Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-04-25
CARE OF THE EYES.
Aampae Rules for Improving Theis
Luster and Preserving
the Sight.


and brilliant. Its shape matters little,
though, of cou1s there are gradations
Of loneliness, starting from the large
and lustrous eye to the small and too
imperfectly opened one, says the Lon
don Mail.
Though women sh ould be careful and
painstaldng in every detail connected
with their beauty, they should bestow
special solicitude upon their eyes. Yet
nine out of ten among them neglect
several of the very simplest means OF
preserving their sight and causing
their eyes to look their prettiest.
For example, who thinks in the morn
ing when she gets up of specially bath
ing her eyes? The hair and teeth are
brushed, but the eyes are left to tho
tender mercies Of soapy water and
rough towels. Sufferers from weak
ened sight and weary eyes might well
try one of the following recipes:
Take an absolutely clean bottle, fill
It with hot water and dissolve boracic
acid powder in it, in the proportion
of one tablespoonful of boracic to
quart of water. Use this for bathing
the eyes in the morning. Again, should
the eyes be infamed, make a solution
of one grain of borax and one ounce
of camphor water, and blink it into the
eye several times day. Pure water is
also brilliant beautifier for the eyes.
1t should be used in an eye cup or with
a dropper, as should also the lotions al
ready advised. Great care should be
taken when wiping the eyes to use abb
solutely clean linen. A harsh towel
roughly used will cause discomfort for
a whole day, though the irritation may
not be easily traced to that cause. a
very old-fashioned remedy, and an ex.
cellent one for general use, is made
of alum. Take piece of alum about
the size of walnut and rub it into the
white of an egg until curd is formed.
Place the curd in a couple of thick
nesses of fine white gauze and apply
thus to the eyes. Styes usually betoken
q weak state of health and overexer.
ton of the eyes. Every care should be
taken to prevent the eyes becoming ia
tigued by the person who is liable to
styes, and a bath of warm elderflower
water should frequently be applied by
means of the eye-cup. Should the stye
form, a good remedy is composed of
eight grammes of white vaseline, ten
centigrammes of white precipitate,
and the same of oil of birch. The eyes
should also be bathed night and morn.
ing with plantain water in which lit
tie carbonate of soda is dissolved. Peo-
pie learn by experience how to save
their eyes, but that is no reason why
they should not be told one or two
simple rules so that precautions may
be taken before weakness and failing
sight make them necessary. 1t is we'll
to remember that artificial lights
should be behind, instead of in front, of
those who read in the evening.
1t is scarcely necessary to warn the
majority of girls of the dangers Of
belladonna and other so-called eye
beautifiers. The effect Of belladonna
when dropped into the eye or rubbed
on the brow above each eye is the pro-
duction of a distinct dilation of the
pupils Of the eyes, giving them large
and lustrous appearance. Prussic acid
vapor is sometimes used for the same
purpose. 1t is placed in the bottom of
an eye cup and then held against the
eye for few seconds. Both practices
are condemned by the oculists, who
trace impaired eyesight and incurable
blindness to this foolish wish of vain
women to enhance their beauty, which
this conduct only temnnra rilv achiAxes