La Junta tribune. (La Junta, Bent County, Colo.) 1881-1939, 1906-09-22

n He received an expensive and
choice specimen from the Paris maker.
but because II contained a suggestion
Of yellow, which was the color OF the
hated Spaniard. the Haitian sOldie,
sent il back, swearing be would wea:
an eye only that displayed the colOrs
Of his country. The Partisan artist
thereupon made him one that sported
the jealous warrior wore proudly until
the day of his death.
False eyes We're very expensive in
the early stase of the art. A false eye
ranked with the jewels Of persons
possession and was frequently diverted
from its proper use to shine as an Or
nament upon some part of the person
Tor which IL had not been destined. As
made today the cost OF false eye
varies from s. 10 SIS. The crux of the
art of its manufacture is in the prep
aration of the crystal, which must be
carefully tempered by gradual proc
ess TO resist heat and cold and the
corrosive secretions of the socket for
which IL is intended. The crystal Is
colored variously from blush to n
yellowish white TO simulate the actual
cornea in different stages of youth and
age. the white OF the eye showing blue
In youth and yellowing with age. This
enamel which is to form the ground
work Of the eye is first blown, at the
end of a glass tube, into the shape of
q closed tulip
The eye artist Is seated at a table be-
fore a small heating apparatus that
contains blowpipes holding flames Of
two different temperatures, from
whose heat his face is protected by
small hood over the top of the appa-
ratus. He has at hand thin sticks OF
pigmented glass, blue. gray. brown.
red. yellow and green. In various
shades. Taking up glass tulip. fused
at one end Of a small glass pipe, and
holding IL In the flame, the artist ap-
plies to its tip with the other hand the
end Of stick of glass, which as II
melts forms the ground color Of the
iris Of the particular eye he has In
view. The glass tulip Is kept twiriing
In the left hand while the tip Of the col
ored glass stick il applied, SO that by
degrees the point Of the tulip is worn
away and a gradually encrOaching
circle takes Its place and forms the Iris.
This, a. II tends to lump. 10 0attened
every now and then by pstting.
Whenever the glass eye In its max
Ing is withdrawn from the name for
even q moment Il must again be &C.
climated to the intense heat BY drst
Introducing II into the lesser name.
This simple precaution neglected. brit
tjeness will ensue and the eye crack
on the frst occasion OF its meeting the
cold air Of winters day. The hecks
in the iris are cunningly initiated By
light. deft strokes with the dinereut
coioeed giass sticks. all the time the
glass bulb revolving in the lame, and
now and then being blown to keep II
In proper shape. At last when the Iris
has attained the proper diameter and
10 necked a. IL should be. . stick Of
black enamel y plue.ed into the CEN
ter and fused o6 when Il has reached
Q certain depth. This forms the pupil.
Some more stippiing h done to form
the specks about the pupil, then the
minute veins are traced on the white Of
the eye with Q stick OF red glass
whose tip il melted and drawn out into
q thread. A stick Of pure transparent
crystal IL then taken and melted In the
fame until II spreads over the whole
surface Of the eye to give II the liquid.
lifelike look and depth
The shell IN now ready TO be cut from
the bulb. Q shell that shall 0t DE
socket In which IL Is to be placed. with
the Iris in Just the right situation to
prevent crossed OF wall eye" appear
ance. The artist takes . pair Of meas
uring diviiers and lays Oh from the
iris certain distances ON the cofpea to
correspond with the actual width II
the vacant orbit. Putting the globe
again into the fame he introduces .
pointed instrument into its surface and
begins TO trace the contour of the orbit.
the glass peeline away In . strip ~ Il
follows the path q the instrument.
TAe edges are tien polished and the
giass eye is ready 10 be inserted.-Nsw