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Rules for the Care Of The Eyes.

When writing reading drawing sew
ing etc., always take care that
7a.) The room is comfortably cool
and the feet warm;
(5.) There is nothing tight about
the neck;
c., There is plenty Of light without
dazzling the cys;
d. The sun does not shine directly
on the object we are work upon;
e. The light does not come from in
front; it is best when it comes over
the left shoulder;
f. The head. is not very much bent
over the work;
g. The page is nearly perpendlcu'
lar to the limo of sight; that is, that
the eye is nearly opposite the middle
Of the page, for an object held slant
ingis not seen so clearly.
Il. That the page or other object, is
not less than fifteen inches from the
eye.
Near-sightedness is apt to increase
rapidly when q person wears, IN. read
ing, the glasses intended to enable
him to see distant objects.
In any case. when the eyes nave
any defect. avoid fine nccdle-work
drawing of fine maps, and all such
work, except for very short tasks,
not exceeding half an hour each, and
in the morning. =
Never study or write before break
fast by candle light.
Do not lie down when reading.
If your eyes are aching from fire
light, from looking at the snow. from
over-work or other causes, a pair OF
colpred glasses may be advised, to be
used for u while. Light blue or gray
ish blue is the best shade, but these
glasses are likely to be abused, and
usually, are Lot to be worn except
under medical advice. Almost all
those persons who continue to wear
.colored glasses, having perhaps first
teceived advice to wear them. Tray
cling vendors Of spectacles are not to
he trusted their wares are apt to be
recommended Is isnorantly and in
discriminately as in the times Of the
Vicar of Wakefcld.'
If you have to hold the pages OF
Harper's Magazine nearer than III
teen inches in order to read it easily
it is probable that you are quite near
,sightcd. If you have to hold it two
or three feet away before you can see
easily, you are probably far-sighted-
In either cases, it is very desirable to
consult physician before getting q
pair of glasses, for Il misft may per-
manently injurc your eyes
Never play trick with the eyes, as
squirting rolling them.
The eyes arc often troublesome
when the stomach is out Of order.
Avoid reading or sewing BY twl-
light or when debilitated by recent
illness, especially fever.
Every scamstrcss ought to have q
cutting g-out table, to place her work
on such plane with reference to the
line of vision Us to make it possible
to exercise Il close scrutiny without
bending her head or the figure much
forward.
Usually except for aged persons or
chronic invalids. the winter tcmpera-
ture in work rooms ought not to ex-
ceed sixty degrees or siXty-fve de-
greos. To sit with impunity in a
room at a lower temperature, added
clothing viii be necessary. The feet
of astudentjor seamstress should
be kept comfortably warm while the
tasks aye being done. Slippers are
bad. Inwinter the temperature OF
tho lower part Of the room is apt to
be one hundred aud eight or one
hundred and eighty-fvc lower than
the upper.
1t is indispensable in Ill forms of Ia
Dor requiring the exercise of vision
of minute objects, that the work
er should rise from his task now and
then take a few deep inspirations
with closed mouth, stretch the frame
out into the most erect posture, throw
the arms backward and forward, anG
if possible, step to the window or ou
into tho open air, if only for mo
ment. Two desks or tables in a room
are valuable for student one tc
stand at, the. other to sit a:.-Dr- Lin
coin IN the Sdnitarian.