The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-03-01
The Eyes--How to Use Them.

THE more you avoid glaring and glanc.
ing lights in the rooms you 6abitually sit
in the better. observation-disclosures the
following is certain to meet with no at
tention from the great majority-it is our
laughably painful duty to recommend
ladies to have as few mirrors and other
looking glasses, gilt picture frames and
holdings, bright-colored curtains and
highly polished furniture, in their draw
ing -rooms as possible; and what they
must have should be so placed as not to
allow bright lights to be thrown upon
them. Highly -colOred curtains are addi-
tionally injurious when the windows are
open, SO that various brilliant and daz-
cling cOlors are flung about the room by
the incoming breeze. A very bright car
pet is very injurious thing, and, when
combined with brightly painted ceiling,
madness. These things may be a merry
life for the eyes, but they are short one.
A rich patterned, sober-toned carpet, and
a soft sky gray Or stone-colored ceiling,
are my own private fancy. The almost
invariable whitewash of the British CELL
ing would be constant injury but for
the grave fact that the British Isles are
not Overwhelmed with sunlight But
whether reading, writing or working in
anv other way, It should always be done
with an oblique light and never
horizontal light. All those who
have been engaged in reading or writing
during several hours at stretch, and
especially at night, should carefully battle
the eyes with cold water before going to
he'd, and the first thing in the mornings
additions. "All artisans who work at
blazing fire o1ght often to wash their
eyes with pure cold water; and SO should
all those who work in wool, particularly
carders and spinners, and all those
employed in wooden and cotton
manufactures, etc., for the fine dust,
almost imperceptible, it may be called,
which such works disperse, often pro-
duces cataracts. obstinate infammations,
swelled eyelids, etc." once lived dur
ing weeks at a time. on the banks of an
ophthalmic river in the interior of Aus
tralia; and numbers of settlers and shep-
herds, bushmen and diggcrs were afflicted
every summer and autumn with sore
eyes-so sore in some cases that you
might have thought they would never
open them again. One day a squatter
who owned q sheep station Whereabouts
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, !" to see how stock
got on" asked his advice for the sore
eyes of his shepherds and others. 1t
serves them quite right" said he. II
never have these sore eyes; and you, sir,
will never have sore eyes. No gentleman
ever has," Not exactly perceiving the
nice distinction in this matter, de-
INJURED. "It is q nice Distinction" said
he; sit is just that. You, no doubt, often
wash your eyes with cold water. These
fellows never do" There was, no doubt,
much reason in this, but something else
was the cause. Beside the dirtiress of
neglecting the hot sand and dust in the
eyes, flies often rushed into them, and
were not soon or easily cleared out; there
was, moreover, very small river fly,
which either bit or stung, and infamma-
ton very speedily set in. I should have
been very thankful at that time, for the
sake of others (my horse includeO as we'll
as myself, to have received the following
advice: Whenever fly or other insect,
small fying-seed, quicklime, dust, or
any other minute OBJ ect, gets into the eye
II. g., under the eyclid), do not adopt
the common habit of rubbing, or even of
washing with water, but gently raise,
or get a gentle hand 10 raise for
you, the eyelid, and bend the head for
ward. In keeping thus the eyelid ele-
waited and the eye quiescent for few mo-
ments, one feels flow of tears starting
from the organ which seldom fails to
bring along with it the cause of the pain,
or at least to carry it toward the corner OF
the eye next to the nose. from whence it
may be removed by q fine handkerchief
folded to point. If this operation is not
sufficient. then finger ought to be passed
frequently, yet gently over the eyelid, from
the exterior corner Of the eye toward the
great canthus Tor interior corner), by
which means the substance is made to de-
scend toward the lachrymal glands, from
whence it may be drawn by fine hair
pencil" If the irritating substance still
remains, then we are further instructed
that the upper eyelid must be taken a.
before and kept e.evated a. much as pos
sibie, and the eye being then turned
toward the nose, very fine camel's-hair
pencil. dipped in cream, oil, or perfectly
fresh butter without an atom OF salt In
it, remember) must be introduced be-
tween the eyelid and the body OF the eye,
beginning at the exterior corner and end
ing at the interior corner" It the very
fine hair pencil is not successful, you
will be almost certain to succeed with one
rather larger. Should all these efforts
fail, which is extremely unlikely
If they are properly performed, do
mot set to work rubbing or washing the
eye, as you must obtain professional
assistance. Be sure to battle the eye FIRE.
quently in cold water a. soon a., and fer
some time after, the irritating substance
has been extracted.-Fraser's Magazine.