The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-04-07

ished by having work imposed upon
them-such as lengthy writing exercises
which strain both brain and eye. ''All
work and no play makes Jack dull
boy." So runs the pr0verb, but it
might have gone further and added
and pale. feeble, weakly and often
half-blind boy.
Grown-up people should be careful of
their eye-sight if they would live long
and be happy. We should all remem-
Der the things which are likely to cause
injury to our eyes. such as working or
reading in bad light. Daylight is an
eye-tonic; it is as necessary to the eve
as food to the organs of digestion, Elk
posure to cold is hurtful, or to impure
air and to atmospheres impregnated
with dust or vapor. Anything that
tends to weaken the general health will
also prove injurious to the eyesight, or
anything that causes q determination
of blood to the brain.
But while, on the one hand, the eyes
should never be strained or worked to
the verge of fatigue, on the other, exer-
else is just as beneficial to them as to
any other part of the body. The habit
should be cultivated of studying small
objects carefully, keenness of sight de-
pending 50 much upon the mental at
tention one is in the habit of paying to
visual impressions. Excuses of every
kind tend to the injury of the eyesight,
and SO in a very great degree does the
want of good and proper spectacles,
when such helps to the eyes are really
needed. And they really are needed
by very many who do not, through
mistaken pride or some such folly, now
use them. It is the greatest mistake
in the world TO despise the friendly aid
of pair of spectacles till we can no
longer by hook or by crook do without
them.
In choosing glasses or spectacles. re-
member that the eyes should look
spectacle frame ought therefore to be
Of the proper width and no more.
Spectacles to fasten behind the ear are
more generally useful than the pinct-
nez which is balanced on the nose. The
latter, hewever, is less liable to be lost,
as it is usually worn attached by a very
light chain or cord to the dress, and
can be used in moment; but for read
ing or writing. any kind of work that
takes up time, spectacles are infinitely
to be preferred. In purchasing spec
tacles a guarantee should be had from
optician that they are properly
''centerd'' is. that the thickest or
thinnest Gas the case may beg portion of
each lens is really in the center. If
they then fit your sight you can
try them on in front of a
mirror; If your pupils are right in
the center. the glasses are properly
framed, if for distant sight. If only
meant for reading. the pupils should be
little nearer the nose than the center
of the lens. The frames themselves
should always, when the wearer can
afford it, be made of gold. Pebbles
wear better than glass; they may, too,
be simply wiped with the handkerchief,
but bit of wash leather must be kept
for glass lenses. Spectacles, if you
have managed to procure a really good
and useful pair, should be taken the
utmost care of; they should when not in
use be put in their case in the pocket.
Spectacles with colored lenses should
never be used. unless under the advice
of a medical man.-Casselps Family
Magazine.