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Show POOR LIGHT THE SOURCE OF EARLY SIGHT FAILURES If men could do all their reading read-ing women all their fine sewing children all their close studying in the light of day, poor eyesight would not present the terrible condition con-dition we now have. We are, in effect, a nation of poor see-ers. Not even childhood is exempt, for records show that 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 forty, when life is said to begin, three out of every five have failing sight. Add another an-other score of years and in our sixties only five in every hundred persons have normal eyes. Chief among the causes of weakened weak-ened eyes, is eyestrain: a condition condi-tion largely the result of straining the eyes under poor lighting conditions. con-ditions. Just because a family is beyond the reach of electric power is no reason why they should resort to old-fashioned wick-burning lamps. Such lamps, like the fire-brand, the torch and the pine knot, went out of date with the birth of pressure pres-sure mantle lamps. It is interesting to learn that modern pressure mantle lamps provide a pure white, radiant light, of up to 300-candlepower brilliance as much as eight ordinary ordi-nary electric light bulbs produce. With such perfect lighting appliances appli-ances available to every farm home, it would seem that early failure of eyesight was inexcusable. inexcusa-ble. A little more thought to the importance of good light should go far in preserving and protecting pro-tecting Nature's most magnificent gift to man his eyes. |