The Washington times., 1901-07-28
REPAIRING DEFECTIVE MAN
The Artisan Comes Near Creating
the Complete Being.
Persons Seen Upon tn. streets Not
Always What They Secm-Many
Have False Eyes, or Arms. or Legs,
While Some Have Counterfeit Ears

whom one does not give the credit o
possessing artificial eyes, noses. fingers
and even arms and hands,. Thus spok'
a local dealer in artificial human features
and limbs the other day. "Of course,
he continued, I'VE have all heard tn
man who was used up and who, whei
taken apart by his valet at night, present
ed. in place of his normal handsome ant
imposing appearance in society, the spec
tacle of a miserable, inarticulate, helpless
remnant or fragment of humanity. Mos
cases ar. not quite so bad as this, bu
| there are some very striking ones. Many
persons there are who rejoice in the pos
session of artificial noses of highly classic
design, for who, having his choice wouit
select pug? And here lies the advan-
tage of those wearing features created pS
art over ordinary mortals who have tt
put up with those with which Dame Ma
ture has supplied them
1--WE are most of us, not consulted al
| to a choice of the features that go te
make up our personal appearance, thougf
| we are generally, no doubt, very well sat
| isfied Herewith, or what would become OF
| the looking glass makers? A lack OF ex'
preston together with certain staring
propensity may be urged against artih-
| cial ewes by the critical, but when II
| comes to noses art asserts it's supremacy
| over nature, and the former owner OF
| neg retrousse which has been carried on
amid all the pride, pomp. circumstance
of glorious war, or bitten off by COW.
as the case may be, can supply his ao-
| sent feature with a beautiful Roman, or
Grecian or composite nose, according To
his taste in facial architecture.
Perhaps you have heard of the snuff
taker who preferred his artificial nose
upside down for greater facility in taxing
his favorite luxury, thus sacrificing looks
to comfort.
Look at this artificial ear" and the
dealer took that article from his snow
case. 1T was made for gentleman VINO
had the misfortune. in a shooting acci-
dent, to lose the lower part of his right
ear After the necessary operation ne
was for some time without that portion Oh
his ear which had been shot away, ana
without any substitute for 1t. 1t was ON!
when a personal friend suggested trying
to get an imitation lower half ear htted'
so as to take away any noticeable de-
formity that he gave any thought 10 the
matter. raT
How did we manage to fit the artihclai
part to the remainder of the natural ear !
Oh, very easily. The subject to be oper-
ated upon having been placed In an easy
position and required to keep perfectly
still. a plaster cast chat Is, model IN
plaster of Paris) was taken OF the re-
manning portion of the right ear and also
one of the perfect left ear. p cast hhe
that takes about half an hour TO make
After removing the cast thus taken' mott
"a nd a q
set Thoroughly. Then it is taken out ana
from this wax model. with the Hlodel aiso
of the whole left ear before him, a clever
workman proceeds to construct the reai
model of the missing part, exactly to cor
respond In size and appearance with the
remaining portion. so as to make risii'
ear as perfect as possible
This model to be used is made from a
special secret composition of metallic
nature. which is extraordinarily light and
'pliable. When this workman has nnisheo
his model it is passed on to another man,
who undertakes the enameiin@, OF IT, anu
so beautifully manipulates his coloring of
the artificial ear that it is extremely diff-
cult to tell its tint from that of nature.
Now. then, you see this ring OF the
same metallic composition as the artifi-
fit around that PORTION of the natural
feature remaining or the gentleman
head. and in such way as not to show
In the least. This small fiesh-coiored iuh-
mel fits into the tube of the real ear and
holds the lower part firm in Its place
Now, / will undertake to say that the
gentleman upon whom we Will mt TINS ear
can be amcng a room full OF people WIN
out anyone not In the secret having an
idea Of his possessing any but real ears
like themselves.
I'm addition to this the possessor can
take it off and put it on in few secenoS
Just at his pleasure without the siightestN
difficulty 1t takes two months TO make
an ear of this kind from start to finish,
and the price is $50. 1t turns the scale
you see. at less than half an ounce.
'Of artificial noses there are several I'M
itation ones doing duty on faces that we
meet on our daily rounds through the
streets. In every case where an Imitation
nose or part of one is required, a model
is made of the whole nose of the subject,
lust as in the case of the ear, and from
this an imitation nose is made In similar
fashion. Only the nose is always fnaae
as a whole, not as part for this is nee
gan. but owing to the method of attach
ment. this being now generally done by
the wearing of eyeglasses, which, com
ing over it. are so adjusted as to Keep the
artificial feature In its place.
$50 thin and close-fitting is this nasal
cover and so exactly colored to match the
rest of the wearer's face, that 1t is in
most cases simply impossible to tell from
~, f- lf q
the possessor of It. The cost of nose
is anywhere from s25 to $50. and it can
very often be made in few days. If nee
essary One firm in New York makes on
an average one artificial nose week.
Artificial lips are rare They are made |
mostly in tue same way as noses and cost |
little less. sometimes rather more, for
there is just as much care and skill re- |
uuired in TIE one case as In the other. |
They are kept in position by means of at |
to the inside of the mouth and |
teeth.
THE most common of all artificial or
gans is the eye. Though artificial optics |
are usually described as glass eyes, |
they are not made of that material, but |
of a special metallic enamel. Usually |
makers keep in stock thousands OF eyes |
of every size, shape, and color.
cone thing which makes the demand |
for eyes greater than that for any other |
kind of false organ of the human body is |
the fact that an artificial eye only lasts |
about n year-often only nine months- |
owing to the action OF the tears upon it. |
Another reason for their production in |
such quantities is that at regular inter |
walls the man who begirs to wear such an |
imitation eye has to have one of larger size. |
You see, when he begins-generally from |