The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1900-11-06
EVANSVILLE. w. VA, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1900

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the other, and. worse still, are usually
so badly mixed up that glass which
fits one eye would injure the other. the
eyes being so unlike. Many with un
like eyes -'nited with astigmatism re-.
| quirc Il pair of spectaclcs that would
| fit nobody else.
\ few have eyeballs SO imperfect
that they are dcformed and the focus
sing mechanism is powcrlcss To make
the sight good even for distance. Such
| eyes require the thickest and heaviest
| glasses, and these have TO Ice worn
nearly all the time
| Restoring and preserving the sight
with glasses is one of the greatest and
| broadest aS well MS one of the most
| difficult branches of medicine The
| glass Is one of the greatest powers in
] the science of medicine. for it is not
| like spliut to broken leg. like a bed
/ fo--a tired back. like opium for pain
| ike an artificial limb to the manned
~ crutch To the crippled. 1t acts
like hQsN,eep and exercise 1t is Il
return ofIyouth to aged eyes. 1t is
| often perfection aud success i'm life in
stead of imperfection and failure. II
may mean all that blindness or sight
all that the eye itself means. Science
/ 10y glasses has pcrpruuatcd the life of
| the mind Il quarter of Il century. II
not longer. If seize CO and wisdom
could do as mucl. for the other fading
powers of life rs spcctaclcs can roI
| the eyes there might he many rrisly
! centcnaraus. Spcctdclcs are often
the means OF ripcncd wisdom. and
! should be its badge and symbol
Perfectly fitting glasses take Gerry
| bit of the strain off the focusing mus
| clcs, and balance and ease and give
/ the eyes their proper exercise, even In
moderate reading. ON tho surface
I this looks as if good glasses ought T.,
| Ice worn all the time, but this * fal
! from right. for such glasses de- Sc
much Of the worl, Of the focuSsjnr
muscles that these would become
weak from not having proper work
| Until late in life the focusing mech.
aniSm is 50 powerful that ia can make
! the sight of a very Imperfect eve. on
! from badly fitting Sla ~. about per
! feet. This Ia UTi1--to the soft clvs
tallinc lens. Late in life The lens hard.
ems. when even Slight impcrfcctions
give trouble in reading: then perfectly
fitting glasses ar" all tie more ncccs.
sary, else 100 strong glasses have to
DE used and the print maguiticd $50
much that only one eye Is used. rrr the
more print is maGnihcd the closer and
closer il must hc held 10 the eyes. The
aged cannot hold print close like chill.
drcn and still read with both eyes at
ihc same time. Old people who hold
print close read with only one eve.
glass that maguilics little bit. or
weak "stigmatiSm glass. will give
more . less relief { more than half
who need sprctaclcS. These glasses
Will by rights fit but fcw-in fact.
their true use is very limited for they
suit only the simplest mpcrfcctions of
the cyes-yct about half who wear
glasses all the time have Just some
such compromise. Neither knowledge
nor skill is required TO prescribe such.
Just such glasses ana such fits as
these have made. and for long time
Will make. fat Sinccurcs FOR travclm.
spectacle experts and quaCk opticians
The old rule. Wear glasses alI the
time" should he changed Ia Wear
glasses just rs little rs possible"
Some wear spcctaclcs FOR years. and
then 10y lucky chance lose them. Only
To find that they get along better with
out. After wearing glasses only few
days many find the print looks worse
10 the naked eyes tban before This
Is sure way 10 tell that glasses are
wrong Most people with troublesome
imperfcctions of the eyes cannot leave
their glasses Oh even for an hour ~
so without discomfort. THIS is because
they have wrong glasses The right
glasses can bc put on AMI taken OF at
nny time with ease and TO. more dis.
comfort following than putting on md
taking OF hat.-Ncw York Medical
Journal