Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1900-10-04
PAINTS SAVAGE cIAREs.
Expression Given by Young Woman
in New York TO the Eyes of
stuffed Animals.


The young woman swept her tiny
camers 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 adniringly, says the New York Sun.
"How is that?' she asked.
The visitor was puzzled, and frank,
" admitted it. "Well," she said, 81
suppose ii is all right 1t all depends
upon what you are trying to do"
The young woman with the brush
was yisibly disgusted.
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 II you'd
like to take to your heels and run
away from it? 1t certainly is saw
age glare" she added, less positively.
at is meant TO be one, anyway. ] am
making an eye. eats eye, an eye
for a 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 ] must
make the expression OF his eyes cor
respond with his bellicose attitude.
You can't get a good idea OF the effect,
though, until the eye Is placed in posi-
tion, just wait till I'm through and
then III show you how 1t looks"
The visitor examined the artistic
production with increased interest,
What queer line OF work" she said.
mot at all, returned the young
woman with the brush. at is very
pleasant. work at II ala the time.
Painting glass eyes has become quite
n remuneratiTe field Tor woman
blessed with a delicate touch OF the
brush. II is good thing for some
OF us that the glaring glass eyes OF
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
a ball OF glass OF almost any size or
color and absolutely devoid OF EXPIRES
sion was fastened into the socket and
The work was pronounced complete.
But all that IL happily changed. To-
day the eye, instead OF Deing regard
ed as the least important factor in
obtaining iifelike appearance in
dead animal, is recognized as val
uaple medium Tor conveying an I'M
preston OF intelligence ana action
ana much attention Is bestowed upon
artistic eyes
II requires good deal OF study
to determine just what expression OF
the eye VIII correspond with the at
utude decided upon Then the size
ana color OF an animals eyes vary
with different emotions. Take this
cat L am working on now, Tor in
stance. There is a direct relation be-
tween the twist OF the tip OF his tail
and the contraction or expansion OF
the pupil OF ms eye, ana II is my
business to ind out what that rela-
tion Is and work along those lines.
In ordsr 10 ht myself Tor competent
painter OF animals eyes ! have found
IL necessary TO become the intimate
friend OF a whole menaserie, from an
elephant down TO trained tond.
nave painted the eyes OF some OF the
most valuable animals that have been
mounted In TINS country in the past
nve years ana may confidently say
that am an expert In my line After
get my eyes painted | always like
10 superintend their insertion into the
head, Tor the painting alone does not
give the desired effect, by any means.
30 much depends upon the length of
the iashes, the droop OF the lids and
the angle OF vision that am never
satished unless have put on the fin
lshing touches myself
vi an eyes IKE best to paint
those OF the deer family' There is
u "ls'iui' haunted, patheuc look In
tne eyes OF that trioe That touches
my heart IN a tender spot and Hat
Ter myseii that 90 my cleverest'
most syhpa.heue Worh wheh nave
oeer IN hand,
reopie VINO nave animals 10 be
houn'su oiten'i'hes nave ueeiueuiy
orlg'n"i iueas as 10 position ana the
expression Oh 'he race lhese lueas
are not Always ariistle' or even sensi-
oie' anu III ooeylhg direetions ! ire
queh''y nave 10 comm, nagraht out,
fages against goou TASTE ana natural
hls'ory i"he .he case Oh n woman
over On 'he Wes' sac whose dog ''ed
. niue whlle ago, as an example
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served ond then sbe ,,,rnod re- ottan
,ion 40 his 400.