Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-12
"SPTESD NO LONGER
THE SYMBOL OF AGE
Optical Aids Now Employed by
Young and Old, Rich and
Poor Alike

1t goes without saying that this is th'
= age of spectacies for women. Tndelibll
p MS are these trimmed panes associated II
i ones memory with the extreme end OF
grandmothers organ of smell, the time
z has come when without respect to age
) or comellness they are to be found riding
boldly astride the nosese OF the feminine
! rich and poor alike.
Z Contrary to the spasm Of though that
might suggest solution to the picture,
the fact that there are more people to-
day rubbing elbows In movie chairs
than church pews which latter has all
ways provided such delightful optic
relaxatlon) comes the edict from well
known ophthalmologists that moving pic
lures, as they are depicted on the screen
today cause very little defective vision
Systematic examination OF the eyes of
school children by visiting oculsts is
primarily the reason for the flood of spec
tacled youngsters encountered daily. II
the eyes are the windows of the soul' as
some poet hath sung, verify many poor
souls have been getting but sample pack
ages Of light.
THE eye strain, which at one time was
| due attentively watching the nckering
| SCREEN" says DR.. S. Lewis ziegler, has
| been practically eliminated, owing to "A
more perfect method of manufacturing |
films"
Film Manufacturing Company has been |
overcome by the installation of new
apparatus known as the perforatng |
machine This provides perfect perfor-
ations on the side of the film, which catch
OIL the Bprocket points as the machine is
operated. producing a steady picture
THESE perioratlons are SO perfect" says
a member Of this company, that a
variation of 1-lOOO of an inch is detected
and remedied before leaving the plant.
The vibration has come in some in
stances from the lack of steady base
for the operating machine, for instance
solid cement floor in which the machine
has been installed"
Many of the Ills to which flesh is heir
together with the poor vision of the old
and young, is due, according to DR.. Zieg-
Ter, to purely mechanical defect In the
muscles controlling the eye. 1T has been
pointed OUT said he, that any theory
of the origin Of disordered function which
does not embrace a consideration of the
ocular apparatus is unscientihC and open
to criticism"
IL Is unquestionably true in the opinion
OF men of this profession that 70 per cent.
OF ocular disorders depend on anomalies
or the refraction, accommodation and
mobility of the eyes, and a correction hv
properly fitted glasses is followed by
great good to the eye and the general
organism.
The Germans, as a race" concluded
Or Ziegler may be said to have the
greatest percentage of defective vision.
iue to eye strain from intense study.
There is National Committee on Con-
ervation of Eyesght in America which
las accomplished much In instituting :
nethods to prevent injury to the eve
'or instance, within the last 10 or Is
ears schoolhouses have all been built
wheels, have been compelled to sunnlv
win the view OF proper diffusion of light
n !, Dlackboards. Corporations using ma =
hines from which bits of steel are thrown
romiscuously about such as er,or,, Y
oggles for their employees, or in case ~ NJ
arger missiles sort of wire spectacle II
MS Is to their interest as we'll since y
" law" 81
twenty-five per cent of the blindness c,
chidren found in our eye hospitals Is .,
ue to infection at birth, owing to n dis VI
aseu plrth canal" said DR.. Edward e'
runway There has been a great cru
lde against carelessness in treating ttI. n,
fection, as it is durable at the ontsnt "
uch has been done to instruct midwivos trI
ld young mothers of the vital need of III
,onpt treatment In these cases bv the he
ty nurses in their work in the districts h,
wing to this instruction the percentaCa ~,
such cases has decreased within tbe y"
st decade from 80 1-3 to % per cent, in
Lack OF lustre, according to this oph
aimoioSlst' is due to friction of the eve II,
VI against the eyelid, or in other words In
ime will tell and lust SO sureI,, o 80, 30
ndow pane is scratched and grows JpiiiI in
I'd FADES in time, just so surely will hi
Q neautltul lustre of youth depart with pr
cry wink. "'f' 81 3.