SOMETHING IN THE EYE.
1 :The natural impulse'to; rub the eyes when - a ;foreign , i substahce' gets' into them is.;re- ;■' sponsible -for real -sometihies' (says an ; American: writer), if.'a- child, be taught'-to "■ plose his; eyes>.instantly and', -keep- them :; closed untiliihe counts .• twenty-fiye slowly, ',' unless. tb'eVsubstancohas. imbedded \ itself \- or . 'hprneiiintoithe eye,os in of-a-hbt :, cinder,-'.-thol-simple rule referred; to ;will often V bo .sufficient to.aUow., time for: the moisture on;the, ; mside. of the-,eyelid; to wash the'iirritating bit-entirely, away. ■ Many-.times'-I^have stopped; in;the'street'and. dosed'' my> eyes , when dust has, blown-in them,, arid this' means ' has failed, vlri- piir kindergarten. 1 , one childr.in. the'spirit. ofimiseliief, -threw into '■', th,e" face -of ■ another : a- ■ handful .of; 'eand'. v ' At ; .said', to .him , ,-. "Close-ybur.: byes,'* Ar'thur.j. and •do riot open, them , until 'I; say so." ■■' With a>sponge I'-brushod'away-all the visible .-: grains.of sand.■ The'n,;drying". his f face, I: told :' him to open his they' shone ; asvbright -and /clear. ; as ever. ;'v ■ '■•'," '-'■:
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 425, 6 February 1909, Page 11
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151SOMETHING IN THE EYE. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 425, 6 February 1909, Page 11
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