YOUR EYES

NZ Truth, Issue 1216, 21 March 1929, Page 10

YOUR EYES

The Windows of The Soul CARE FOR THEM The optic nerves are too much taken for granted. How many people ever stop and think of the enormous strain put upon their eyes? • THE power of seeing is one of the most precious of all Nature's gifts. To be plunged into a world of darkness is a thought of terror to even the most stout-hearted. Should the electric light fail temporarily m some public hall, we realise how helpless and restricted, we are. Yet, though the power of vision is so essential to mortals, the bulk of them abuse their eyesight most unmercifully. Reading m bed ' is one of the deadly sins. A recumbent position is always more or less a strain on the optic nerves. There is a difficulty to get just the right angle for the light, and the right degree of intensity. One of the worst results is exemplified m cataract. Always sponge the eyes gently before retiring, and rub a little cold cream on the lids. This makes all the difference m the world to that aching and tired feeling after a long ciay. Headaches, or a tendency to hold one's needlework or printed matter some distance away, indicate that ah optician should be consulted. Eyes, called "the windows of the soul," are like beautiful music. They express immortal things • that can never be put into mere words. So, m hot and dusty weather or m bitterly cold winds, let us take care of our eyes. But care is not just "coddling." As was said before, it is all a matter of valuing a great asset and treating it with commonsense.