The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-03-17
STENOGRAPHERS' EYES.
Shorthand Writers and TeIeeraphers Have
Poor Sight.
WHAT DR.. SEYMOUR SAYS ON THE SUBJECT
The Typewriter Gives Moro Business
10 the Eye Specialist Than Any
other Profession.

What professions do you consider the
most injurious to the eyes?' was asked
Of DR.. Seymour, the eye specialist
We'll, there are several professions
which cause a great amount of eye troubles,
but consider stenography. telegraphy and
bookkeeping the most injurious. II you
will FAKE the trouble to notice you will
see that the majority OF men and women
who follow any one OF these professions
wear glasses. Their eyes may be all right
when they take UP the work, but sooner or
later it has it's effect and glasses must
be adopted. The trouble in each case is
the constant change OF focus OF the eye,
which is made necessary BY the work and
which Is exceedingly trying to the sight.
| The typewriter operator is constantly
looking from one key to another, or, II
he has learned the touch system, he still
| has strain upon his eyes in following
| the copy In order TO relieve the trouble
| glasses are made very large and usually
without frames. They thus not only en-
large the range OF vision. but protect the
eyes much better than the old style glasses.
w0lch were much smaller The typewriter
operator nnds these large CLAUSES especially
| valuable, as there is very little trouble
In changing the focus, as you can see an
object at one side without moving your
head. Try this on" and Dr. Seymour
handed out an old style pair OF spectacles
| with small glasses. IF step little TO
| one side you must turn your head to get
me In focus. Now with this new style"
and he changed glasses ut is not neces-
| sary to turn your head at all"
rs It not more common to wear glasses
now than 1t was a few years ago2"
oh. yes; that is because people are
beginning to realize that glass fitting is an
exact science and that their eyesight can
be preserved II given the proper attention
| IN time. Twenty years ago. spectacles
were bought with less care than one would
buy pound of brown sugar; people would
| frequently swap glasses with one another
and wear anything In the shape OF lenses
that they happened to run across. Now
that they are awakening to the fact that
| the eye must be studied and its needs as
| certained they are becoming more careful
| about their sight aud are anxious to obtain
| the best glasses and the benefit OF the most
! accurate knowledge on the subject When
you see child wearing glasses. II is not
always a sign that his eyes are weak: 1t
| is more likely that he has some defect in
them which the glasses Will remedy. II
| they were not used. much trouble might
| follow. II ia often the case that school
| children are unable to sec horizontal
| line or distinguish perpendicular one
| Properly fitted glasses remedy this de-
| feet and are OF great assistance to the
| child in many ways.
| Since Or. Seymour's arrival In Houston
a great many school children have been
| 10 see him and have been fitted with
glasses which have not only strengthened
| their eyes, but in many cases removed
headaches OF long standing and the bright
and happy faces OF those little ones speak
well for his SKILL