The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1900-11-06
THE USE OF SPECTACLES.
WHEN THEY SHOULD AND SHOULD
NOT BE WORN.
People With Some Passing or thrilling
Trouble should Not Uso Glasses All
the Tine-EyeElasses Arc Very Dis
figuring to Women and Girls.

People with Some Passing Trfling
Trouble should Not Uso Glasses All
the TIme-Eyeglasses Arc Very Dis
bgnring to Women and Girls.
Wearing spectacles or eyeglasses out
of doors is always n disagreement, Of
ten an injury, seldom Il necessity. 1t
is Il common thing for people with
some tritiing or passing trouble of the
eye. only needing rest. to he advised
To wear glasses all the time. If this is
done tnc ciliaIy or focusing muscles
may get weak from not having proper
work. anC spectacles become neces-
sary evil.
Those who can bc benefited 10y wear
ing suitable glasses for reading and
near work are many. Few, though.
need to wear them ont of doors or in
public; indeed. more than hale who
do so see at n distance as we'll MS OF
better with the naked eyes than with
the spectaclcs.
If a PERSONS vision for distant OBJ
jcc' is satisfactory TO himself and
seems good enough To keep him ont of
danger, there is no sense i'm wearing
glasses on the street or i'm public If
the right glasses are worn for several
hours II day while reading or about
the house III" eyes will Ice rested 50
much that the useful exercise of out
of-door sightseeing may he taken
without the spectaclcs As soon as
the eyes feel tired Wear them again
until rested.
Naturally. some eyes need much
more rest than others The nearer
perfect the lit of the glasses the long
or they can he left OF ut Il time.
Wrong glasses may help more or less.
but they do not Cntircl. relieve the
strain of the focus ing muscles 50
they have To he worn nearly all the
time to get all of the little help that
comes with such glass"s.
Distant vision requires little worl,
of the focusing muscles aud will not
cause distress fOr hour. if these NUS
cleS are perfectly rested beforehand
If glasses are really needed. reading
and near work should hardly ever he
undertaken without thcp. for strain
of the focusing muscles from this
cause often LASTS for hours or even
days.
Glasses are very disGgurinS To WON
on and girls. Most tolerate them he
cause they are told thai wearing them
all the time is the only way To keep
from having serious cyn trouble. II
glasses ar all right they will seldom
or never have To he worn in public.
The easiest way u tell whether
glasses are needed, on 10 Gnd ON If
they are anything like right is 10 hold
the finest print about sixteen inches
off and right in front of the eyes. with
Il good light falling on the print from
behind. Keep hotn eyes open during
tho test and cover frs, one eye and
then the other with q card TO see if the
print looks exactly alike 10 each eye
If it docs there is as yet nothing
wrong enough To pay any attention to-
After the iiftieth year this test will
show the slightest impcrfcCtionS. If
one under thirty finds the print unlike
or is unable to read with comfort
something is badly wrong. The com
| plicatcd tests all have their places. but
this test is given to the general pracii-
toner. and is about all that he needs
! to ind out just what is wrong. \
man may see the print alike with bad
eyes or wrong glasses d., may read
with comfort with bad eyes OF wrong
| glasses. but lie cannot ~" Inc print
alike and read with COMFORT unless the
| eyes are about right oi Made so by
glasses The cheap glasses in the
stores suit about half Of the people
They do no harm. and can not he inn
| proved upon If this test shows nothing
wrong.
About ono oil Pc: on IN four uses
hut one eye in reading. This is he
cause of wrong gla fsCs The best OciI-
lists often spend hours in Nesting the
eyes of the young aud hen fail to-
| get the right glasses As Tor the eyes
OF th" aged. they arc usually gone over
in pcriuuctory aud stcrcotypcd way.
nnd given 20 pair of mapuifcrs. and
| tiles" suit only about half Of them.
Ih" othc. half have astigmatism. to-
gcihcr with unlike eyes. While eye
impcrfcctiOns may not cause as much
! pain TO the aged as g. tho. nung. they
interfere far more with the proper
use of the eyes after middle age than
before. " eyes 10, youI'g are
/ hard enough 20 tit. Dlt the Dyes of the
/ aged are ven harder if there is The
| least astigmatism or diurr nee i'm the
size Of the two eyes Heading is tho
! chief and about the only comfort that
most old people get out @. life aud
no doubt carly dotugc often come.
| from not being able 20 Keep the mind
active by reading The routine way
| OF testing the eyes of ihc aged is 20
| great evil. FOR most of them eau read
/ or SEQ about as wen 90. over Co. they
/ only get the right glassn-. Many do
/ this with pcdlors' gln~s.-
In fW-ighicdn",s thc .yciuU Is too
/ small on too short. boo ucIr -hfrduo--.
/ too long or Too large au.i iu asG.mu-
| tism 30 iS imperfect rplud,d Asug.
mati>m causes moro cyo trouble and
Interfere more viii rrHiiu. than au
| other troubles put together People
who have every kind of mysterious
eye trouble when prop,is yamiucd
arc usually loUi to b.. lsugmH.
I iism ~ causes blu. u- ,f lr print.
pain iu Che head and as rcryoJ~.
ness. frctfulucss, c.c.. al --most apt
. tp give trouble Whom Two focusing
muscle gets weak from sickness. over.
work. ctc.. on when tho orysta'lmo lens