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Show PROTECTING BABY'S EYES. ' There Is a brilliance In the sun these, davs that blinds ever the eyes of grown folks who can easily crons to the shady aide of the street or raise a t parasol, or even turn the had and j avert the eyea If the light proves loo daaxllng for comfnrt. Rut how about j the suffering infant, lying; prone In his perambulator, face upturned to thej sky? He cannot crows the stret unlet j his nursemaid cheoees to ttke him: nor I can he command his perambulator top I to be put up. or avert hin head. Hej must just lie and suffer the blinding glare that is probably real torture toj him. and also a very real menace toj his eyesight. Even if he sleeps, thej brilliant white light burns upon hisJ little eyelids, and when he cornea In. fretful and Irritable, his fond rhnrge wonders what is the matter with him. Keep the baby's eyea protected t this time of the year, while the trees are at ill bare of leaves rmd the sun Is high and strong. After awhile, baby may lie and stare up Into the canopy of leaves overhead and no harm will come to hla eyea, but the brassy blue of a May sky le another matter. .Several .Sev-eral nursemaids, very smart, modern nursemaids, looking extremely experienced experi-enced and capable In their blue capes and little bonnets, have shown signs of Indignation when their attention was called to this matter by a kindly in-tentioned in-tentioned stranger in the street. Thore-f'tre Thore-f'tre It la all the more Important that mothers should he Insistent about care In keeping baby's eyes shaded fmm the direct glare if sunshine, or too glnrtng a light during these bright, shadeless spring days. |