The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-24
Health Alw avs Affects
 Eyes
By DIR. LILLIAN WHITNEY

TWEEN Du Maurier gave Triiby w eyes like twin stars" he must
 also have given her perfect health, for it is only when we are at our best physically that the eyes retain their natural brilliancy and power of expression, and, furthermore, the eye is like gem, the beauty of which is enhanced by it's setting. No eyes, however, beautiful in themselves, re- serve their attractiveness when sunken m hollow orbits, when the eyebrows are constantly contracted, when the eye lids are reddened and swollen, or when they resembled a scared leaf, as have SO frequently seen them, brown and crumpled, or when the delicate membrane lining them is inflamed and granulated, or when the sur rounding tissue is covered with in- numerable wrinkles from one cause or another, or when the eyelashes are short, stubby, uneven and patchy
 The eyes are in constant use every moment of our waking life, and yet of all the organs in the body they are probably the least cared for and the most abused. We sew or read in the fading light, in forced positions, strain ing our sight to'the utmost, wrinkling our eyelids to a mere slit in an effort to concentrate the dim rays. We wOm- en peer for hours at a time through veils, some with solid dots and squares large enough to obscure the vision com pletely.
 We read in rapidly moving trains, while the object we endeavor to focus upon is being jostled in all directions. We read while lying down and with an insufficient light. We do all these and similar things, and the constant wonder is that our eyes are so tOler- mt of such abusive treatment.
 In the daily hygiene of the body, the eye and their 'aids," the lids, br0ws and lashes, are more often than not neglected, yet they require the same daily care which we bestow upon the teeth, the hair, the. nails, etc. and night. In the morning to remove the secretions which accumulate dur ing sleep and to freshen and Stimu- late them for the day; upon retiring to remove dust and grime, and to pre- pare them for any treatment they might require, which is best given at this time, as it produces the. best ef- feet during the quiet hours of rest
 For the bath nothing can take the place of an eye-cup, and either sea water or ordinary salt solution. Re fined sea salt is now procurable, also French sea water, purified of all dele terious matter and put up in hermeti- cally sealed tubes in France. It should be used quite warm for cleansing pur-: poses, a heaping teaspoonful of salt to a pint of water. Cold water can be dashed on afterward for it's tonic eff feet.
 I like to use two eye-cups at once, one for each eye Fill them quite full of the salt solution, hold them up near the eyes, then lower the head until the eyes fit into the cups. Now carry them upward as the head is thrown back.
 If the secretions have not all been carried away (they usually lodge along the inner, under borders of the lids), dip tiny pledget of cotton into the salt water and carefully remove any that remain. Never "dig" into the corners with a wash cloth, towel or the like; it is not only an sSly practice, but it ends to inflame the delicate tissues.