St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1883-06-08
SpectacIes and Eye-GIasses.
from the New York Times.

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Four out of every five persons who
wear glasses wear eyeglasses. The
fifth wears spectacles. Ninety-nine in
every hp p~dred who consult either Ocu-
list or Optician, are advised to wear
spectacles. As a rule, four tifths of
them refuse to accept the advice given.
The only reason given is that eye
glasses look more stylish than specta-
cles. The -easOn given is that "the
glasses fit my eyes better than any
spectacles | could find" Some foolish
young ladies and gentlemen adopt eye
glasses because they think it gives
them distingue appea 'alce. Their
use gives the wearer an opportunity to
attach to the costume a hit of iewelry
they could not otherwise spOrt-a deli
cate gold clain, which may be
wOIL so that the ear is mace resting
pace for the connecting link be ween
eye-glass and vest or dress. With this
class the eye-glass is of no earthly use.
except as il means of inju"ing the eve
Such glasses have no magnifying pow
er, and are as valueless to the weak or
defOrmed eye as the single eye-glass.
Single glasses are worn only by Eng
lishmen, Anglomaniacs, and idiots
The party who wears One-it is always
a man-may be at once set down as Il
snOb. There will be no mistake. A
sane man needs Il single eye glass
about as much as "A cat needs two tails,
or as a tramp needs a Saratoga trunk.
AS few "men abOnt town. wear the
single eye-glass and a few actors wear
them on the stage, they have attained
IL certain amount of popularity, mainly
among the classes mentioned. The id
lots include the "dudes." So popular
have eyeglasses become among those
who are compelled to wear glasses to
aid defective sight that the use of spec
tacles is confined mainly to elderly
people ami to boys and girls. The fact
that young children who are troubled
with affections of the eye inv .riably
wear spec ,acles is known to every oh
Sc wing man. The fact carries with it
a lesson. That is, that the child does
what the Oculist tells it or its parents
to do. The person of maturer years,
unless he or she is blessed with an un-
usual quantity of common sense, does
not follow instructions. He or she gen
orally disregards orders and wears the
vi ash
ions DEGREES that the former are the
more stylish Overrule advice of Oculist
or physician. The advice is given be-
cause the spectacle is very much better
i'll every way for the person afflicted
with any disease of the eye. They are
easier to wear, and do not iniure the
nose in any way, which the pinching OF
the eye-glass frame does sometimes
The frame of the spectacle is desirable
because it holds the glass firmly in Its
place. The eye-glass is in Il constant
state of unrest. AS result, particu-
larly where the glass is either double
convex or double cOncaNe lens, the
magnifying power is constantly vary
ing. The variation is slight, to be
sure, but it exists to a sufficient degree
to cause injury to the eye. That is one
of the reasons why people who weal
eyeglasses find it necessary to PR,
chase new glasses of constantly in
creasing power. They generally as
cribe the result to old age. 1t isn't ad-
vance in years so much as it is eye
! glasses that causes the trouble.