Show POOR LIGHT THE SOURCE OF EARLY SIGHT FAILURES If It men could do all their reading read read- ing women ing-women women all nit their fine sewing- sewing children all their close studying in inthe inthe inthe the light of da day poor eyesight would not present the terrible condition condition condition con con- I we now have We are in iii effect a n nation of s' s i poor see Not even childhood is exempt for records show that S S more than one child in every five has damaged eyesight By the time we reach our majority two out of every five have strained their eyes At f forty when life is said to begin three out of every V 5 five have failing sight Add another another another an an- other score of years and in our sixties sixties only only five in every hundred persons have normal eyes Chief among the causes of weakened weakened weakened weak weak- V ened eyes is eyestrain a con condition condi condi- J- J tion Lion largely the result of straining the eyes under poor lighting ng con con- Just because a family is beyond the reach of electric power is no reason why they should resort to old fashioned wick-burning wick lamps Such Suc-h lamps like the fire-brand fire the torch and the pine knot went out of date with the birth of pressure pressure pres pres- V sure mantle mantIe lamps It is interesting to learn that modern modem pressure mantle lamps provide a pure white radiant light of up to candlepower brilliance brilliance brilliance-as as much as eight ordinary ordinary ordinary nary electric light bulbs produce With such perfect lighting appliances appliances appliances ances available to every farm home it would seem that early failure of eyesight was in excusa- excusa ble hIe A little more thought to the importance of good light should go far in preserving and protecting pro pro- pr protecting N Natures Nature's tures ture's most magnificent gift gUt to man man his his eyes |