New-York tribune., 1906-05-13
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

An Austrian scientist is inclined to think that
short sightedness is not an unmixed evil He doubts
IL school work causes IT, With the aid Of a large
stah Of enthusiastic medical helpers. the eyes Of
moro than fifteen thousand school children were
examined. and a great mass Of information was
collected and studied. The professor finds that
among the most extreme cases Of short sight hand
workers greatly outnumber the eye workers The
majority OF these cases declared that their defect
I've sight had existed from BIRTH or as long as they
could remember. He declares that his investiga-
tons prove that school work never produces ex-
treme short sightedness but only slight myopia,
which, far from being a disadvantage. may even be
regarded a benefit. For, he says persons with
normal sight, although they can see distant objects
quite clearly, cannot read or write without the
aid Of glasses when they reach the age Of fifty,
whereas the slightly short sighted individual
always read and write quite comfortably, and re-
Quires glasses only for distant objects-a much
happier state of things
7 think that every young woman should learn
TO play Play IT. the piano before she Is married."
land Leader.
Wimbourne, Ireland is noted for many thineg
but its famous chained library is perhaps. the
most notable Of its curiosities The library pos
sesses unique interest as being one of the
earliest attempts to disseminate knowledge among
the people The collection was made accessible
20 the people IN 1886 and numbers some two
hundred volumes. The scarcity Of books and the
value OF the collection both indicated in the
care taken for their preservation and especially
against loss OF such treasures by theft Fy means
of chains and rods the books were securelv fas
tened to the shelves and these chains II 20
rather surprising to learn were not renewed ,,r4,v
1857. when the library fittings were reDairo1
Among the interesting works Of the collection 4.
a copy OF the first edition OF Sir Walter RaleIgbs
History the World" 1914 II has suffered from,
FIRE and tradition says that Mathew Prior was re-
sponsibe for its present condition. the story being
that he fell asleep when reading u once upon n
time and the pages burned by his candle
It has been neatly repaired and Its mishap now
ADDS to its interest The Oldest volume in the
library is fine old COPY in vellum OF ''Reginum
Aninnarum." 1t is in manuscript ana bears the
date 134S.
Gauss-How does your dog like your new neigh
MatehettLIts a little too early to say. Rover
has had only one small piece-Snart Set
Ellen Terry's jubilee Is the occasion OF manv
stories. Her playing OF Prince Arthur in 'sFSlng
john when she was little girl 'is recalled She
unable TO realize the horror OF having her ewes
put out. and she remembers Mrs. Kean sav,n9
scOrnfully: "Do you think you would go on IIEe
that IL your eyes were really going 70 be nut o,t9
Why, you would make more fuss IL YOU had Iost
your doll" But she could not rise 10 the ocoo-
sion and at last Mrs kean lost patience with her
and she burst into q paFOXysm Of sobbine ana
crying. That's IL; now say the words ana rerDero-
ber how you say them!" exclaimed Mrs Kaan ~
lighted. "Just initiate the way YOU are cr,,,n,,
now another time and you win have no roro
trouble II was just intelligent enough =. Mo.
Terry adds, IN relating the story 10 catch be-
meaning. and have ever since prOHted by the ad-
vice.
Mrs Jubb-Oh miss. be that bad
Inexperence-But you're looking very we'll, Mrs
MTs JpbsmAh a,,;ss rrass. be o thsy a. fr.t.