eyes more than once in the year; for an illness
or a weakness that escaped the doctor's diagnosis at the first examination may develop, under continual strain and late nights, into something whose end is not to be praised.
As a person advances in age, a change comes over his sight, caused by a natural development in the structure of the eye. In reading a book, it used to be enough to hold it, say, thirteen inches from your eyes; but that distance no longer suffices if your sight has grown short. The moment you notice anything of the kind, you must have your eyes and your body examined, for weakness of sight may be among the first symptoms of some illness, or of a bodily disorder which you can quickly forestall. And here are counsels of precaution which you would do well, madam, always to heed:
1 — Visit the doctor to have your eyes examined, and your child's eyes before he enters school and at intervals thereafter.
2 — Prompt treatment spares you the endurance of pains into which the eye's condition might otherwise have developed.
3 — Do not neglect to wear the glasses suited to your eyes, if the doctor has so advised you.
4 — Accustom yourself to healthy exercises for the eye, and give it periods of rest in reading, observing the conditions of proper light and avoiding the reading of small or unclear letters.
5 — Beware of letting your child play with sharp things harmful to his eyes.
1 — A drooping hat and a handbag, both made of light shantung cloth.
2 — A hat and a bolero adorned with embroidery, giving an Eastern character.
3 — A brimless hat from which hangs a long tail of 15 centimeters. With the hat goes a handbag of the same cloth and the same color.
4 — A beret worked in crochet, needed for summer, and especially for the cities.