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Show Si. : TO SAVE S1IT Tests Show One in Ten of School Children Has Perfect Vision BY EDWARD THIERRY. N)V YORK, Jan. 14 Do you see perfectly ? . Tests of 1000 school children reveal only one In every 10 has perfect vision. vis-ion. Two In every three have eye defects serious enough to warrant glasses! 01 10.000 store and factor employes em-ployes only 13 per cent are wearing glasses, yet testa show an additional "3 per cent need glasses and don't know it. ' We're too careless about our eyes," i.uy A Henry dlrcitor Kitcial of the Eyesight Conservation council a year-old organization that Is dolns tin first systematic work toward saving sav-ing the nation's eyes. "People r.iy more attention to their feet than to their eyes!" said Henry. "It's time they woke up to the Importance Im-portance of vision," Henry, who's 40, has worn glasses for years. Ten years ugo he became l:irii-d over t-l:i 1 1st les taki n uinong Philadelphia school children showing HO per cent were In need of glasses. A I'll r iiiTm others inti reqfeil In th subject Joined with Henry in forming the Eyesight Conservation council. imiNt.s down i;i I'inr.Nt v. "In Industry and .schools the ro-allsatlOD ro-allsatlOD has come that poor vision menus decreased efficiency," said Hen ry. " The Hoover committee on elimination elimina-tion of waste in Industry found detective de-tective vision one of the greatest breeders of waste in factories. "In one factory, tests tdiow-cd 20 per cent of the Inspectors, who paaaed on newly inanufuct ured articles, could not see well enough to detect defect.' in goods they were inspecting. "A New England plunt was the worst example Only 8 per cent of the employes wore Klusses, but testn f-how-ed that a fraction over 83 per cent in addition required them. Less thun 9 per cent had normal vision ' A count taken of pedestrian! passing pass-ing at four different points In New-York New-York showed one In every four was wearing glassee. "That means permanent wearers." said Henry "Many wear glasses only for reading and working It'.-i Impossible Impos-sible to obtain an sscaci census( but 1 believe not more than one In every three wears glasses. "Those figures prove ucople are careless about their eyes. For testa In factories, stores and schools show that at least CC per cent need glasses Some mill workers are so careless that they won't even wear the goggles pio-vided pio-vided for them! Eyesight Is the nm.t hi rlshed of the five senses A greater appreciation apprecia-tion of sight is not necessary, but a greater appreciation of the importance import-ance of eve care la. DI I ECTS CURABLE. "A large majoritv of the human race has defective vision thai can be cured. A lack of knowledge of the prevalence of this onditlOil an. I n luck of proper eye caro is responsible for much suffering and inefficiency. "The eyes of school children throughout the country' .should be cared for. "Workers in Industries and Iitks In stores and offices should be in-for in-for med of the importance of eye care and of benefits of aids to v ialon where required. "There is n grave responsibility resting on those who have clidrge f children to see that their ev'vs are cured for. "It Is the height of folly to neglect one's own sight. "Thorough examination by a competent com-petent specialist alone win enablt you to know positively whether your eyed are free from strain " oo Industrial and life Insurant c companies com-panies in the United Stales had C3,-000,000 C3,-000,000 polii lea uut durinx l'.'u. |