Year: 1875

When writing, reading, drawing,
sewing, etc., always take care
that


(a.) The room is comfortably
cool, and the feet warm;


(b) There is nothing tight about
the neck;


(c.) There is plenty of light with
out dazzling the eyes;


(d.) The SUN does not shine d.
rectly on the object we are st work
upon;


(e.) The light does not come from
in front; it is best when it comes
over the left shoulder


CD The head is not very much
bent over the work;


(g.) The page is nearly perpendic-
ular to the line of sight; that is,
that the eye is nearly oppo-
site the middle of the page, for an
object held slanting is not seen so
clearly.


(h.) That the page, or other ob-
ject, is not less than fifteen inches
from the eyes.


Near rsightednessis apt to increase
rapidly when a person wears, in
reading, the glasses intended to en-
able him to see distant objects.


In any case, when the eyes have
any defect, avoid fine needle-work,
drawing of fine maps, and all such
work, except for very short tasks,
not exceeding half an hour each,
and in the morning.


Never study OF write before break
fast by candle light.
Do not lie down when read
ing.


If your eyes are aching from fire
light, from looking at the snow, from
oEer-work, or other causes, a pair
of colored glasses may be advised
to be used for awhile. Light blue
or grayish blue is the best shade,
but these glasses are likely to be
abused and usually, are not to be
worn except under medical advice.
Almost all those persons who con-
tinue to wear colored glasses, having
perhaps first received advice to
wear them from medical men,
would be better without them. TRAY
cling vendors Of spectacles are not
to be trusted; their wares are apt
to be recommended as ignorantly
and indiscriminately as in the times
of the Vicar of Wakefield
If you have to hold the pages of
Harpers Magazine nearer than if
teen inches in order to read it easily,
it is probable that you are quite
near-sighted. If you have to hold
it two or three feet away before you
can see easily, you are probably far
sighted. In either cases, it is very
desirable to consult a physician be-
fore getting a pair Of glasses, for a
misft may permanently injure your
eyes.


Never play trick with the eyes,
as squirting rolling them.
The eyes are often troublesome
when the stomach is out Of or,
der.


Avoid reading or sewing by twi
light or when debilitated by recent
illness, especially fever.


Every seamstress ought to have
a cutting out table, to place he1
work on such a plane with re-
ference to the line of vision as to
make it possible to exercise a close
scrutiny without bending the head
or the figure much forward.


Usually, except for aged persons
or chronic invalids, the winter tenn.
perature in work-rooms ought not
to exceed sixty or sixty-fve degrees
To sit with impunity in room at a
lower temperature, added clothing
will be necessary. The feet OF q stu
dent or a seamstress should be kept
comfortably warm while the tasks
are being done. Suppers are bad
In winter thetemperature of the low
er part of the room is apt to be one
hundred and eighty or one hundred
and eighty-fve lower than the up
per.


It is indispensable in all forms Of
labor requiring the exercise of Wis
ion of minute objects, that the work
er should rise from his task now and
then, take few deep inspirations
with c1oee1 month. stretch the