Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-03-23
Take Care Of iour Eyes.


The more you avoid glazing and glancing
lights in the rooms you habItually sit in the
better. Therefore-although the following
advice is certain to meet with no attention
from the great maIority-lt Is our lauShably
painful duty to recommend ladies to have rs
few mirrors and other looklng-glasses, gilt
picture-frames and mouldings. bright cvlored
curtains, and highly polished furniture, III
their drawing-ruoms as possible; and what
they must have should be SO plaeed as not to
allow bright lights to be thrown upon them.
Highly colored curtains are additionally in
furious when the windows are open, SO that
various brilliant and dazzling colors are flung
about the room by the incoming breeze. A
very bright carpet Is u very injurious thing,
and, when combined with BRIGHTLY painted
ceiling. madness. these things may be
merry life Tor the eyes, but they are short
one. rich patterned, sober-toned carpet.
and soft sky-gray or stone-colored ceiling,
are my own private fancy. The almost III
variable whitewash OF the British ceiling
would be q constant injury but Tor the TACT
that the British isles are not overwhelmed
with sunlight. But whether reading. writ
ing, or working, or In any other way, II
should always be done with an obhque light,
and never with horizontal light. As to the
use OF lotions. several prescriptions are given
we'll us in other works, but iorbear to tran
scribe any OF them, excellent as they No
doubt would be, because lotion too strong.
or too frequently applied. or not exactly the
proper lotion for u special case o. lndlN Idudl
peculmrIty, might do far more harm than
good, unless used under professional super
vision. The only exception Is that OF pure
water. In cases of much Inflammation, or
Giaiculty of opening The eyehds in the morn
ing the water should be warm. and 1t may be
mixed with warm milk; and in nearly all
other cases it should be cold. AL those who
have been engaged IN reading OF writing
during several hours at u stretch, and espe-
cially ut night. should carefully battle the
eyes with cold water before going to bed, and
tue first thing Ill the mornings ADDITIONS
"All artisans who work ut II blazing fire ought
often TO wash their eyes with cold, puIe
water; and so should all those who work III
wool, particularly carders and spinners, and
all those employed i'll wooden and cotton
manufactures, etc; for the line dust, almost
impercepuble, it may be called, which such
works dlsperse, often produce cataracts, OBJ
stInate. lntlammations, swelled eyellds, etc.
l once lived, during weeks 4 time, on the
banks of an ephthalmIc river IN the interior
OF Australia; and numbers OF settlers and
shepherds, huntsmen and dlggers were atflict-
Ell every summer and autumn with sore eyes
so sore IN some cases that you might have
thought they would never open them aguin
One day squutter who owned 4 sheep sta
ton thereabouts rode up from Melbourne
with great AIR. He was ''swell-squatter,'
who only now and then came to visit his
snug little farm on the river. ito see how
stock got on" l asked his advice for the
sore eyes of his shepherds and others. 1T
serves them quite right said he. IL never
have these sore eyes; and you, sir, will never
have sore eyes. No gentleman ever has"
Not exactly perctlvIng the nice distinction in |
this matter | dtmurred. ut Is nice dis |
tnction, said he 1t Is Just that. You, no |
doubt. often wash your ey, with cold water. |
those fellows never do" There WAS no |
doubt much reason in this; but something |
else was the cause. Besides the dirtIness OF |
neglectlng the hot sand aud dust in the eyes, |
flies often rushed into them, and We're not |
soon or easily cleared out; there WAS. more
over, very small river fly, who either bit or
stung and inflammation very speedily set in
should have been very thankful at that |
time, Tor the sake of others (my horse in-
cluded) as well Ms myself. to have received
the following advice: Whenever a fly or
other insect. II small flying seed, quickhme
dust or any other minute object, gets into
the eye u e., under the eyelIdl, do nos
adopt the common habit of rubbing, or even
OF washing with water, but gently ruIse, OF
get Il gentle hand to raise for YOU, the eyehd, |
and bend the head forward. In keeping
thus the tyehd elevated, ANA the eye quIes-
cent for few moments, one feels "a How OF
tears starting from tho organ which seldom
fails to bring along with II the cause OF the
pain, or ut least to carry ii toward the corner
Ut the eye next to the nose, from whence 1t
may be removed by II fine handkerchief fold
cd To Il point. If this operation Is not suili-
ticnt, niger ought to be passed irequo ntly,
yet gently, over the eyclid, from the exterior
corner OF the eye toward the great cauthus
or interior cornerl, by which means the sub
stance is made to descend toward the lachry-
mal glands, from whence 1t may be dawn hy
a line hair pencil" 1t the irritating sTb-
stance still remains then We are instructed
hat 1.-THE upper eyelId must be taken out rs
,eiore, and kept elevated us much Ms Possi-
Die, aud the eye being then turned toward
he nose, II very fine camels hair pencil. DIP
,ed III cream, oil, or very fresh butter with
nut AN atom Of salt IN 1t, remember,) must I
,e introduced between the eyelld aud the l
'ody of the eye, beginning ut the exterior
orner and ending ut the interior corner.
1 the very fine hair pencil Is not successful.
uu will be almost certain to succeed with
ne rnther larger. Should all these efforts
AL, which IL extremely unlikely II they are
properly performed. do not set to work rub
ing or washing the eye, ns you must obtain I
assistance. Be sure To bathe
he eye frequently in cold water as soon as I
nd Tor some time after, the irritating sub
tauce has been extracted. u