Judge — March 3, 1923 — page 36: what you’re looking at

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Make this Do you know that there is a spot in your eye where you are totally blind? Prove it now. Hold this diagram about 10 inches directly before you. Close the left eye, and fix the ht eye on the cross. Then bring the diagram gradually closer and at about 7 inches the black spot will suddenly disappear! This is but one of the important points of in- formation about your eyes which you should know, particu. larly if you have any eye troub! test of your eyesight Here is the story of a little mistake that has ruined the eyesight of millions of people. Do you know that an eminent ophthalmologist has discovered a method which quickly corrects near-sight, far-sight, astigmatism, cross and squint eyes, eye-strain, color-blindness, and other eye troubles, without the help of glasses? Statistics show that nearly a quarter of the population of the United States—25, 000,000 people in all—suf- fers from myopia (near- sight)! What is the cause for this alarming condition? Why is it that oculists until recently have given little hope to those who suffer from eye defects—that they hav id that irregularity in the eye is usually in- curable and can only be offset by the use of glasses. knFhaxesnedor white” of the eve tion with the eminent opht mologist, who discovered the real truth about eyes. READ THESE LETTERS! Some Astonishing Wore Glasses 16 Years, Now Discards Records thee Although this remarkable sy ete is ie usage ae m has only recently beer duced to the public it your wonderful Eye ( ‘nin use for more than twenty SLY eioppal ete ae years, and it has been cc ‘Crutchoa’ ne goa Gall thees is sively proven of inest Crutches" as you call them. Thad value. ‘The most 1 peen wearing glasses since Twas results were obtained in a. series bay identi a ced cocese of tests made in the N. Y. City fasatslour vente olds cet wice Public Schools from 1903 to twenty four sents: lds. andi with Fubl just a little effort in practicing th 2,000 children who had defect- | ¢kfrites each ‘day. “have at last ive eyesight were instructed in m enabled ‘to discontinue weer in ht were instructed in ing glasses entirely. It just took few simple exercises and two months of your treatment to You may be astonished to A transparent covering like a watch crys: ordinarily in a short time their re yee. learn that the reason for this tal, protecting the eye from injury vision was radically improved. Ey Gee: 1 const is because the whole science The iris or circle of blue, gray. bev were enabled to discard . ter, orening of closing til recently, founded upon a less light to filter through it of optometry has been, un- or tawny color. false theory. C—The te through the ¢ The Mistake Which Has soot, called, the Ruined the Eyesight ietoa point of Millions D—The retina, the part of the actually does the seeing. It consists of a thin membrane, less than 1-10,000 of n one school several chile p z ool several. chtd Mrs. D. G. Lewrs, glasses they had been comp Shreveport, La. to wear because they could see hetter weithout them! So unusual Vi o% to Tor were the results of these exper ision Improved 1007 in Two Months ments that the principal of one L have been followin school, who was nearly. blind cepts of your book without glasses, tried and my vision has i and ina few. month : nt perfectly without them. could barely see the largest letter Now I can see the second size letter which is one-half the size. When I started at t At the right is a simplified inch thick, upon which are milli For What Price Would 1. Menner cross-section of the eye, showing ach thick, upoe which are, mil its principal parts. Study it upon them by the lens, and transforms it You Sell Your Eyes? Waynesboro, V carefully, for it will reveal a into a picture of the thing we see slight scientific error which has wrought havoc to the sight of millions of people. ‘Most ocufists in the past have held that the lens of the eye changes its shape to accom- modate itself to see objects clearly at varying distanc When for any reason (so the theory was), the lens gets out of adjustment an error in vision is caused. This defect in the eye lens, the oculists believed, was incurable and could only be offset (not remedied or cured) by an extra lens (the eye-glasses). It is this commonly ac- cepted theory—the expansion and contraction of the lens—which has plunged millions of people into a life- long. hopeless slavery to eye-glasses. The Truth About Your Eyes Now this theory has been proved, time and time again, to be false. A prominent ophthalmologist, who has devoted more than 30 years to a study of the diseases of vision and cortection, has demon- strated absolutely that the eye lens does ‘not change its shape—it cannot! What does move is the retina which is adjusted by a set of delicate muscles so that light coming from varying distances will be focused upon it properly. He has further demonstrated in actual tests that all faulls in vision are caused only by the poor functioning of the muscles controlling the reiina! That is, we can see anything clearly and distinctly, if these muscles function properly. | Upon these startling, revolutionary facts has n based a remarkable, new scientific system of eye-train- ing, which quickly enabies you to train these muscles of the eye so you can make them work properly at all times, and without effort or strain. This new system has been prepared by Bernarr Macfadden in collabora- ------------------4 Macfadden Publications, Inc. 1926 Broadway, Dept. E-63, New York City Please send me your complete 28-lesson course, “Strengthening the Eyes.” When it arrives in my home I will deposit $5.00 with the postman. It is understood that I have 5 days in which to decide to keep the course and if for any reason at all I decide not to keep it, [ may return the course and my money will be refunded in full. Name Address. The, benefits which you can derive from this new method of eye-training may Now Sees Clearly Without Them seem too surprising to be true Before I received your course my Yet you cannot doubt s efficacy when you read eves had gotten so bad that I had the letters from the people who h und it of im- : kinds of co measurable value, when ycu know thi it had helped E shade my eyes, but they over 2,C00 children to regain normal visio ; d to only add to my misery Your eyesight is y: f T finally decided to have my eyes since no amount of money could make you sacrifice ested, a thing I hated to do, but your eyes, you owe it to yourself at least to investigate I went to an optician and What this new scientific method can do for you. underwent a treatment. After care If you already wear glasses, find out how you can dis- lly testing my eyes he finally be Gard Your platste “aud'see Letter’ without them. IE you came rather puzzled at do not wear glasses, but feel that your sight is ling t. cause he found after c find out how a few minutes each day assures you perfect ight not nced glasses sight without the use of gl If you are a parent s puzzled me. toc, for I knew send at once for this method your step to take next. children eyes so they will always have perfect, normal ° T come acres an vision ment of your Eye Course for it at once. This was thirty days Send No Money Now ee. To-d ay Lam able tosce clearly on the brightest sunshine day with Send no money for this scientific course of Bernarr t frowning, be the pavement ¢ Macfadden’s in eye-training now. Merely mail the street ever #0 bright. T coupon below steard and the entire carded the glasses altog iled to you'at once. When $5.00 with the postman; Fernandina, Fla a sum so small that it cannot be compared with the price you set upon your sight. Read it for five days, use the Zxercises for your own benefit. See how. this simple Sight Better Without Glasses method can bring you perfect eyesight without the use beenrabie to: duncan of glasses. Then, if for any reason you are not abso- Sseay sian tere thant lutely satisfied, return the course and your money. will been lniyeais, T would ke oo be refunded at’once. But for the sake of your eyes, or know how long the various strength. for your children’s eyes, mail the coupon at once. colng: coeiciaes “ghecia’ bs key trae = The glasses I discarded were for astigmatism, MACFADDEN PUBLICATIONS, Inc. R. D. Ronentsox, Dept. E-63, Plainfield, N. J. 1926 Broadway, New York City