BLESSING OF GOOD EYESIGHT.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LVII, Issue 17660, 22 December 1920, Page 9

BLESSING OF GOOD EYESIGHT.

WHERE TO GO FOR GLASSES.

" I have a good eye, uncle ; [ can see a clinrch by daylight." This test of good eyesight may have fulfilled all requirements in Shakespeare's time, but in the days of the immortal bard the presentday facilities provided by science. and study for improving the faculty of sight were unknown, and not even dreamt of. Had Beatrice been able to pay a visit to Mr. Balfour M. Irvine, of 18, ELarangahape Road, at the top of Queen Street., she assuredly 'would have been able to give an even betteT report of her powers of vision than that recorded. Mr. Irvine s fame as an eyesight specialist has spread far and wide. He is a Prizeman of the Spectacle-makers' Guild, thus holdmg the highest London qualifications for a sight-testing optician. He has made a close study of his profession, and no one is better able than he to prescribe for the many affections of the eye which are responsible for many of the ills and discomforts that the human family is subject to. 1 he gift of good and accurate sight means more than mere comfort to a person. It means increased capacity for woTk, and therefore an enhanced earning power, as well as a maximum of pleasure, so far as pleasure can be acquired " through the eves.'' Thousands of people, though they suspect it not, are constantly struggling to see. They do see with tolerable distinctness, ana consequently imagine their eyes are all that they should be. They do not kn6w that the little aches and pains which strike their eyes so often are signs of strain. They do not understand that the dreadful headaches from which they so often suffer are all due to the faultv state ~,of their eyes. When the eyes develop defects indistinct vision does not begin at once. The eyes can still give clear vision by exerting themselves more. This is what invariably happens, and. although the effort needed may be slight, it is a continuous strain. Thus the. tinv muscles of the eyes are over-fatigued, and their pain is communicated to the system of nerves to which they are connected. This is what is known as " eye-strain." It is the greatest known cause of headaches, as -well as of many other nervous derangements. Eye-strain brings a sense of effort to the eyes, a tiredness, perhaps with aching and soreness of the lids. It can be cured only by the wearing of suitable glasses, which relieve the strain, and render the vision as perfect as is humanly t>ossihlo. All "who are suffering from imperfect sight should lose no time in consulting Mr. Irvine.