Page 10 Advertisements Column 3

New Zealand Herald, Volume L, Issue 15480, 11 December 1913, Page 10

WHY HAVE TWO PAIR OF GLASSES? * Don't Become Unnecessarily Old. Z* ' You doubtless know that your distance vision is failing you, but you hesitate in regard to getting / ( / glasses for seeing at a distance, because you know it means an extra pair, or " double-deckers." To your / mind, the old-style " Far-near" glasses are conspicuous, and troublesome to wear. You do not like the / k little patchcd-on pieces or the line which is so visible before the eye, so you go on peering over your glasses, / S as illustrated below, wrinkling your face, and advertising your infirmity. ' / M only assured at the hands of careful scien, EARLY BIFOCALS. ] locals, now that the "Kryptok" has be-. The "Kryptoks" offer wonderful im- K\ W e L »c/ on'tt »T <1 r T ™ Jt is that eff ha ™ *™ -ade ?° rae an ?***** ~ The annoy provement, not alone in the elegance of « ffl eipenenco .on the part on ho optician, a , "S u% lino for many yean., but ho* ■question ° the appearance hae been their appearance, over all the other Info- f quahfications possessed in full measure by successful heretofore ./ evidonl •_ settled for all time, providing you can cale now in existence, but they possess ' m - JJarr y- the clumsy, old-style bifocal often seen on affoi ' d the sllght addltlonal expense of hat- qualities of great advantage to the wearer, ' VT < --->^tf-__-^ the streets. lng a V* a of " Kr yP l « ks -" which are entirely unobtainable in the old ~ A cheap glass, intelligently prescribed, ' W»- V^_ is better for you than an expensive glass The - V S ive one tho appearance of having , \- poorly fitted. Remember this'when you a litt,e oval window in thc lower P art /\\6r\£?L >y HOW KRYPTOKS ARE MADE. 1 — make your next purchase in glasses. Do of lneir glasses, tho upper edge of which / \ * " -——■*■*-«.- —— J not think that because you pay the price ls usually outlined by a streak of dirt, / V?o^^\\l|j///7/>Syfei\ \ ass€r ' a s ' n e' 6 P' e °e of glass of the best lenses that you are certain to which gathers on the raised surface of / "'wfc<£Q['\ has two distinct focal points seems in- ttjv \prc- ry>-> receive satisfaction. the reading part. Or, in the case of the credible, but such is really true in true split bifocal, dirt gathers in the crack, be- ' l "' i fc "X^*^ c case. tween tho lenses— it is almost im- I"""-""" C^;..'..-.:- ■■"■ — / T . ~ , „ -._,,.,.„,,,... . WHERE IGNORANCE IS NOT BLISS, possible to remove itr-and is not alone V / . » well known that th power of a "KRIPTOKS. unsightly, but injurious to the eves. \ rf*—v—'% / lens 1S ded,nt upon the curves of its Looking back to the time when quack * |t%:-. £#SH surface and the density of the glass. Even though your sight for long disdoctors and dentists spread misery over Another crude effort to supply reading Generally speaking, a lens made of glass tanco be perfectly good, yet with the old the land, one cannot but wonder at the glasses that do not blur distant vision is ° f a C " tain <iensit ? will refract or ma 3 ni{ )' style you were obliged to peer over the ignorance and carelessness of persons the half glass, sometimes called "clerical l!kijgsji&* greater than a similar lens made from top of your reading-glasses to see at a trusting their teeth and even their lives glasses." But who wishes to call attcn- glass of less density. distance, whereas a pair of the new in to hands so untrustworthy. And yet a tion to their infirmity by this awkward EYES AND TEETH. " visible bifocals would enable you to read very similar thing is done to-day by people appearing "half a pair of glasses?" w , ... ... ... .„, M Making use of these facts, tho inventor and write perfectly, and at th'e same time ' who buy spectacles or eyeglasses from "J? Is it that you will end £1, £2, of "Kryptoks" prepared a lens bv a allow von to see obit .i Vr, withoutVowlcdge - the eye's construe- It i. no longer necessary-and we of " « ™« hl «*> «|J -» ** fu Io g [atte i^ Pi S ' ' "" " "''"~ tion or require,,.,,,,. Many persons buy to-day can ,hi ™„ and inventive 1 If, 7f .nTS the stronger fens .M, «> «to - glasses for 1., which «™ to them just genius for the advent of tk. "Kryptok/' 15 , 6im !°. ; «>• field ° f opta, like th. M the weake ,10u ) """M «'U"« "" as good as a pair they would pay £2 for, which affords us thc maximum of eight, ".,"": de ? l,B >, etc mut l )r0^ 9 made on a specialist's prescription and and reduces to a minimum the burden of SrTT'T a ■ lv " lta ß«■• '""»"» ~ So ft Came about ' when the finished " KRYPTOKS " BEKB MAMOPACm, the, " nmn.v by Gl a SS e, wearing glass,, at ail «*- "» ™ rf ' "'» * <-' -*- TURED *» THE "HIBITION. Z or fr nd y ex hZ L ">tk. a study of preserving sight by a " d u a PP eara ™ <* » lens, glasses on the streets "ar'e ,t0.,e0 THE MDGE ° F AGE " the mean, of Foperly-fitUd glasses* .Itbough having two focal powers. Have you seen Mr. Barry's display at the ~,,,. . . ' .. , ' ainjDitionr It is among the most into to the detriment of permanent injury of Perhaps it has never occurred to vou We hope the time will come when people When the glasses are properly adjusted resting exhibits there for not only , the WearCl S eyes. that on elderly people wear these dis- generally will be as solicitous of their sight to the eye the reading lens is not discern- every provision made for sight-testhur and figuring glasses, and it is a plain admis- as they are of their teeth, and take as ible, the lines of division, so apparent in glass-fitting, but in addition a^comnW s,on ° advimcin S y™ to allow oneself much pride in the appearance of their the old-style bifocals, having entirely dis- grinding plant has been inslle,l a J SOME ADVANTAGES OF to bo tagged with a pair of old-style bi- glasses as they do in their coats or hats. appeared. ' g entirely dis gnna mgp your own W bet ! JO" " KRYrTOKS '' ___ This achievement in the perfection of a l ° '* y ° Ur needs ' Kryptoks now enable you to secure in _ --_-«,-_ -_. - ___. —... two-sighted lens at once does away with This exhibit is located m th* «„• , a single lens two distinct focusses. Not SAMUEL BARRY, 1? in t T M *"?***" "** ** ™£fi* ' " * only is this a wonderful sight-saving de- W«*fIWJWJW «««» * , common in th old style, and you can now towards tho further ; nd of JJ \^'Z vice, but it does away with your extra ' Qntical Socialist Ve ,* lenSeS made Which afford enter the building. When you have a pair of glasses, and affords you infinite U P" JipCCiailSt, you ckar vlslon {or all viihmi fg _ Jou toe a relief from the constant annoyance of 290 QUCCII Street, Auckland. heing obliged to change from one pair to '• Kryptok" and "Kontorik" lenses are changing from one pair of glasses to an- the other, or being annoyed by the marks made. It is interesting as well as iustruc other, when you wish a different focus. ————————————— -——-—-___—___-___-_«___—_ so visible in the old double lens. tive.

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