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Show Your Child's Sight your state Prevention of Blindness Society or from the National Society at 79 Madison Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10016. T.AV ;1 One in 20 preschool children chil-dren in America has an eye problem of one sort or another. You can help make sure your child has two good eyes if you heed these hints from the National Society for the Prevention of Blindness, now celebrating celebrat-ing its 70th anniversary: Teach youngsters the dangers of scissors, sticks, broken glass, darts and the like. Show them how to carry sharp objects and keep hazardous things out of their hands. Don't leave children alone with dangerous objects. ob-jects. Three-fourths of eye accidents occur during unsupervised un-supervised play. Give your child a home eye test. Kits and instructions instruc-tions are available from Have your child's vision checked by an eye specialist before entering school and periodically thereafter. Make sure that if glasses are necessary, they're properly prop-erly fitted, made with safety lenses and changed whenever necessary.' |