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Show 1 N J ' Hi PRACnCALTALKS BY THE ff I j HJ APRIL GRANDMOTHER ID M )(JT UTOMOBILE eyes are getting t H fi bo a characteristic of the wel H horn American girl, and it is no 1 in attractive one," declared the Apr! H grandmother to her youngest grand H laughter as they slowly paced uppei H - Fift" avenue. "Before the day of mo H ring a similar expression, and one onlj H occasionally seen, ivas known as tk j staring eye look.' Sometimes it wns dui H lo the fact that the owner of the eye! H Xas very near-sighted and. too vain ti H 'ear glasses, or fancied that to affec H J stnre as though absorbed In meditatioi Hl parked her to the masses as belongiui H )o the classes. H J "The automobilo stare Is not an affec Hl ' )ation. It la a hab'it unconsciously ac 1 luired by girls who persist In motorinj l without wearing nn adequate prolectioi H Jr their eyes. Instead of shading then 1 torn the sun with goggles or a veil, the; H mdeavor to ga.c unwinkingly at ii H th the result that a glassy wide star. H becomes a habitual expression. Ridiui H hare eyed in a motor is one of the rea H eons for so many pink edged lids. Th B dust and tho wind and the sun ray H ( cause a sort of mild inflammation wbicl j may easily be aggravated into a seriou H condition to tho setting of the cycn, I Hl ot to the optics themselves. ' H -. "Whether or not a girl who motor 3 constantly adopts goggles or a face veil, 1 -She should, on reaching her room, devote t as much attention to her eyes as to her , complexion and hor hair. First of all, he should bathe her eyes with tepid water, in order to remove the accumulated accumu-lated dust and grime: then, filling nn eye cup -ivlth n solution of . boric ucid, she 7 should drench each eye separately, start- 2 ing with a rather warm bath and grad-b grad-b ually cooling the water until it is almost 3 chil. Witch hazel Ls another excellent 3 lotion, especially if "the eyollds show t signs of inflammation, as it is cooling 3 and henling. Another point In its favor ; is that it Is supposed to promote tho growth of hair on the lids, and long :- lashes' nre of vast importance to the mo-:- toring girl, as they go far toward protect-5 protect-5 Jng the eyes from tho dust and glare of u white country roads. Therefore, if long i laB'nes are a natural beauty, it is wise to IT preserve them by seeing to it that no ; particle of dust remains among their c roots, as dust usually harbors germs de-g de-g struQtive to hirsute growth. - "Nearly always there are clusters of e fine wrinkles at the outer corners of a s pair of automobile eyes," continued the a April Grandmother, "and that is why h so many girls still in short skirts have f a curiously wizened expression utterly at varianco with their" pink and white s round faced bloom. They actually are acquiring wrinkles three decades before they are due if there is any excuse for ' acquiring them at ajl. A very little pure cold cream lightly applied with the finger tips to the outer corners of the eyes will, ward off these incipient wrinkles, but the treatment must be repented after each motor excursion else the work of tlie previous pre-vious day will be undone. "The girl who, beeauHo-of excessive ; motoring, is scorching the brightness out : of her eyes must take exceptional care of ' them at all other times. She cannot af- ; ford to read late at night or on a moving train or when facing a strong light Nor should she use hor eyes at all when very tired or when she has a headache, for ' then the strain on the optic nerves is most severe. "Of all modern diversions there is nono so wholly satisfactory as motoring," con- ' eluded the April Grandmother, "nnd, of ' course, the girl who riqos about the streets of a city In a car 'does not wish to disfigure herstdf with goggles or ob- ( scure her vision with a 'veil. But to , adopt one or the other of these protec- , tions Ib "better than to acquire a'red lidded automobile glare which so detracts from the charm of a youthful face. The prettiest girl on earth cannot afford to 1 meet old age half way and the merely l nice looking girl cannot afford lo take ' any chances whatever." ' |