Show CARE FO FOR THE HE EYES E E S atri 11 r i 81 rd fd medical students were vi e ad a dressed 1 by a boston aston physician and str on oil the care of the eyes 0 1 es in ili haiim the lecturer st stated abed a number numbe r 0 of f important fact for the consider consideration 1 V of parents and bleachers lea teachers chers lie said that iu in the fant year of life nil all eyes eye are normal the formative period begins at 8 and closes at 14 and antl hence during SIX ix years i years hano acial I 1 of f detrimental mental lia habits bl ts formed arc are three kinds of abnormal sight myopia and astigmatism the first being the second farsightedness and the third a combination of the tile two twelve giuse muscles les the eyes and when there Is s defeet detect certain or all of aliese undergo unusual strain causing neuralgia neura gla lassitude asi and general nervousness nervous nervousness nesi sometimes indeed causing death itself later in life the school teacher Js best situated to detect defective detective sight the dyni symptoms P are sit simple ap ae books held ilela apo oo 00 ne near ar or too fix r tile eyes or at ablin awkward ard I 1 angles anglea invariably denote defective v vision I 1 s the child should not inot study it it can be lieP helped cd in a falling light but it the tile light mu must fall it must come from side school rooms should be painted light green or pale buff dark green red or white being very injurious indeed white is injurious in ili any degree and the common habit of whitewashing 0 is one otic per cent ot of defective vision among na ture points the way for soft colors for the yos eyes in the green of grass and the dun of barren ways any glare is injurious and hence highly polished or varnished surfaces should be barred from the school room during the formative period children should not employ artif leal light for any purpose and study after nightfall is highly injurious |