Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1900-08-30
PAINTS SAVAGE GLAREs.
Expression Given by . Young Woman
in New York to the Eyes of
Stuffed Animals.

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The young woman swept her tiny
camel's hair brush across the daub
of yellow paint and smeared it over
one side of the semi-globular bit of
glass that was fastened to small
bracket on the table in front of her.
Then she leaned back and looked upon
it admiringly, says the New York Sun.
'How is that?" she asked.
The visitor was puzzled, and frank
ly admitted it. SWELL" she said, 81
suppose it is all right. 1t all depends
upon what you are trying to do
The young woman with the brush
was visibly Disguised.
my goodness, she retorted, "where
are your eyes? Can't you see that this
is just about perfect? Can't you de-
tect the savage glare in that piece
Of glass? Don't you feel as if you'd
like to take to your heels and run
away from it? 1t certainly is a saw
age glare she added, less positively.
at is meant to be one, anyway. I am
making an eye. a cats eye, an eye
for cat that died in battle with his
tail turned from the enemy. This
brave cat has been stuffed and mount.
ed in most warlike pose, and I must
make the expression of his eyes cor
respond with his bellicose attitude.
You can't get good idea of the effect,
though. until the eye is placed in posi-
ton. Just wait till I'm through and
then I'll show you how it looks
The visitor examined the artistic
production with increased interest.
"What queer line of work" she said.
"Not at ALL" returned the young
woman with the brush. ut is very
pleasant. 1 work at it all the time.
Painting glass eyes has become quite
a remunerative field for woman
blessed with delicate touch of the
brush. 1t is a good thing for some
of us that the glazing glass eyes of
a former generation are out of fash
ion. No first-class taxidermist thinks
of using them now. The time was
when the eye of stuffed animal was
considered of minor Importance, and
ball of glass of almost any size or
color and absolutely devoid of express
sion was fastened into the socket and
the work was pronounced complete.
But all that is happily changed. To-
day the eye, instead of being regard
ed as the least important factor in
obtaining a lifelike appearance in
dead animal, is recognized as val
liable medium for conveying an i'm
preston of intelligence and action,
and much attention is bestowed upon
artistic eyes.
ut requires good deal of study
to determine just what expression of
the eye will correspond with the at
titude decided upon. Then the size
and color of an animals eyes vary
with different emotions. Take this
cat I am working on now, for in
stance. There is direct relation be-
tween the twist of the tip of his tail
and the contraction or expansion of
the pupil of his eye, and it is my
business to find out what that rela-
ton is and work along those lines.
In order to fit myself for competent
painter Of animals eyes have found
it necessary to become the intimate
friend of a whole menagerie, from an
| elephant down to trained toad. l
have painted the eyes of some of the
most valuable animals that have been
mounted in this country in the past
five years, and I may confidently say
that am an expert in my line. After
I get my eyes painted always like
tc superintend their insertion into the
head, for the painting alone does not
give the desired effect, by any means.
So much depends upon the length of
the lashes, the droop of the lids and
the angle of vision that I am never
satisfied unless have put on the fin
ishing touches myself
''Of all eyes I like best to paint
those of the deer family. There is
wistful, haunted, pathetic look in
the eyes of that tribe that touches
my heart in a tender spot and fat
ter myself that I do my cleverest,
! most sympathetic work when I have a
deer in hand.
"People who have animals to be
mounted oftentimes have decidedly
original ideas as to position and the
expression of the face. These ideas
| are not always artistic, or even sensi-
| BILE, and in obeying directions fire.
quently have to commit fragrant out
RACES against good taste and natural
| history. Take the case of a woman
over on the West side whose dog died
little while ago, as an example.
First, she selected the attitude in
which she wanted the little beast pre-
served and then she turned her atten-
ton to, his eyes.
"I want him to have blue eyes, she
said. "A real deep sky blue. I have
| always been very fond of Benny, but
didn't like his brown eyes. I should
have been so much better. satisfied if
they had been blue, and now that he
is dead I'm going to make him over
+ to suit myself. Blue eyes I want and
blue eyes l am going to have
"This decoration of the blue ours
head with cerulean orbs was a shame
that cried clear to heaven for redress,
but the woman was not open to con-
viction and I had to trim him in ac-
cordance with her desires. The effect
was hideous, butt have to live"
Here the woman with the paint
brush gave another swipe at the yell
low eye in the bracket.
'Thank goodness she said, "that's
done. Now we'll go down and fit them
in"
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