New-York tribune., 1902-08-10
EYES OF NEW-YORkERS
BOSTON HAS THE "PIE CRUST EYE
BEARING OF FOOD ON SIGHT

In downtown street where many optical eoous
are shown. up in softly hghted stuuiO 80 80
like a gray spider web high IN coi 81.
reached by a flight of narrow. much-worn "ooao ..
stairs one can have eyes examined and testeu
for glasses suit special needs oy an eP
whose work as scientific writer mas IIduo 80
an authority in the medical and sclenunc ieO
of the age When asked what was the matter
with the American eye of the present ua'' -
replied:
various things and those vary with the par.
of the country, the food and habits OF the Peopi1
What part of the United states nave ~
strongest eyes?" asked
1.-The South and the West, by all odds
"Why?"
Because the people eat game and freshly
killed meats than the people OF Ne" Enslahu
and the Eastern States.
.Don't electric light and gas nght nave hu0h "
do with weakening the modern eyes?
Not half as much as diet and air you can
raise animals successfully in cages; no more can
YOU produce perfect and healthy human peiiis'
with fine eyes and teeth. Gagged up in the close
anartrnents and ceIl-Iike rooms of crowded cities
They kill an a COW every day up IN Ceh'iai
Park to feed the animals on. and sometlihes Si'o
them live rabbits and other small anlihdls 'o cat
The wild creatures get sick at once If FED on
butcher meat altogether. Take the people Oh 'iie
nIains. they live under the glare OF the SUM- eat
much game and clearly the smallest oOJec,9
AT a great distance l think President hoose'ei'
covered much on this subject in his "riuhsS vi
in
Missouri troops were famous for tneir accuracy
IN aim in battle, as they were mostly hunters
and were not only fine marksmen out I'eu iai sei'
on the game of the field and forest Ahu Ioi "
mere recent example take the Boers Vi SUI ,n
Africa: they could just twice as far WIN t,te
natural eye the Englishmen they were "e'
Then it is civilization. with all that it means
fiat is putting peoples eyes out S vi a. IaseaS
weakening them so that they nave u "
nearly all their hveSE o., II. 49, 5oc+or
about the way iS S TePiIsd fe oek doctor
whats the matter with your eyes,: seeing 'na'
Not round enough-a little fat-is what we'd
say when not using technical terms
whats the matter with mine IT,, ore+art1v
"A little small; and you use them coiiS'dii'S
in study and writing an and ,i1t live dTa5 IN t9e CITY
Chicago has the best think of tbdTs the large 55ge
American cities because fras Ieas Ine New York has
the best; Boston the worst OF all! Boston h@S
The pie crust eyeE What do you mean?"
simply that Bostonians don't allow themselves @ @
it is from the frugal habits of their ancestors
don't but M It. is GeFam in their
food They pie and 'hXed up things; Not Ruen E
the babies wear glasses there you % Know idad Le
for il has more to contend with than in Chicago.
and its food supplies different. coming mostly
most of the natural nutrition taken out by storage
especially the meats. game ana poulIry' g.. .or,,.,
whats BTs the Tea2 mattel Ti5 With Gilo its GS eyes
If they don't know who l what then? l
tell the reporters what they want TO know when
/ Nv write for medical or scientific journals with
/ stepping anybOdy's toes I've put the oest
of my life in newspaper work and science tedtes We:
/ one no time for anything else. But what l We
gained by science I've lost in pecuniary income as
( / was too conscientious to keep on charging al
my patients hundreds of dollars to cure what
myself had previously thought diseases OF tne
eyes when an earnest scientific research at last
showed me that in the majority of cases. there
rest and the right kind Of glasses.
What about cataract?
III can ONLY be removed surgicaly. Many times
there is no cataract-needs only rest, proper food
( and suitable glasses
{ 1T cannot be cured by absorption?
Might well try to absorb the bone in your
/ arm he declared
But the New-York eye-its all right. consider
ing Its trials?' -
The New-York eyes pretty farseeing." with a
parting smile.