The evening times., 1900-03-17

vi BOiu, SILVER, ana IVORY IL was the Gus
tom Of the aneients, when their passions
were stirred by events OF great moment
20 bring theif artificial eyes and place
them in the public treasury Tor the good
Of the cause Just as people now give gold
watches and jewels when moved TO gen
erosity by an eloquent missioner.
In Paris the important manufacturers.
artists and scientists cOugregate in the
neighbOrhOod of the Madeiein. while the
lesser lights are TO be found In little
streets OF the boulevard and Temple dis
trict. The French artisan who makes
glass eyes is known as an Ocularist. 10
which title the wealthy dealers around the
Madelein add that Of OCulist.
The wearer Of glass eye is usually alb
normally sensitive about BE-. and az first eN-
ceedingly fearful OF the physical pain that
may be caused by putting an artificial eve
in The wealthy dealer in glass eyes In
Paris fits his place up gorgeously and hires
a servant with one eye. taking care - Sc
leCt one who can be fitted with an aTud-
cial eye 90 as perfectly match the natural
one as possible. Il IS admitted by the
dealers thar no artificial organ thar exactly
matches the natural one has ever been
made. When the stump Of the eye and
the muscles that moved % have been left
il the socket by the surgeon who removed
the eye the artificial eye viii be moved
up and down. 10 right OF left by thess
muscles i'm unison with the other eve. But
when the eye has been out a long time be-
fore the artificial one was inserted the lids
will have shrunk. thus necessitating The
person TO wear a glass eye smaller than
the one removed 4 few weeks sill strctCn
the lids. larger size is put IN. and so ou
until the eyes appear exactly the same
size
Although no perfect match has ever
been made they get nea' enough peIieC-
ton TO deceive even ocuIists. II is such a
person az this that the wealthy Partisan
dealer in artificial eyes wants for srry-
ant When the timid and doubling Gus
toner expresses his fears the manufactu-
Uer says
John come here"
The servant respectfully obeys. and his
master SAYS TO the customer. DO YOU see
anything the matter with thar man.
No"
Now John. take. out YOUR eye
John does this. placing the artificial eye
ia the hand OF the astouished visitor who.
Of course. AZ once assumes that n Is only
"a question Of time when his glass eye viii
as perfectly match his natural one as
Johns does
The ocularist enameler Is one Of the best
paid artisans in Europe. being able TO earn
from 90 20 D. francs "a day some Of the
best workers among them are women In
ma.ufactOries it is usually piece work. but
sometimes the business Is conducted on
sort OF cooperative plan the ocularist
receiving a percentage Of the profits. his
poor work being thrown on his hands and
a charge made for the material used. IN
this way the man gradually acCumulaieS
stock of artificial eyes which be viii one
day utilize in many % novel way. when he
goes into business for himself
The economy OF the PIrisians Is proven
Lial and extends even into the wearing of
artificial ewes. It rs generally supposed
that when person is once fitted with a
glass eve there the matter ends. On the
contrary it has just begun. No glass eye
should be worn more than q year. and in
many cases 81 Is necessary 10 change them
as often as once In six months. The mate
rial OF which they are made iS more or
less porous. the acid IN the moisture OF
the eve socket takes hold Of the enamel,
which becomes rough. causing Eranuiated
eyelids.
The men in Paris who eater 90 the cheap
trade make a small allowance for these
second hand eyes. When the onr-eyed
beau or belle Of the slums of Paris wants
20 make an impression az ball he goes 90
the dealer and rents. FOR the night ID glass
eve. He Is no, faStdIous as TO Size or
color. a glass eye for the function" he
is 20 attend he regards as a necessity q
perfect match he would esteem super
iuous luxury
There is siiH another use made of these
secondhand glass eyes. The fashionable
embalmer Of Paris wants mis- subject to
look as beautiful and life-likC as possible
The natural organs have sunk deep i'm the
head The embalmer therefore, goes 20
the cheap OcularisJ and buys pair OF
eyes. cf any color. SO that they De- Of
about the same size which he adjusts
under the eyelids. cons0l.ng himself with
the reflection that the dead man viii
neither complain Of the difference iu the
color of his eye nor tell any tales, while
the living viii be comforted at the inn
provement the embalmer has made IN the
looks Of their loved one
Occasional calls for artificial eyes come
TO Paris from almost every corner OF the
globe. French manufacture got an or
der from an officer OF Emperor SOulOuqde.
Of Haiti some thirty years or more ago.
The Ccularist was delighted. His vivid
Imagination pictured a lively trade with
the island that would spring up in cOnse-
quencc Of this order from so distinguish
ed a person possibly a decoration from
the Emperor With the utmost care he
made tho eye and sent il on. For six
months he feard nothing Of a.. then The
Your eve is of no use 20 me. IL is
lowish and recalls the memory d. the
Spanish flag | VIII only wear an eve Of
the cOlOrs OF my own country
The heartbroken dealer picked up his
courage and went at il again The solera
or white Of the eye in "a young person is of
clear blush white; past middle life il is
creamy. while in the aged. especially in
those of dark complexion like the typical
Spaniard, il is quite a deep yellow The
/ ocularist went to the Office of the consul
and took look al the Haitien flag. then
went home and made . glass eve for the
patriotic general that was a lively mixture
OF red and green. This eve so delighted
the veteran Of many wars that he refused
TO degrade il by wearing % in his empty
socket. but suspended il over his heart
/ among his decorations Of honor
II is a beautiful sight 10 watch the ocu-
I laTist at his work. He is seated at a small
; workmans bench or table. just behind the
! gas flame in which he VIII heat and melt
/ his glass and enamels, which lie on the
I table before him. The bellows that blow
/ his gas flame he operates with his foot
/ He cuts on a one-and-a-half- inch section
/ OF crystal rom a stick that is about the
| diameter OF an ordinary lead pencil and
cylindrical q shape. upon which he blows
/ the gas fame until il glows with heat.
4 Now he picks up PIN worm stick Of white
/ enamel, with which he paints about
/ four stripes down the sides of the glowing
/ crystal Next he picks up another stick
/ OF Nnamel that appears TO be about the
! color Of port wine Of which he uses per
Z hans half p : much as of The white fbau