Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1900-10-11
WoMAN's QUEER OCCUPATION,


side Of the sem.globular Glt OF g'ns.
that was fastened to the small brNck
ct on the table In front OF her. Then
she leaned buck and looked at II admir-
ingly, nays the New York sun.
"llow IL thut?" she asked,
The yistar was puzzled, and frnnkly
admitted IL, WELL" she saldl 81 sup
pose II Is all right, It all depends
upon what YOU are trying to DO
The young woman with the brush
was yisibly Disguised,
"Ny goodness she rctortcd, where
are Your eyes? cunt you see TINT this
as lust about perfect? Can't you detect
the savage glare in TINT piece OF glass;
Don't N1u feel MS II you'd like to take
10 y'ur heels and run away from NJ
NJ cU3l,u,y Is u savage glare she adj
dcd s positively, "It Is meant 10
been ao}@uN ! am making one eye,
cats cle, tU eye for cat that died
in battle with his tail from the enemy,
This brave cat hus been stuffed and
mounted in u most wNr-likc pose, and
| must make the expression Of his eyes
correspond with his belllcOse attitude.
You can get good idea Of the effect,
though, until the eye il placed In posi-
ton, Jus. wait iii I'm through and
then III show you how II looks
The visitor examined the artistic
production with increased interest.
"Whut queer line Of work, :" she said,
"Not ut all, returned the young wo'
man with the brush ut Is very pleas
ant | work At II all the time. Paint
ing glass is quite remuncrtive field
FOR woman blessed with delicate
touch of the brush, II lsa good thing
for Somc Of us that the gloringI eyes
Of u former generation are out OF
fashion, No iirst'class taNldermlst
thinks of using them now. The time
was when the &c Of stuffed animal
was considered of minor importance,
aud color absolutely dcvGid of express
sion was fastened into the socket and
the work was Pronounced complete.
ButUl tina, has happily changed, To-
day the eye, instead Of being regarded
as the least of Importance In Obtaining
u liIelikc appearance in dead anlmnh
DIS recognized us valuable medium for
conveying an impression OF intclli-
gencr aud action, and much attention
bestowed upon artistic eyes.
at requires u good deal Of study
to determine jut what expression of
the eye will correspond with the NTH
tude decided upon. Then the size and
color of the animals eyes vary with
different emotions. Take this cat | am
working ON now, for instance, There
Is direct relation between the twist
Of the tip Of the tai! and the contract
tioh OF r&GqBSss!!9n e {Eg Poi. Of tsl
eye, and i Is my bushes . find OUT
what i.Et.JIt relation is and work along
those lines. In order to fit myself for
n compctpmi painter of animals eyes
/ have found 1t necessary to become
the intimate friend OF n whole mcn0g'
erie, fom an elephant to trained load.
] have painted the eyes of some of the
most valuable animals that have been
mounted in this country in the past
five years, and | may confidently say
that am I'M expert in my line, After
| get my eyes painted ! always like TO
supprntcnd their insertion into the
head, for the painting alone does not
give the desired effect by any means.
So much depend upon the Length Of
the lashes, the drop of the lids and
the angle of the vision thar | am never
satisfied unless ! hive put on the fin
ishing touches myself,
"Of al eyes like best to paint they
are those Of the deer family, There is
u wistrls, pathetic look in the eyes Of
thut tribe that touches my heart in a
tender hpGt and | hMttcr myself that
1 do my cleverest, most sympathetic
work when | have u deer in hand,
people who have animals to be
mounted ortcntimes have decidedly or
lgfai IDEAS us to position and the en-
preston Of the face. These IDEAS gro
not always artistic, Or even sensible,
and in obcyng directions l. frequently
have TO commit fragrant outrages
against good taste and natural history.
Take the case Of Il woman over ON The
West side side whose dog died little
while ago, as an example, First she
selected the attitude in which she
wanted the littlc beast preserved and
then she turned her attention to his
"lwNut him to have blue eyes she
said. Real deep sky blue, have al
ways been very fond Of Bcnry, oOt |
didn't Hike his brown .yts. Should
have been g, mich bcttcrcr oh&lAA
nave brcnso much better satisfied if
they had been blue, and merry that he
is dead I'm going to make him over
% suit myself, Blue eyes | want aud
, bluc,ey,s Az going to have,
| "Thjs decoration Of the blue ours
head with carulcan orbs was II shame
lIlt Cried clear TO heaven for redress
: b6t the woman w0sno. opcu for colb
but the woman was not open for con-
victiuu and had TO trim him in ac-
cordunre with her desires. The eject
was hdp0us, butt ave to live
Here the woman with the paint
brush gave another sWipr at the yet
bow tyn In the barckct
"rhank goodness" She said, "that'S
done Now wen go down and fit then
in