Concerning Glass Eyes

"Good glass cycü ccmc high," said an oculist recently to a Buffalo Naws man, "Cost a big pricc, do fchey?" "Yes, the {rood ones do." "Then there is a good deal of differenee?" "Oh, ycs. They ranero all the way from fifty cents to fifty dollr.rs." "Is thero such a big demand for them?" "Larger than most people suppose. The f act is that many people get along so wcll with a glass eye that not one person in teu suspocts the fact." "Somt1 oí' aur friends may be wearing one of thotie Eolid visual organs and we do not know it?" 'Treeisely. ['11 bet that several people in this city with vvhom you are acquainted are wearing glaes e.yes, and the fact has always escapee! your atten: tion." "Teil me something about the business, doctor." "In the first place the greater share of glass eyes, so called, are not glass. The best quality of artificial eyes is manufacturad in America by a process that is kept absolutely secret. These are the lightest and best and will last the longer. The Germans also make a fine artificial eye. The best eyes are made of stone. The Germán article is cheaper than the American. Theveining in the foreign eyes is not so well marked." "What makes the trade profitable?" "I'll teil you. One-eyed men are likely to be rather scarce, and one would think that having once stocked up they would buy no more. lïut this is not the case. An artificial eye gets to be a nuisance af ter it has been on duty two or three months. Another one has to be purchased. This explains the reason for the lively trade in these articles. There'll always be a trade in them, and a good one, too.i' "IIow is it we don't notice a glasseye in some men?" "Because they know enough to keep still about the matter, and wear the best eyes obtainable. In this way if you notice anything at all peculiar about their opties you imagine they have a squint or are cross-eyed."