The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-01-14
PATCHING THE CRIPPLES
artisans HELP OUT INCOMPLETE
HUMAN BEINGS.

. '~F'Ff'N @AA'hNas
FopairinE Defective Man - People Wear
Artificial Eyes. Noses. Fingers aud
Even Arms aud Hands without Casual
Acquaintance knowing ne.
one meets many persons casually
I 10 whom one does not give the credit
l on possessing artificial eyes. noses. IN
/ gers aud even arms and hands" Thus
/ spoke local dealer in artificial hu-
man features aud limbs the other day.
| "Of course" he continued. I'VE have
all heard of the man who was used
\ up and who. when taken apart by mis-
I valet az night presented. IN place OF
/ his normal handsome and imposing APP
/ pearance In society. the spectacle or
\ a miserable. iuartlculnte. helpless rem.
/ nant or fragment OF humanity. Most
| cases are not quite 30 bad as this. but
/ there are some very striking ones.
/ Many persons there are who rejoice In
| the possession OF artificial noses or
highly classic design. and who. hav-
| ing his choice would select pug
I And here lies the advantage or those
/ wearing features created 10y art over
| ordinary mortnls who have Co put up
/ with those with which Dame Nature
| has supplied them
I'VE are. most OF as. not consulted MS
| 10 choice of the features that 80 to
make mp our personal appearance.
/ though we are generally. no doubt
I very well satisfied herewith. or what
] would become OF the looking glass
makerst A lack OF expression. toceth.
/ er with a certain staring propensity.
may be urged against artificial eyes by
| the critical. but when IL comes TO
noses, art asserts it's supremacy over
nature. and the former owner of nez
! retrousse. which has been carried on
| amid all the pride. pomp. circum-
! stance OF glorious war or bitten on
| by cow as the case may be, can sup
! ply his absent feature with a beautiful
Roman, or Grecian. or composite nose.
according TO his taste in facial archl-
lecture
Perhaps you have heard OF the
snuff taker who preferred his artificial
nose upside down FOR greater facility
in taking his favorite luxury. thus
sacrificing looks to comfort
Look at this artificial ear" and
the dealer took that article from his
show case. 1t was made for n gen
tleman who had the misfortune. in a
shooting accident, TO lose the lower
part of his right ear. After the neces-
sary operation he was for some time
without that portion of his ear which
had been shot away. and without any
sal 60 IL /.
personal friend suggested trying to
get an imitation lower half ear fitted
so as to take away any noticeable de
formity, that he gave any thought to
the matter
How did we manage 10 1T the arti-
fetal part 10 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 stin. a plas-
ter cast THAT Is, a model In plaster OF
Paris was taken OF the remaining
portion OF the right ear and also one
Of the perfect left ear. A cast like
that takes about half an hour TO make
After removing the east thus taken
molten wax is poured into IL and al
lowed TO set thoroughly. Then IL is
taken out and from this wax model
with the model also Of the whole left
ear before him. a clever workman pro-
ceeds TO construct the real model OF
the missing part. exactly TO correspond
In size and appearance with the re-
naming portion, so as TO make a right
ear as perfect as possible
This model TO be used IS made from
q special secret composition OF a me-
tallic nature. which Is extraordinarily
light and pllGblc. when this work
man has finished his model 90 is passed
ON TO another man. who undertakes
the cnamelling of ~. aud SO beautifully
manipulatcs his cOlOriug of the arfi-
fetal ear that IL is extremely difficult
to tell its tint from chat of nature.
Now. then, you see this ring of the
same metallic composition as the arti-
/ fetal portion OF the ear is so made as
to- fit around chat portion of the uatur-
| al feature remaining on the gentle.
mans head. ana in such way as not
| To show 600 the least This small Hesh.
c0lOred funnel fats into thp tube oi the
real ear and holds the lower part firm
| la its place. Now. / viii undertake. to
say that the gentleman upon whom we
/ viii 90 this ear can Doe among room
fun Of people without amy One not boo
| the secret having au idea OF his pos
sessing any but real ears like tham
selves.
I'm addition to this. the possc..oI
can taEe DO or aud put DO on boz "a few
seconds. just az his pleasure without
| the slightest difficulty ~ takes two
months ,o make an ear of this kind
from start to- finish and thc price is
$50 10 turns the scale. you sce. at
| less than half an ounce.
"Of artificial noses thcrc afp several
imitation ones doing duty ou faces that
we meet ON our daily rounds through
| the streets In every case where an
Imitation nose or part off one .s re.
! quired % model ie made of tI. whole
nose of the subject just as Dob ihe cas-.
of the ear. and from This 8u imitation
nose is mudc iu similar fashion
only tho nose s always made as H
whole, not as par, Cos iHs I- u.o..
sary, not only FOR tho look OFT ih. oI.
gan. but owing to the method of at
tlchmput this being now v.nnrII.