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Show DIAMONDS INJURE THE 8IGHT. New Peril Will Not Greyly Trouble the Average Man. Somebody has advanced a now theory. the-ory. It Is declared that tho fashion of wearing so many largo' diamonds 1b Injurious to tho eyesight. This news will not Interest a largo percentage of tho feminine population, popula-tion, for obvious reasons. Nolthor ls It likely to mako unhappy the ono who wears a tiara and a sunburst tho slzo ot a pinto. Tho danger Is only to tho admiring nnd envious few who surround tho wearer of tho gems. If they gaze too long and earnestly at her Jowels, according to this semi-medical semi-medical authority, tho effect produced on tho oyes Is Bomewhat llko that of tho electric light, n sense of bmlass-zlemcnt bmlass-zlemcnt and strain, which Is hardly notlceublo at first, but tends to bo-como bo-como strongly marked. Presidential Plans Upset. President and Mrs. Roosevelt may hat to abandon all of tho stato and elllclal functions planned to bo held nt tho whlto houso during tho coming social season. Owing to tho addl-tlons addl-tlons mado to tho olllclnl plans for tho enlargement and Improvement of the president's resldcnco niid tho delays cruised by striking workmon tho work cannot bo completed until somo time Dftor tho Chrlstmap holidays. |