A MAKER OF EYES

Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 308, 29 December 1937, Page 6

A MAKER OF EYES

* A company of blind musicians is touriiisr I England and before their tour it was decided > that each player should lie fitted with artificial ev-es. This job fell to Miss Rose Mi'.lauro. a ■ yotinjj woman who has made mi an average j pla«s f viv a week since 1!>23 She uses the II finest soda frhiss. ], v a ,| e f t m ; x ; llfr G f I colours she is able to reproduce anv liul-ian 1 jCye with creditable exactness Sour-Of those i IM '" llil(l eyeless for 17 and 20 years, others had one natural ey- which >li«;s iMillaiiro was able to match. In i«l.< r cases ■ it was a matter of fitting l-!.i-s eyes of special i|ihinnp«s over nat".:»•«I eves wlu--li .ould n»t jliave shown up wel: on the Allliou-h most of lier wnr.. U dot:.? f>r the X.iMonal Instil'.te for the Blind ~iic )m> a!,-, made eves lor pet dous and eais. (>,.•■, j|. an emer■■encv jshe matched ;l ra,-e:....v s eye bv p„„t. There .arc only six artificial ,y.> firms 'i,, the ltnt-.li J iMiipire. one in Aus' : -..;i.,. the rest in England.