The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-07
Gone And ForgOtten.
Mobile Register,
TIRED EYES.
DR.. Paul w. Gsldsbury in Boston Medical
and Surgical Journal

DR.. Paul w. Geldsbury In Boston Medical
ana Surgical Journal.
49,, me eye may be rested after protraoted
use oy merely closing the lid photoRraph-
er VINO does good deal Of delicate and try
ing work of retouching negatives tella me
that me simple habit OF closing her eyes
when tney pegin TO feel tired from the work
mas helped her to keep them in very good
condition But further rest may also he OH
o @ine 10y oy the PLAYING off. so to speak. of
one , sense against another by divertinE act
WITTY II We stand and watch a circus pa
raoe Tor any length Of time our eyes soon
become tired by the sights and features. -
but the bursts Of music from the hama.
by stimulating the ear, relieve and freshen
the eye Musical comedy of the present day
now the tax upon the eye by the Costumes.
coIorings and lghts Is relieved by the in
terpoIation OF music and songs. In QAher
words. opera, light or heavy, Is a conipl ex
OF song and color harmonies SO adjusted
as to balance admirably the strain Of slim
uiauon on the senses Of sight and hearing.
ter OF an Afternoon YEA BY the Snd sound oras
KEYS S OF all Pitched in the strained
served on all such occasions perform a use
ful function They relieve the tax on the
ear by exercising the sense Of taste as well
as the muscles of the digestion The
writer experiences a very much stronger de-
sire Tor food after an operate performance
one sense with the consequent result OF
oVer-exercise; In the latter the distribution
Vi stlhnuu between two senses IL less likely
TO produce overtaxation. The popular con-
logical basis.
A person who had been q proof reader for
twenty years states that he believes his
GOOD eyesight is due to the fact that he
formed the habit OF looking 10 from HIS
work every two three minutes and allow
ing his eyes to gaze at some distant object
through the window. Such habits are prob
ably very comon among those engaged in
work which requires such short focusing of
the eyes They have unconsciously asQuir-
ed the habit Of casing off they found
by experience that IT rested the eye Drivers
sight The demand of exercising the eye
in those occupations by change of focus
seems to have tonic effect, Looking from
one object to another not only affords mus
cular but sensory exercise. change Of
form affords change OF stimulation for
the retina. Different colors may be said
to afford qualitative variations in stimuli
The colors of the spectrum stand for n va
Ration Of wave length. Under ordinary
conditions, red tires the eye sooner than
rested by the change from the glare of city
pavements and red brick walls to the green
OF the country ereenish-blue Of the ocean.
The first snow OF winter affords a great re-
lief TO the eye which has seen so much OF
the BROWNIES OF fall. A child IL so effect
ground covered with snow that he shouts
with glee A new world has been brought to
him by change OF dress upon the ground
teacher describes her feeling one morning
upon discovering she looked out of the
window that warm rain had removed the
coined the sight OF brown ground as a con-
trast 10 the previous white covering and
said. THE sensation experienced was like
a vacation to the eye"