Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-12-18
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Boston Cor. Albany Journal
Boston girls begin early to reject the
unmistakable Boston looks. No matter
how giddy they begin. they end by wear
ing a determined, independent, very re-
Gently gloomed expression, as though
their brains and their skin had Just been
sandpapered. The really pretty ones are
under Ii, and wear their glossy hair in
braids down their backs and sensible little
suits with everything taut about them.
Their compilations are fresh and rosy,
their eyes bright and they have the air of
perfect health. After Is, l regret to say.
they are not so coLi5ly, unless heaven
has intended they should eclipse their
sister mortals and be known as bellies "
Either the Boston girl is a victim Of in
herited myopia or she early acquires a
weakness of vision by too close applica-
tion to books, for their reputation for
being addicted to eyeglasses is too true.
Half the girls l met wore them.
SWhat does it mean" l asked my
companion, as a child of 10 passed by
having on a pair of gold.bowed specta
c'es, "what does it mean that the eye
sight Of Americans should be SO defect
i've? 1T this goes on, babies in arms will
be wearing spectacles before they can
talk. :"
My friend then told me of her expe.
rience with a highly-reputed oculist whom
she had consulted for an acute strain of
the eyes several years ago. She was al.
ways near-sighted, inherited the difficulty,
but only used glasses occasionally. One
night she read by q iickering gas light
and brought on a serious and painful in
hammation of the eyebalL Various
remedies were tried to allay the trouble
without avail, and she then sent for the
oculist in question for advice. He ex-
amined her thoroughly; sat her staring
into brilliant fame; shut her up in dark
ness; pulled up first one eyelid. then the
other, and finally announced there was
q grave inequality of vision, one eye was
doing all the work and the other was
losing its sight. To make q long story
short, she was ordered not to look at a
book or do any work Of any kind for a
month. and then he would write a pre-.
scription for spectacles. "~Spectaclesl"
she cried; mo. indeed. If l must wear
anything I shall wear eyeglasses
The oculist smiled grimly and replied
eye glasses could not fit the vision. 1t was
impossible for an optician to make them,
and she would eventually be blind if she
did not put on the spectacles. He had
ordered them for a great many persons
who took immense comfort with them
now. But my friend is not Rostonese.
and she said, an not Join the spectacle
brigade at whatever hazard. She did
rest her eyes and she cured them of the
acute strain. and then she proceeded to an
optician and ordered two pair OF eye.
glasses-one to use at theatres and other
places where she wished to see from a dis
lance, the other pair to wear when read.
ing. Neither to wear permanently. This
was eight years ago. and she still has hel
eyesight and, in spite of what the oculist
predicted, it is stronger than then. ant
she rarely has to use the second pail
of eyeglasses. She declares that parents
can not be too wary about inHicting thii
blemish on their children's good looks
that half Of the weak vision is caused b,
carelessness. and when once the glassc
are put on they can never be taken off.