Show THE USE OF THE E one of the most 01 in the haman ie 10 the abe the various paa wako floa useful aud and sow grand and com complex that we 10 K to eccli HOW ho greo drw add g drous are the din of dod go bole we might spend our time in inthe the study stud of ta pocol and of the di didiw Ws to parts and their adaptation without e ivr uses of mankind ing able to on SS tm same model chemist onee once MW made 10 an anwa rose and spent inon r A ve it an odor by using the ashes W f WY perfumed roses that he had wat AL W leftist once imitated a grain at cheat so perfectly that the eye OOM not tell the difference between limitation imitation and the genuine but en he tried to make it grow there something lacking Is IN both ja there was an absence of the principle both efforts were fail vt these facts with many others w like character show that all nd can do is to imitate we biot allot originate anything we can make anything different from ML we we age or think n of new and an nt forms of we other than vw UA we find around us tha e eyes are am so formed that they TO untended tended to last us during the E of our plural natural lives who 1 efer seen an indian using spec to help him to see aee ne he h haa a aa d e without having overtaxed over taxed the th oft rz S ft of sight th ae white races of mankind are e fenced ren ced by other alms and ar ob b ls and ad cannot pass through lire hie al ut it looking into and examining I 1 ponders of nature that surround J t 1 Z A f fw f lor this reason their eyes fail than the races who never beyond ond their daily needs and but t little for sermons in and books in ru running P A without attempting to enter into 04 ate study of the different 1 nd uses us of the eye I 1 may say n that it is a scientific lens or Oaf eion receiving the images 4 OW ted and transmitting them to a 4 aby tn U by the optic nerve in ased b by y photographers photograph ere the sea are transmitted in the same H as we make an arrange liate artificially that serves the tho oe brain is placed behind the I 1 ra is the sensitive plate behind in n th ne e last case on only ay one cola an be JG imprinted on the same 1 wt but in III the case of the brain ceide Ilece ive and contain the im r of a lifetime latefe pow 0 expand the iris of the eye e 0 to o abow more light to enter the cac vid alose it to exclude an ex lg we e ira imitate irate the same arrange b y tale e use of diaphragms in the ftc tut eaul it original is all a poor copy of the and eagles that soar sear if th the 0 power of seeing ob ina great Kr eat distance their eyes aued hom by the will and enem to expand and dilate the aa to enoy enjoy long and t 18 their needs demand d in early life our eyes are round and full we have no trouble in reading objects close to the eye As age creeps on we push our newspaper farther and farther from us why because our eyes flatten and just in proportion as we grow old so we see distant objects with more distinctness As long as we can read at from eight inches to a foot from the face we are all right but when we c cannot na see easily at that distance we should obtain glasses of slight convexity which will restore the sight and enable us to read with our book just where we want it but glasses should not affect the eye we should read easier for using them if they strain the eyes they are too round we should not put off the use of glasses too late when reading always let the light come over your shoulder shield your eyes from direct light immediately in front of you take this rule when the book you are reading begins to blur and look confused lay it down and let yoi you eyes rest never force them beyond this place the proper estimate upon the windows of the soul and try and imagine what the world would be to you without your sight aman A man who was born blind when asked what conception he had of light replied by saying he thought it was something he could feel nearsighted near sighted persons are those whose eyes are am very full and convex old age in improves proves ahr eyesight in the proportion that affe eyes flatten if children are allowed to read too much by artificial light they will become nearsighted near sighted which proves a very inconvenient trouble for the reason that be being ng unable to we see objects at a distance they are excluded from enjoying views of distant objects of course arti artificial fical aid can be obtained in the use of glasses that restore the natural roundness of the eye there are too many young persons now wearing glasses to remedy this defect too much study is the cause to fully enjoy our eyesight we must preserve our health the greatest of all our earthly happiness is ie the possession of this the greatest of all blessings the rosy cheeks and sparkling eyes are very magnetic the duchess of sutherland was remarkable for poe e eyes y es of surpassing brilliancy she was once asked who paid her the finest driest com aliment as to the beauty of her eyes she replied a scotch ferryman who while rowing her across a river caught sight of her shining orbe and was so captivated that he asked her to allow him to light his pipe by the light of her eyes all these considerations deal with the uses of our eyes from a utilitarian standpoint but many have eyes an and d see 71 not ot 11 thousands of people travel and see but little like the gentleman who visited mount vesuvius who said he went to naples saw nothing IW it visited the burning mountain looked into the crater nothing in it I 1 have asked dozens of persons who cn visited wonderful places disgusted to learn leam how few could tell the truth about scenes of wonder ask them how high the mountains were how deep the canyon was it well wooded what was the color of the rocks and general characteristics remember was the genera reply the reason for this failure to use our eyes is the disposition lo 10 slur over matters we look but we do not see the images are not imprinted on the brain when we look at anything worth our time we should learn all we can about it for we can seldom forget those images that circumstances have printed on the brain we can learn faster by the right use of our eyes than by our ears the power to distinguish fine shades of color is enjoyed by very few persons the ability to tell when anything is straight is rare scores never see when a picture is hung bung crooked how many are there who can guess lengths in inches quickly and yet we can see how many of us can tell the number of different kinds of grasses that may be found in our lots lota or name the varieties of trees to be found in our city the writer once asked a gentleman from london to gather some walnut leaves for a certain purpose he replied that he could not tell a walnut tree from any other yet this man was of mature age he had looked at but had never seen the objects of beauty around him we can find out more about the rocks that compose the crust of our earth through our eyes than we can by reading books printed descriptions script ions fail to convey to the brain the sensa sensations t 1 0 ns 0 of f pa pleasure aas ure we gl glean ean through the use of the eyes the leaves the weeds the flowers the fruits all possess sources of wonder and beauty that must be examined critically and carefully by our eyes we often meet men of mark and when asked to describe them are perfectly at sea true we spoke to them but did not notice them there is a profound mystery of fitness of arrangement in all things pertaining to this earthy earth and the planetary system which calls for such close observation as enables us to describe what we see and demands that we should look well into everything that it is our duty to understand what a wonderful object of study is man kindl when we think that there is not a straight ight line in the human form but that de arthe up of graceful curves all entire system how much we should recognize that there is an immensity of knowledge before us if the psalmist said man by searching could not find out god he was right we know but very little of man and less of the worlds around us we are only on the threshold of the knowledge of the gods C G JK savage in twentieth ward index |