When you don;t need glasses

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Part of The Young Citizen: The Magazine for Young People

Title: When you don;t need glasses
Year: 1940
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Fulltext: THE YOUNG CITIZEN N ofJember, 1940 HEALTH AND SAFETY SECTION WHEN YOU DON'T NEED GLASSES THE BENEFIT that has come from the use of glasses is widespread and is gen~rally recognized by physicians and by patients everywhere. And yet there are many people .wearing glasses who really do not need them. Some people wear glasses because they think they make them look more attractive or more scholarly. Don't wear glasses unless they are necessary. There has been, during the last f~w years, a continuous effort on the part of some of the makers of spectacles to develop in the public mind what is termi:d "eye consciousness." · This has been emphasized by the examinations which have· been made of the eyes of school children. The relief experienced from glasses has been discussed. in the homes, and has served as a general topic of conversation.· Some eyes at night and· under bad conditions, with imperfectly printed books, and when physically in a condition. which needs eye rest rather than eye work. Or perhaps, because of adenoids or catarrhal conditions, their eyes had become inflamed. Glasses are not the first aid required in such cases, yet they have been 5old and -even prescribed by doctors with the feeling that the small irritation might be benefited by the use of glasses. 'the result of this has been that boys and girls, and even grown people, have had glasses prescribed when other things should have been used instead. Here is a very foolish statement which a professor in a university made to his classes. He said: "I have noticed that many of Dur students are not manufacturers of lenses Some people wear glasses be- wearing_glasses. It is quite have commercialized this cause tl.ey t/Jink the glasses mnk~ impossible that their eyes feeling, and have largely th.et'! /r.ok more allro.ctive or more are perfect,. so they should · schoiarly. Don't wear· g/asseJ unSUCC~eded .in developing a less the> are necessary. consult an eye physician public belief that all eyes - at once." It would have are more or less defective, and hence that been desirable for all these students to all eyes need glasses. have had their eyes examined by an eye This has caused spme parents . and physician, but certainly it would not be pupils to believe that even if an examina- found necessary for all of them to wear tion shows that eyes are normal, still the glasses. The foolishness of this profesuse of glasses will give added strength sor's statement lies in the fact that the to the eyes. This belief has caused hun- eyes, like other parts of the- human bcidy, dreds of people to use glasses when they are capable of adjus,tment. really were not needed. On the other hand, there are many Perhaps these people were using their (Please turn to. page 434.) 434 THE YOUNG CITIZEN FARMER JUAN'S DINNER GLASSES {Continued from page 41 I) (Continued from page 426) "Where are you, Turkey people whose eyes are seemLurkey ?"he called. "Come ingly very good, ,Yet for here. I'm ready for you. whom the use of properly What a fine Thanksgiving fitted glasses would prove a dinner I shall have!" relief from nervous strain. Then he looked up and There are multitudes of down with his flash-light. people whose imperfect In the tree and around the sight prevents them from tree and most everywhere. seeing things-which make But no Turkey Lurkey was life beautiful and worth to be found. Then he looked while. There are many in other trees. No Turkey others for whom properly Lurkey. chosen glasses are the neces"Where can that turkey sary means for correcting November, 1940 FIRST THANKSGIVING (Continued from page 416) (Produces a long. pipe which he puts to his lips as if smoking it. He then hands it to the Governor.) This is Indian peac'e pipe. Smoke it, brother White Chief, as sign of friendship between Indians and white men. (The Governor places the peace pipe to his lips as if he were smoking it.) CURTAIN be?" said Farmer Juan. reflex nervous trouble, and SGENE III "Well, anyway I'll cook whose headaches, indiges- Place: In a field at harthat fat squash for my tion, neuralgja, or dizziness vesnime. Thanksgiving dinner." pass away with the relief of Time: Down .to the garden he eye strain. later than went. He looked· in the But there ·are also many scenes. Some months the previous corner where the squash people whose eyes are per- (Piles of cornstalks may had been growing. Susana fectly normal, who are en- be seen in the background. Squash wasn't there. He tirely comfortable without There are also some pump1ooked and looked. No wearing glasses. For these, kins or squashes. Pilgrims squash. glasses are wliolly unneces- -men and women-are Finally he gave up, sary. busy gathering the corn and walked· to the house, and If you are in doubt as to pumpkins.) went to bed. whether or not you should GOVERNOR (entering): And on Thanksgiving wear glasses, go to a good My friends, God has reDay what do you think eye physician, and then do warded our toil with a Farmer Juan had for his what he advises.-Con- bountiful harvest. We have Thanksgiving dinner? dense d from "Good corn and squashes ·and dried Did he have squash? No. H ea/th." wild ,fruits. We have veniDid he have turkey? No. son from the forest and fish He had only some camo- 3. What more did he in- from the streams. Wild tes. tend to have at his Thanks- turkeys and other fowl are QUESTIONS giving dinner? in abundance. These are I. W fie n was Farmer 4. How did the turkey blessings from our Heaven] u an going to have a and the squash escape from ly Father. Let us all give turkey dinner? Farmer· Juan? thanks to God for his kind2. Why did he feed rice 5. What did Farmer ness. Let us have a day of to his turkey? Juan have for dinner? (Please turn to page 439.)