How to Wear Glasses.

Otago Witness, Issue 2803, 4 December 1907, Page 73

How to Wear Glasses.

It is astonishing how many years a woman puts on in appearance when ehe takes to glasses, and yet in many cases she would be foolish not to do so. In the first place, however, when she finds 6he must, her best plan is to at once consult the optician, and have them individually constructed. Glasses no more fit everyone than do gowns, and the wearer must learn how to. adjust them. Where, however, one woman wore glasses 50 years ago, 100 do now, for they are wise, and science has taught us better how to preserve our sight. Many fashions are, however, at once denied to her who must always wear glasses. She must abjure the picturesque ; not for her are the huge hat or the Waiteau or Gainsborough gown. A lorgnette gets over a good many difficulties in society, but it is not much good in the world in general for reading, writing, and constant use for the woman who has more to do than pursue pleasure, and this the majority of women recognise. Still, we must remember that glasses lend dignity to the wearer, but they require care in the fitting. Do not take just what the optician hands over to \ ou ; you must know what you wint in lenses and spiings. There are women with eyebrows that are not symmetrical. Tho curve of the lens should follow the curve of the eyebrow. It is of much greater importance, however, to have the pupil of the eye in the middle of the lens. For reading glasses the lens is a little lower. The centre of each eye is not always equidistant from the nose, and this has to be considered. The shape of the lens should conform to the eye-socket. But round, fat-faced women should abjure round glasses. In America you can get all these

niceties; but we have found it difficult in England to get small lenses; the opticians invariably object to them. The spring should be chosen to make the glasses as invisible as possible. Skeleton frames make glasses much less invisible — only a bar over the nose and no frame. — The Queen.