Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1890-03-26
BEAUTIFUL SCIENCE

the New York Sun. Having achieved
local fame as skillful disguiser of tho
most embarrassing Of. facial disfigure-
ments, he is endeavoring to meet the
frequent demands that are made upon
MIN to conceal other physical defects of
more or less compromising nature. He
has attained such proficiency with his
brush and powder and cosmetic that he
Is ready to guarantee that one of his
painted eyes will pass even suspicious
wlfe's scrutiny. This success has led
him to make the treatment of red noses
his latest specially. and he is doing a
rushing business in this and some Incl
dental side lines.
cit is curious" said he with a signifi-
cant smile, shat we never have a black
eye brought in here that was received
an fight. They are always caused by
accidents more or less peculiar. Of
course most men run against a door in
the dark or slip on the stairs and
strike the banisters,' or if it is warm
and he is family man he was playing
ball with tho children The women"
"Womenw
they're mighty particular, tell you.
wish they would stay away, for there's
no money in painting eyes for women at
fifty cents an eye. / started to tell you
the women always have some accident
in connection with their domestic duties
to give in explanation of the unsightly
bruise, for woman-or q man either,
for that matter-neyer fails to explain
to- us deliberately just how it happened.
Most of our black-eye customers, if the
truth were told, are clerks in stores and
offices who have been on a bit of time,
and who know it won't do to carry the
marks of it around in sight OF their
employers. There really are other
things than another mans fist that will
cause black eye, but you can't make
anybody believe it. So it usually
happens that man who has innocently
mot with an accident is as anxious to get
rid OF the suggestive marks of it as is
another chap who has been in a brawl
and has got worsted. AS q matter of
fact, nearly all our customers are re-
spectacle people. Plug uglies don't
bother to conceal black eye. It gives
them distingue appearance that
they are rather proud OF. 1t is the man
OF standing who, after he has tried raw
beefsteak, an leo compress, brown
paper plaster, and all the other things
In vain, comes in despair to US. He
might as we'll come at once, for o black
eye once gained is not to be got rid of
inside of ten days, and it will be nearly
two weeks before the natural color is
fully restored. How many black eyes
do we treat? Well, the average now is
very nearly one hundred q week. A
h1nplK hn Cell
week while it lasts. Some victims
who are fearful of discovery come in
every morning while the affection lasts
to be touched up little on their way to
business"
elbow do you manage with red
noses2"
"Oh, in the same way. It is a more
delicate job to put the innocent COM,
plexion OF youth upon a nose deep-dyed
by high living of half lifetime. The
nose is tho most prominent feature, and
the most skillful work is required to
disguise its color so that tho handiworlr
of the artist will not betray itself. No
body ever admits that his carnine-
tipped nose is the result of dissipation
or high living. 1t is always O case of
erysipclas. We don't attempt to cure o
red nose, although Our sign outside an
nounccs, Rcd Noses Cured We only
disguise them. No, nobody comes rogu-
larly to have nose painted. We have
regular customers, however, who como
once in awhile as special occasion NAV
make 1T necessary. The explanation
usually given, and have no doubt it is
true one, is that the owner of tho
luminous proboscis intends to attend O.
funeral and wants to be made incon-
spicuous."
what other work do you dop'
"Oh, great variety. We even mako
black eyes as we'll as cure them. Onlv
week agoa man camc in here and asked
me to paint one of his eyes terrifically
black. Ho had bucltcd the tiger tho
night before, and had lost almost all
his money, largo sum. lie didn't dare