Show POOR LIGHT THE SOURCE OF EARLY SIGHT FAILURES it if men could do all their reading women all their fine sewing children all their close studying in the light of day poor eyesight would not present the terrible condition we now have we are in effect a nation ot of poor sec ers not mot even childhood is exempt for records show that more than one child in every five has damaged eyesight by the tha 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 score of years and in our sixties only five in every hundred persons have normal eyes chief among the causes of weakened eyes is eyestrain a condition largely the result of straining the eyes under poor lighting conditions dit ions 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resort to old fashioned wick burning lamps such lamps like the firebrand fire brand the torch and the pine knot went out of date with the birth of pressure mantle lamps it is interesting to learn that modern pressure mantle lamps provide a pure white radiant light of up to candlepower cand lepowe er brilliance as much as eight ordinary electric light bulbs produce with such perfect lighting a appliances available to every farm home it would seem that early 1 lailure failure of eyesight was inexcusable A little more thought to the I 1 i i importance of good light should I 1 go far in preserving and pro teching natures nature s most magnificent gift ift to man liis his eyes |