El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-07-09
SCENIC HIGHWAY
To Be BOOSTED
BY THE R0TARIAN5
Is Taken Up as Matter Wor-
thy of Working For; the
Value of Eyeglasses.

Fl Paso's proposed scenic highway
/ around the edge Of the mesa y heLlCe-
I forth TO be a pet Of the FL Paso Ro-
tary club. -,
] praisine the work of Rotary clubs the
Z world over. declared at the luncheon
/ Of the FL Paso club on Thursday that
( inasmuch as the organization stands
/ for .servfcef' he thought the FL PasO
! club should take up some Work that
/ would be Of service TO all Fl Paso- he
! thought boosting the scenic boulevard
would be the greatest Work II could
I undertake. President Claiborne Adams,
I who presided at the luncheon. appoint
] ed Mr.. Sherman chairman Of COM
mittee to work for this driveway and
gave him the power to name his assist
ants
This will be a service to posterity.'
declared Mr. Sherman, and I think II
is one Of the most commendable things
I that we could undertake. Mr.. Sher-
man said that wherever ne went on ms
( trip with the Adclub to Toronto, he
| found that the Rotary clubs were COM
posed Of the best element in city-the
leading thinkers and the molders and
makers Of public opinion he said every
FL PasOan who can become member
OF the Rotary club should consider IL
great privilege
NJ P. Carlock, who was also a dele
gate on the Adclub trip, told Of the
advertising that resulted to the city
Of FL Paso from the trip and said that
the imitation money carried by the FL
Pasoans, when crumpled up, looked like
real money and that when II was
dropped around the streets by the FL
Pasoans. it was eagerly grabbed up by
people who thought they were finding
real money 1t served, he said. as good
advertising. He paid a tribute to Mr..
Sherman as n speaker in presenting the
claims Of FL PasO before the cOnven-
ton.
J r. Segall talked to the club about
the optical business. having been select
ed as the regular speaker for the day.
Only so or 90 years ago" he declared.
people actually suffered from lack Of
vision because they could not get the
right sort Of glasses Today, q proper
glass can be fitted 10 any eye and II is
thing OF the past to say that a mans
sight is bad because he is getting old.
He can be made TO see as clearly IS a
child.
distance vision in the normal person
is always perfect" he said. "but as age
advances the muscles become less elias
tic; they fail to focus as quickly. hence
IL is necessary to hold objects further
away TO get a proper focus. Glasses I
remedy this defect. The muscles are
not as vigorous as age advances and
every normal eye should be fitted with
the age OF 90"
Mr. Segall said glasses should be
worn straight on the face; that this is |
as important as having the proper
lenses. since. If the glasses are not set !
perfectly straight they make the mus |
cles Of the eve fight each other" and /
cause pain and worry.
He told OF the improvements and re- 4
cent inventions in the matter Of glasses: /
exhibited glass that is designed TO I
give relief from the glare in cOmmuni- /
ties like FL Paso, where the ultra violet 1
rays are very strong. and told Of a re- /
cent invention by which glasses for !
reading and for distance vision are !
now made in one piece
He traced the history OF glasses from I
the Chinese and said It was proved by
discoveries OF Marco Polo that the
Chinese were grinding lenses long be-
fore they were ever used IN Europe.