The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-31
THE TIMES, WASHINGTON, SUNDAY, MARCH 81, 1901.

whether the eyes matches color 1t is
very few people who will notice If IL
! doesn't. OF course We don't send people
of with a green artificial eye to match a
Glue eye. but | have known people with
eyes that were misfi1s I'm color and even
their relatives would not know it."
1t is "A general conception among people
who do not wear artificial ewes them
selves that they are round like marbles.
Quite the reverse is really the case and
! II II were not for the pupils and the iris.
they would have the appearance of imi-
tation seashclls And they are thin shells
of porcelain followed into the shape Of
the eycball and with the iris blown in the
centre. Some of the most expensive have
the white about the iris daintily hand
painted and with the veins distinctly
showing. For the deep hazel eyes there
is delicate pink shading, although this
is only used for the eyes OF negroes. the
yellow or greenish yellow being more COM
monty seen.
Brown eyes are eass to fit" said the
eye man. when the " oman had observed
this. They are usually one color, with
the pupil simply agdfrker shade. It's the
greys aud grey-haEels srnd the blue-greys
there is trouble ahouty You can see how
varied their markings are. and how diff
ferent each eye is from all the rest. The
eyes may be exactly the same shade, but
IL the markings are' different they will
look different. We have our greatest trou-
bic fitting Grey-eyed people. and some
times we have tG send abroad to have
special eyes made for them. 1t seems to
me there is no end 20 the varieties OF
grey eyes And they IRE all as different
as can be-"
How long do people wear their glass
eyes?" asked the woman. tearing herself
from the fascination of the trays.
THAT all depends. said the eye man.
1T would be Impossible to say any given
time Anywhere from three years to two
months. | order six%eyes a year for an
actress and there, iS d dramatic reader
who buys an eye 5exery three months.
Again some people wear an eye three
years, and still 1t viii. not be badly worn.
OF course the actress is very particular
because she is before the footIights all
the time aud the slightest dulIness would
show. She has practiced until she uses
the eye very well. and no one would
KNOWN fact, l believe very few people
do know that she has an artificial eye.
She can turn Il without the least trou-
BILE. Her eyes are never worn when she
lays them aside. but she does not take
any chances on them
The eye man further explained that the
eyes were taken out of their sockets
every night ard put back in the morning,
the owner using n little bent instrument
like a bodkin for the operation. The eye
man demonstrated the trick on his own
eye with CHASTITY reality.
do eyes ever break" asked the
woman horrifed at the mere suggestion
To the eye man this was evidently an
everyday consideration. "Oh. yes. he
said in matter of fact tone. they often
break. particularly il 1t is very cold
weather. People enter warm room
from the cold outside and rush UP to a
hot stove. The sudden change is very
apt to affect the eve; crack IL goes, and
out drop the pupils We have good
many complaints from Michigan On that
very thing. With their cold weather eyes
are often breaking. Down here, Of course,
II seldom occurs.
ITO make up forsit we have a trouble
in Chicago which is reported nowhere
else. After the eyes have been worn a
short time the line OF the open lid is
marked by a streak of 1irt which is
ground into the porcelain. The dirt
which gets into the eyes wears them out
much faster than they could be worn in
the country. 1t grinds into the polished
surface, leg wing little dull spccks.
''Well. don't see how people turn these
eyes," said the woman. stlll wondering
trick in the world when you know how,
but 1t takes n lot OF practice They have
a scheme now which is being very gem
orally adopted in eye operations in the
East When an eye Is removed u tiny
glass ball Is set into the socket and the
flesh drawn over IT, When this has grown
in place it makes a bunch over which the
glass eye sets and by means OF which II
can be moved with the greatest ease. II
gives the person natural control of the
artificial eye. which is moved uncon-
seiousiy and in harmony with the natural
eye
f"Oh, dear. said the woman, lust think
of IT." aud she-weHt away wishing she
might wear an artificial eye.
'lt would be such fun 10 pick one out,
she told a friend later.-Tho Chicago
Chronicle.