the eye SO long that they can make pret' v
good match to the natural eve. Not only
that, but they can fit an artificial eve ex-
actly in the place of diseased eye after the
latter has been removed. Ii the muscles
have not been damaged, the artificial eve
can be made to roll little after hemanner
of good eve, but hardly in the fine frenzy
of the past | have known cases 50 skill
fully done that it was n hard matter To tell
at the first glance which was tho artificial
and which was the natural; although n
sharp observer would distinguish it in a
short time"
ado you think there are many bully boys
ingly inquired.
"Well, can hardly say how many New
Workers sleep with one eye open. A fair
estimate would perhaps be over 1000 or
200 A great many from out of the city
come to be fitted with artificial eyes. can
judge somewhat of the number by the
amount of my sales every year"
81 suppose you nave some across some
curious cases"
"Yes, could tell you some funny expert
ences which have had | remember one
young lady who was never suited with her
eye, and had it changed once or twcs
year. Another old Lady used t. lose her
eye about once or twice q year. One man
who used 10 % on periodical sprees often
weat home without mis- eye. He came 30
me one day and ordered an extra optic He
said that he wanted TO be prepared for any
emergency. But guess the greatest emer-
gency was meeting his wife after being out
all night" l.. j. VANCE.