The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-06-07
GETTING A START.
YOUR EYES.
BY NATHANIEL c. FOWLER. JR.

! I think that I am safe in claiming
that your eyes were made to see with.
II this be so. and do not expect any
one to dispute me. there would appear
! to be no reason why the eyes should
! not be taken care of as we'll as any
other part of the human machinery.
IL they are expected to fulfill their
mission.
We are becoming an eye-glass ma
! ton. and this condition is due large
ly to the straining of the eyes and TO
the fact that they are used improp-
erly. Headaches and general indispo-
sition are often due to eye strain.
to reading in insufficient light, to
treating the eyes as though they were
not one of the most sensitive organs
| of the body.
! to trouble you consult a specialist.
Perhaps you do not need glasses. Very
! likely rest is all your eyes require,
| but don't take chances with them
The eye-man knows. you don't. 1t is
worth more than 1t will cost you to
| find out.
Better wear glasses too soon than
| too late. and be sure that they fit
you. Wrong glasses increase the trou-
BILE
| Comparatively few eyes are of equal
| strength. One eye Is usually weaker
than the other. and the weaker ey,
without proper glasses is made to
carry more than it's share Of the bur-
den of seeing. Good glasses will al
low each eye to do its work and no
more.
! Remember. however. that the best
of glasses will not do away with eye
/ trouble If they are not kept clean, IL
you use them in insufficient light or
4 IL the light strikes you in the face.
Artificial light would better coma
from over the left shoulder. You
| should never face a light nor read
with the sun shining on your paper.
II the burner is in front of you.
screen it so that your eyes cannot
see 1t.
II you cannot afford to consult q
frst-class eye specialist, your eyes
may be examined free of charge at
public infirmaries maintained in the
larger cities.
Take care of your eyes. for they win
not take care of themselves. No part
of the body contributes more 10 it's
effectiveness.
The trouble with most people is thas
they leave their eyes until the last.
wait until the trouble is acuate. Then
they expect the oculist to perform a
miracle: and when they are fitted
with glasses they do not give them a
chance, but abuse their eyes through
glasses as they did before they wore
them.
Thousands of people select glasses
as they do shoe strings, don't have
them fitted. They buy q pair at tho
notion counter. put them on. and feel
better. or think that they do, for .
time, when their eyes are getting
worse instead of better.
The eye Is altogether too delicate
an organ to experiment with or to
neglect. Go to a man who has made
speciality Of it. He knows what to
do for you.
Another point, don't wear glasses
unless your nose Is the right shape to
hold them. II 1t isn't spectacles are
far better for you. although. perhaps.
they may not look as well on you.
Let the eye man decide for you. Bes.
ter look three days, or three years.
older with a pair of spectacles which
will stay on you than place eye
glasses on a plane with complexion
powder, that you may look better At
the expense of your eyesight.
Don't wait for the second warning.
Let the first one send you to the eye
specialist. Put yourself in his hands
and do as he tells you.
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