American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-09-11
Care Of the Eyes.

THE Sanitdrian gives some excellent
rules for the care of the eyes:
When writing, reading, drawing, sew.
ing, etc., always take care that
1. The room is comfortably cool and the
feet warm. =
.: There ia nothing tight about the
neck;
8. There is plenty of light without daz-
cling the eyes;
4. The sun does not shine directly on
the object we are working upon;
5. The light does not come from the
front; it is best when it comes over the
left shoulder; ms %
thework; q
z. The page is nearly perpendicular to
the line of sight; that is, that the eye is
nearly opposite the middle of the page, for
an object held slanting u not seen SO
clearly;
8. That the page or other object is not
less than fifteen inches from the eye
Nearsightedness Is apt to increase rap
idly when person wears in reading the
glasses intended to enable him to see dis
tant objects.
SIN any case when the eyes have any de-
sfsct xxoid s6ne -ncedle-work, drawing of
very short tasks, not exceeding half an
hour each and in the morning.
Never study or write before breakfast by
candlelight.
Do not lie down when reading.
: If your eyes are aching from freight,
from looking at the snow, from over-work,
or other causes, a pair of colored glasses
may be advised to be used for while.
Light blue or grayish blue is the best
shade, but these glasses are likely to be
abused, and usually are not to be worn
NV mt rrrnd a
those persons who continue to wear col
ored glasses, having perhaps first received
advice to wear them from medical men,
would be better without them. Travelling
vendors of spectacles ere not to be trusted;
their wares are apt to be recommended as
ignorantly and Unfortunately as in the
times of the /" Vicar of Wakefield"
Ifyou have to hold the pages of Hdr-
per's Mdgassne nearer than fifteen inches
in order to read It easily, it is probable
that you are quite near-sighted. If you
have to hold it two or three feet away Be-
fore you see easily. you are probably far
sighted. In either case it is very desirable
to consult q physician before getting pair
Of glasses, for q nisft may permanently
injure your eyes.
Never play tricks with the eyes, ~
squirting or rolling them. Ne
The eyes are often troublesome when the
stomach is out of order.
Avoid reading or sewing by twilight or
when debilftated by recent Illness, espe-
cially fever.
Every scamstress ought to have q cut
ting-Out table, to place her work on such
. plane with reference to the line of Wis
ion as to make it possible to exercise q
close scrutiny without bending the head
or figure much forward.
Usually, except for aged persons or
chronic invalids, the winter temperature
in work-rooms ought not to exceed sixty
or sixty-five degrees. To sit with impu-
nifty in room at lower temperature
some added clothing will be necessary.
The feet of student or scamstress should
be kept comfortably warm while tasks
arc being done. Slippers are bad. In
winter the temperature of the lower part
of the room is apt to be ten to fifteen de-
grees lower than that of the upper q
1t is Indispensable In all forms of labor
requiring the exerclsc of vision of minute
objects thatthe worker should rise from
his task now and then, takea few deep in
SEPARATIONS with closed mouth, stretch the
frame out into the most erect posture,
throw the arms backward and forward,
and, If possible, step to q window or into
the open air, il only for moment Two
desks or tables in room are valuable for
a student; one to stand at, the other to
sit at. FL