The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-03-03
ABUSE THEIR EYES.
SCHOOLGIRLS SHOULD TAKE
MORE CARE OF THEM.
Nc Girl with Pretty Eyes Can Be Re-
garded as Plain - Reading On
Trains and Fine Needlework Are
Trying to the Eyes-The Eye Re-
veals the Soul More Than Any
Other Feature.
BIZ MARGARET E. sANGsTER.

BIZ MARGARET E. SANGSTER.
(CopyrighI. 1905, by Joseph B. Bow.es)
Considering, Dorothy, that your eye:
are not only given you for ornament
but for use. and that as they have to last
you during your whole life, you ough'
to AXE more care Of them than yor
do. What color are they-hazel. gray
blue. brown or black? Whatever theiI
color may be it is the one that best
suits your face. and whether you know
1t or not, your friends are of the opin-
ion that you have the prettiest eyes in
the world.
A great deal of expression is in the
eye. Eyes that are wide-open and
straightforward, that look others fully
In the face, that have nothing to hide,
are very beautiful eyes, whoever has
them. OF course they are set off by the
long frinsinG lashes and the well-de-
fined eyebrows that, so to speak, con-
stitute their frame. No girl can be
regarded as plain or un~attractiye who
has good, clear eyes, with the silken
Iashes and deliCately penciled brows
that artists and poets rave about.
What troubles me is to notice the
liberties many young girls take with
their eyes. They sit reading at that
hour of the day when the light is wan
ing, and the effort TO discern what is
on the page is continuous. If it is
hard for you to see, your eyes are be-
ing unduly taxed. There is a popular
impression that young people strain
their eyes by gazing at distant objects.
They much Oftener strain them badly
by fixing them too closely on objects
near at hand. Thus, the near-sighted
person or the person whose eyes do
not see equally, is always subject to
a strain which is wearing on the eyes
and is the obscure cause of many head
aches.
If you find in the schoolroom that
you do not easily read lines or figures
on the blackboard, or if you have trou-
BILE in looking out places or the map,
or hunting up words and definitions in
the dictionary, you may be very sure
that your eyes need attention. Very
likely an Oculist would help you at
ohtC ny hNSiikS sON WIFI III ilSuL iSLS,
and you would realize what you had
not known before, that you had been
doing you work with a handicap that
put you ar a disadvantage. No one can
do her best if she feels fretted, irri-
tated and harassel. A girl who is
nervous cannot stand we'll in her
classes.
Not long ago, a girl friend of mine
who had devoted many hours of every
week to music for some years, found
the notes blurring before her, and suf-
fered a good deal of torture and pain
when she attempted to read the pages
that had been hitherto as plain as
print. The specialist whom sho con-
suited told her that she had so reck-
leSsly used her eyesight that although
a mere girl, she had the eyes Of an
old IN !
l should be very sorry to think that
any girl who reads this would make
such a mistake as this, for it literally
would shadow the rest of her life.
In reading, let the light fall over the
left shoulder, and sit SO that it will do
SO rather than facing it if you can.
Do not attempt to study with an in
sufficient light. A students lamp that
burns steadily is a good investment.
Frequent bathing with cold water
strengthens the eyes. 1t is a goCN
plan to fill a tumbler to the brim wiz
pure water and then wink the eyes in
so that a drop or two will sift I'M
the lids.
A physician has said when you get
anything in the eye in order to get it
out the lower lid should be pulled
down, the eye should look down to-
the floor and slightly toward the
nose. If nothing is found in this part
then the upper lid can be turned back
and search made here" One cannot
very well Go this for herself, and the
friend who does it must have a steady
hand and a very deft touch.
Remember While working, to sit as
as you an. Do not stoop. Do
not read in a train or carriage, where
the constant movement of the book
Op1l5Oo d CONTINUAL CUduSC I'll lOtuS.
Very fine needlework is trying to the
eyes.
A well-known oculist has said that
the ideal book has good type, well
On unglazed paper. A book
should be held nearly on a level with
tho eyes and if very heavy, should be
supported by a rest. Do not read or ;
study when lying down.
Il
[ wonder if l may say something here |
has not SC much to do with the i,
EYE itself as with the brain behind it. {
There are people who are much too 1
quick to see faults and defects in 9TH
ers. They are critical and censorious,
and you may be sure if there is a flaw
anywhere they will pounce upon it
without mercy. Look for the blem-
shes in your own conduct and charac-
jer, If you choose. But take gopc care {
lot to search for them in the behavior
If your neighbors. s
The eyes that are quick TO discover s