The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-07
THE REPAIRING OF MAN
ARTISAN COMES NEAR GREAT
 ING THE COMPLETE BEING.
Persons Seen Upon the Streets Not Always What They seem-Many
 Have False Eyes, or Arms Or Legs.

"One meets many persons casually, to whom one does not give the credit of possessing artificial. eyes, noses. \ fingers, and even arms and hands. &Thus spoke local dealer in artinclai
 uman features and limbs the other Nay. .'Of course" he continued, we &SesalI heard of the man who was used Ip,' and who, when taken apart by his valet at night, presented, in place of his normal handsome and inn posing appearance in society, the spec tacle of a miserable, inarticulate. help less remnant or fragment of humanity. Most cases are not quite so bad as this, but there are some very striking ones. Many persons there are who rejoice in the possession of artificial noses of highly classic design, for who, having hie choice would select a pug? And here lies the advantage of those wear ing features created by art over ordi- nary mortals who have to put up with those with which Dame Nature has supplied them.
 We are, most of us, not consulted as to a choice of the features that go to make up our personal appearance, though we are generally, no douot' very well satisfied herewith, or what would become of the looking-glas makeTS. A HACK Oi GA SoSSt1Nh with certain staring propensity may be urged against artificial eyes by the critical, but when it comes to noses art asserts its supremacy over nature, and the former owner of C. neg re- trousse which has been carried off amid all the pride, ponp, circumstance, or glorious war or bitten off by a COW, as the case may be. can supply his ab- sent feature with a beautiful Roman, or Grecian. or composite nose. accord ing 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 taking his favorite luxury, thus sacri- ficing looks to comfort.
 Look at this artificial ear." and the dealer took that article from his show case. "It was made for a gentleman who had the misfortune. in shooting accident. to lose the lower part of his right ear. After the necessary opera ton he was for some time without that portion of his ear which had been shot .4way, and without any substitute for 1t. It was only when personal friend suggested trying to get an imitation lower half ear fitted. so as to take away any noticeable deformity that he gave any thought to the matter.
 How did we manage to fit the arti- flcial part to the remainder of the natural ear? Oh, very. easily. The subject to be operated upon having been placed in an easy position and required to keep perfectly still. plaster cast Chat is, a model in plaster of Paris) was taken of the remaining DOT tion of the right ear and also one of the perfect left ear. A cast like that AoH,. -A After removing the cast thus taken, molten wax is poured into it and allow ed to set thoroughly. Then it is taken out and from this wax model. with the model also of the whole left ear before him, a clever workman proceeds to con struct the real model of the missing part, exactly to correspond in size and appearance with the remaining portion. so as to make right ear as perfect as possible.
 This model to be used is made from "a special secret composition of a me- tallic nature, which is extraordinarily light and pliable. When this work man has finished his model it is pass ed on to another man. who undertakes the enameling of it. and so beautifully manipulates his coloring of the artifi- cial ear that it is extremely difficult to tChi lIOiII lIdt Ol udluIc
 Now then, you see this ring of the same metallic composition as the artifi- cial portion of the ear is so made as to fit around that portion of the natural feature remaining on the gentleman's head. and in such way as not to show in the least. This small flesh colored funnel fits into the tube of the real ear and holds the lower part firm n its place. Now ] will undertake to say that the gentleman upon whom we will fit this ear can be among room full of people without anyone not in the secret having an idea of his possessing any but real ears like themselves.
 Tn addition to this the possessor can take 1 toff and put it on in a few seconds just at his pleasure without the slightest difficulty. It takes two months to make an ear of this kind from start to finish. and the price is $3O It turns the scale you see, at less than half an ounce.
 "Of artificial noses there are several Imitation ones doing duty on faces that we meet on our daily rounds through the stretS. In every case where an imitation nose or a part of one is re- qulred. model is made of the whole nose or the subject. just as in the case or the ear. and from this an imitation nose is made in similar fashion. Only the nose is always made as a whole. not as part for this is necessary. not only for the look of the organ. but owing to the method of attachment. this being now generally done by the wearing of eyeglasses. which. coming over it are so adjusted as to keep the artificial feature in it's place
 "So thin and close fitting iS this nasal cover and so exactly colored to match the rest of the wearer's face. that it is In most cases simply impossible to tell from casual glance that one is worn at all by the posseseor of it. The cost of a nose ia anywhere from S25 to SS0 and 1t can very often be made in few days. if necessary One firm in New York makes on an average one artificial nose a week.
 Artificial lins are rare. They are made mostly in the same way as noses and cost little less. sometimes rather