The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-02-23
TEARS AND THEIR USES.
The Power Welded by The faircr Sex for
The Sublueailon Of Man.
THE wATfRY.EYED PERSON NOT ADMIRED.
DR.. Seymour Explains the Causes
and Cure of This Very Common
Afniction.

POLITICALLY considered, tears are perhaps
the most powerful weapon that a fail
woman can use IN her Efforts TO soften
sublugate or caiole the storner sex. The
bright eyes swimming In tears that rise
hut do not fall" are wonderfully potent
in winning over obdurate hearts. Very
few men can hold out against well man-
aged tears The dainty kerehief pressed
10 tear laden eyes Is usually sufficient to
! bring about an unconditional sl.-sender
and II Is seldom necessary Ia call up more
than one or two hearircnding hobs be-
| fore tho victim of such wics feels him
| self helpless, remorseful wretch and Is
almost ready TO barter his soul to obtain
peace and smiles once more.
For thousands Of years this secret haa
been known and practiced among women
with great success ard history teens
with records OF mighty deeds OF valor and
OF wars caused by nothing else than
woman's plcadinss supplemented by tears.
Queen Esther. no doubt, mingled ner tears
with her smiles when she besought King
Ahasuerua Tor cleGcncy in behalf or her
people, In fact, beauty In distress seldom
fails TO win assistance, but tears must be
judiciuusly used, for this magic wand
of power Will become Intellectual II used
too frequently. II IS The wise woman who
knows when ana how long 10 weep. She
never develops into a Niche, for she knows
fun well that by doing so she Will be-
come II nuisance.
Unfortunate indeed ARE those whose eyes
"rcfuse 10 he comfortcd" and insist upon
Weeping continuously. regardless of their
ownora feelings. such cases are often
found and are exceedingly annoying. This
u.s. of course, caused by some weakness
OF tho vision. The reasons for this are
numerous, the principal one being q weak
ness of sight. Nature provided tears not
only as means of lubricating the eye
ball. but also for tho purpose of cleansing
same and carrying away any foreign par
ticle which may enter tho eye and cause
irritation. Thus n cinder or nying par
ticle Is entirely washed out OF the eye by
tears which come to the rescue OF this
delicate organ. In fact. anything which
rritntes the sight, such as an extremely
bright light, cold wind or the like. viii
often make q healthy eye water, and one
can easily understand how a person whose
eyes are not up to the normal standard
OF sight, are apt to be continually she'd
ding tears which the owner can not con-
troll.
All such ailments can be romodicd by
properly fitted glasses which lcrd strength
to the eye and allay the irritation. This
does not imply that The only thing neccs-
sary for the watery eyed person TO do is
to step into the nearest shop aud buy Il
pair Of glasses, as nm improper at OF
lenses often Increases rather than im-
proves this condition If you are ono OF
those watery eyed persons. take advnn-
tagc of this opportunity TO call on Dr.
seymour, while he is stll in the city and
he viii tell you exactly what steps 10
take to obtain proper relief, This inpi-
tation should not be liStly passed over
by any ono whose eyes JgiNe them trouble.
as Or, Seymour's methods OF diagnosing
all defects in sight are far superior to any
that have eyor been used in t,!is city and
place him In position to render the
most scientific assistance TO those who
seek his services.
Offices rooms I. and .. Capitol hotel
annex Entrance through office or on Ira
Wis street. near Texas avenue.