The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-03-19
TAKE CARE OF THE EYES.
Much Required of Them These Hust-
ling Times-Don't Abuse Them.

Conditions imposed by our present
civilization have caused increased tax
alton on the function of vision" saws
Howard G, Doane, president of Doane-
Gassett company, and secretary of the
Massachusetts state board of registra-
ton in optometry. Continuing, Mr..
Doane says, "In this strenuous age of
hurry and worry our brain and our
eyes do the work of our hands. Educa-
ton, environment, strenuous habits of
life and occupation all tend to increase
the demand on vision, especially
through viewing objects at close range
and under imperfect lighting condi-
tons"
Children who are raised upon the
farm and then grow to maturity living
mostly out of doors, generally escape
eyestrain and its manifold symptoms
that are now so common among chill
dren of the cities whose range of vision
is limited.
At present the growth OF manufac-
turing and commercial pursuits has be-
come so great that perfect vision for
neat work is vitality necessary. With
the need of so much close work is
made manifest the presence of eye de-
fects such as far-sight, near sight,
astigmatism and muscular disturbances
which can only be corrected by proper
glasses.
The eyes of this generation are equal
ly as efficient as those of previous gen
eratiops, but the demands upon the
eyes are entirely different. The pres
ent age is placing an extraordinary tax
on the human faculties Keeping up
In the race" demands more energy, con-
and nervous expenditure
than ever before. Business competi-
ton has become more keen, social life
more exhausting, and glance at the
curriculum of the schools reveals the
mass of work required OF the child.
These changes have come to stay, and
We must adjust ourselves to them.
Our eyes are large factors in our eff
iciency. Nature allots each organ of
he human machine certain portion
If nerve energy. When eyes that are
defective demand more than their share |
II this nerve energy it must, Of neces
iity, lessen the normal nerve supply of |
he other organs and quite naturally |
his extra nerve force is taken from |
he weaker organs. The result is re-
leeted in headaches, often attributed |
o stomach trouble, nervousness, drow
iness and irritability. The wasting Of
his nervous energy directly diminishes
human efficiency.
The eye is the most wonderful organ
# the special senses, extremely sensi-
i've and delicate and very easily thrown
nut of adjustment by overwork or
buse. A tired body or limb is given
est, but the eye, which has shared the
eneral fatigue of the body, is often
equired to go on working long after
he work Of the day is abandoned.
The possibility of conserving human
nergy by correcting eye defects is
reater than by any other means. These
Effects are usually due to the eyeball
eng imperfeetly shaped and the deli.
ate eve muscles are involuntarily and
trying to overcome these
Effects. The resulting strain can only
e relieved by properly fitted glasses,
There are two classes of people bene-
ted by the use of glasses: those who
re well but suffer discomfort, and
hose who do not see well but do not
lffer. The former may not be con
.ious that they suffer from defective
yes. attributing the disorder to other
rgans, not recognizing the eyes as the
isturbing element.
The following pertinent facts are
ell worth attention "The best eye
! the world can easily be made the
verse by persistent strain and abuse.
Y our ewes may be normal, or nearly I
are, but the wise course
to know. not guess, and YOU can only
now by having an occasional exam
Iation."
Continue the use of your eyes after {
ature warns and you are laying up
.ouble and worry for the future"
"The parent who neglects the eyes ,
the child Is neglecting plain duty. /
"In this day Of conservation. men (
IA women Of mental and physical !
rength wear glasses as much for pre- !
rvation Of vitality as for the better ]
ent Of vision.
Vision j. the noblest of our senses.
presides over all other sensations {
I'd transcends them. You should. $
Ierefore. preserve and protect the or '
in Of sight
~The ewes are the windows Of the !
.ul, and yet, strange to say, most