Show 1 Guard the Childs Child's Eyes I Copyright 1923 New w York Evening Yo V v. v rid s Company CompanI I By DR CHARLOTTE C. C WEST Every mother is naturally deeply concerned as to the comfort health and happiness of her children and andas andas andas as the da days s 's grow shorter the question ques on of lighting becomes a serious problem in some homes where groups are forced to study under artificial light In order to conserve the health of the eyes certain matters must be borne In mind when lighting a room for rious work worle As a result of ot painstaking experiments experiments experiments ments upon boys with normal sight it was found that any light from that of ofa ofa ofa a powerful searchlight to that of a apale apale apale pale sickly yellow candlelight may give rise to certain disturbances of the eye caused by glare when the light is suddenly flashed from dark surroundings We Ve have all expert this sensation on coming from froma a dark darle room into the light Now it was found that the momentary momentary momen momen- tar tary effect so produced Is kept up over lon long periods when the eyes are subjected continuously to a strong light while the surrounding light surrounding light is is- weak l For or instance if a child Is provided with a study lamp or an electric bulb which throws a concentrated sort of light on his work worle while the remainder remainder remainder remain remain- I der of or the room is dark hi his eyes are continually subjected to to the strain of a glare Most of us are In the habit of concentrating concentrating concentrating con con- the light upon the object we wish to see Such concentrated light causes not only great discomfort discomfort discomfort fort and eye strain but actual disease of the eye and of other parts of the body Therefore avoid the use of ot a concentrated concentrated concentrated con con- stream of light in a darkened darkened dark dark- ened end room Observe that this stream Is scarcely noticed In the daylight so at night light up the tho rooms and produce produce pro pro- duce j the h effect of daylight g t In other word words v principle eri cY I upon which our rooms should be lighted 11 Is one of general general general gen gen- eral soft diffused illumination Instead I Until this I Is of brilliant spotlights I Idone done our eyes and those of our chil children chil- chil dren will become increasingly weaker and our sight demand more and more 1 the assistance of or spectacles spectacles |