Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-01-04

-: Does excessive reading lnlurc the eye
Sight:
1t does If the print is as small as most
newspaper print. 1t does If the light is poor
not so arranged to be outside OF the
direct vision of the readers eyes. 1t does il
the reader does not frequently interrupt his
concentration on the page to look on dis
tant ubjects-objects more than twenty feet
away
-: Is there any harm done by the habit OF
reading while lying in bed?
1t is mmatcrial whether lies abcd
stands on his head to read provided the light
oe correctly arranged and the reader inter
lupts frequently TO look at distant objects.
Q: Please tell me whether can strain
the eyes by reading fast. that is TO say, hur-
riediy scanning "a paragraph or page. instead
OF carefully reading each words
1t is n,,n:.,eral. so long as the other con
dtions .gh,. whether you read single
letter ar \ whole sentence or "a paragraph at
glance.
G: Jus, wha, is the best artificial light for
! Kerosene. gas or electric lamp. arranged
| that the light shah fall IN su,iicicn; quantity
| Upon the page or piece in hand without tail-
:nE upon the readers workers face. Let
! the light over the shoulder. right or
| left us may be most convenient. and TO il
! that your face is mostly in shadow as you
| sit stand AZ work. 1t is great mistake TO
| resort 10 cycshadcs TO protect the eyes from
| glare rather than proper arrangement of
| the source OF light. Eycshadcs unhyGienic
- themselves. and OF practically no value as a
| protection OF the eyes.
@: Is there anything more than imagination
| To warrant the notion that ones eyes may be
| injured by the glare of many mirrors and
other shiny things IN place where one spends
eight hours day?
The effect OF such glare may easily be in
furious Unnecessarily shiny surfaces, such a.
desks. woodwork ana various fittings about q
building produce upon the eyes the same ef'
feet al would be produced by !nnumcrJh.'
Elarimg little lights suspended within the hel'
| Of sin b1t hc linh r,np cd
! the shiny surface is diminished more or less
in intensity. Eyestrain is unconscious will
most of us, yet nevertheless we have IL. be
cause not one in one hundred individuals ma
perfectly formed eyes. one with any consid
cradle degree OF eyestrain may lie made mis-
cradle ny unnecessarily shiny surfaces
Q: Kindly inform me whether there is an
virtue or any particular objection TO light
shaded with green red shades shades o
other pronounced coIors. What is the rarti
far and h orSss TeS of green ms shade
OF at least the green tint of Nature smili,
Is not painful to behold. But the real OK
PLANTATION OF the rcstfulness OF natures gre.
Is distance-cf course ii rests the eyes TO loo
OIL at distant objects objects more ,ha,
twenty feet away
Aside from this there is virtue in gree,
except in Imagination and n rule it woul,
oe better to use a shade of light or neutra
Iiht--!!Sht IL IL does come within the iii
rect field OF vision as you work dark ~
Opaque II II does II is rarely necessary I,
nave the shade OF the light within your i.,,
OIL vision and always preferable not to-
lied shades are an abomination to the eve,
ana most wastcful OF light. Red shades should
be left to the fire alarm signals and othe,
DANCE lights.
ne shaGe OF lamp should be light in
c"i"r' as translucent mot Transparency rs nos
s!o!e, ana not dark-that is, If the light is In
'ehuea AS light and more n mere decoration
IL is merely matter Of taste II the Iirh, Is
used as decoration. but red is terribly com
mon taste.
9 Does frequent attendance at the movies
weaken the eyes?
I oAly when tho film is so badly worm that
/ IL throws a picture that looks rainy" or
/ when The exhibitor is inconsiderate az 10
! speed the exhibition Good moving pictures
are nowadays no strain upon the ewes
! Q; Does II make any difference whether n
reader sits erect or in scmi-rccIininy posi-
| ton when reading?
Nc The Idea that ii IS Injurious to read
lying dawn arises from the fact that physi-
| c!anS oiien forbid or limit reading when n
patient ~ recently convaescent, because until
| nc regains ordinary strength he may easily
| oVcrdo with his eyes and strain them.