Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-07-07
EYES MADE or CRYSTAL.


what New rork Dealer SAYS Concern.
ing AssiAciai optics.
1T is al wrong TO say bully boy with
glass eye.' " said Maiden lane manufact.
urer and importer who il something Of .
wag. f'
"why is IL all wrongf"
"WeQ. there may be bully DO, s. but
there iSlho such thing a. glass eye."
"What would you call thiss" We asked,
at the ssne time holding up an artificial
Il would call that a crystal eve, because
II is made out Of crystal. and not out Of
glass."
"Is there any differences"
''Of course there IL. As understand
II, crystal eyes cannot be nodded Into
shape. Just how they are colored and
madesto initiate the natural eye have no
idea. You see, the method OF making
artificial human eyes out Of crystal is ono
OF the secret arts. l have tried to zee
whether there Is not something in the
books. but the writer's maintain deep
silence on the subject"
"Whsre are most Of the artificial eyes
NADER"
"ws import most Of our eyes from
France. The manufacture Of artificial
human eyes Is In the hands of few
secret, tho same as the workers on
0obelin tapestry keep their art q secret.
There ere two or three In this country en-.
gagged In the manufacture Of artificial
eyes, but their product lacks often the
close finish and the naturalness Of the
French. Yet we can make good eye to
order"
"How much would an eye to order costs'
"Not over e15 We keep large as.
sortment In stock, and IL we can At q
man the cost would be only go. There
is not such difference in peoples eyes ss
most persons suppose. The ordinary
black eye, the light and dark blue eye
and tho gray eye, and what is called the
pattern. Oculists have studied the diff.
ferent shades and tints Of tie eye so long
that they make pretty good match TO
the natural eye. Not only that, but they
can 6t an artificial eye exactly In the
place Of diseased eye after tho latter
has been removed. II the muscles have
not been damaged, the artificial eye can
be made to roll little after tho manner
Of good eye, but hardly In tho fine
frenzy Of the past. have known cases
90 skillfully done that 1t was q hard mat.
ter to tell at the first glance which was
the artificial and which was the natural,
i SAehVukh ooociNSi
tinguish 1t In q short time"
"Do you think there are many bully
boys In New York with glass eyesf" we
laughingly inquired.
"Well, can hardly say how many New
Yotkers sleep with one eye open. A fair
estimate would perhaps be over 1000 or
1900. 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"
II suppose you have come across some
curious casest'
"Yes. could tell you some funny OK.
periences which have had. remember
one young lady who was never suited
with her eye, and had 1t changed once or
twice year. Another old lady used to
lose her eye about once or twice year.
One man who used to go on periodical
sprees often went home without his eye.
He came TO me one day Ind ordered an
extra optic, He said that he wanted to
be prepared for any emergency. But l
guess the greatest emergency was meet
Ing his wife after being out oil night. -
| l.. J. Vance in New York Graphic.