The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 31, 1897, Page 7

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1897. AMUSEMENT! ATDWIN THEATER.— “Lost, Strayed or S olen,” > morrow m ght ¥ CoLUMBIA 1 HEATER—"An American Beauty.” Moxosco's OrPkra-Housk— Toe Ensign.” AlcAzAR THEATER.- “Too Much Johnson.” TIVoLI OPERA Housk - The Geisha ORrHEUM. —High-Clags Vaudevilie OBERON.—Grand Concert CALIFORNTA TER.—Italian Opers, Tuesday Bathing and_Performances. TES AND CHUTES FREE THEATER— Great Vaudeville Company, every atternoon and evening. CREATION PARK FaCIFIC Coast s Nov. 1. AUCTION SALES. BY, FARTON & ELDRITC 1 Estate, at 63 November a 12 Marke ay a street, The Weather. Partly cloudy lsy, probably without rain, becoming clesr Sunday night. Fresh southwesterly win SONES OF A LOCAL BARD General Lucius Harwood Foote's Volume of Verse Is Finished. It ‘Will Be Presented for Public Approval This Week, The Book Is a Collection of Charm- ing Little Poems on a Variety of Subjects. & more than the touch of the lute; instrel is vain e heart of the minsirel is mute. —Lucius HaRwoob FooTe. Local literury circles are to have the fona anticipations of many days realized. General Lucius H. Foote’s collection of poems 1s to be given to the world this week, and in token thereof the advance copies have already reached the eity. The quality of General Foote’s work in the fieid of verse has led the Jovers of poesy to expect much of the forthcoming volume, and it is not likely they will find cause for disappointment. *‘On the Heignts,” the name borrowed by the bcok from one of tne most fas- cinating short poems within its covers, has much to thark its publishers for, the mechanical outfitting of the collection being in excelient taste. And bad print- ing has more to do with some literary failures than most folks think. There is a charm about General Foote’s verse which is at first hard to locate. Cer- nly he has a clear and catchy knack in ming, and while we are adioiring the ic of the lines a picture rises up be- reus and we find that there bas been more than “a search for words that rhyme.” The title poem, “On the Heights,” furnished a good example of 1his in its opening verses: He crawls along the mountain walls, From v hence the severed river fails: Its seething waiers rise and twist, Then leap and crumble 1uto mist In “Tent L.fe,” the autnor nas struck a chord that should be popular in the city. In smooth, pleasing rythm, he takes the denizen of the town, “The toiling galiey slaves of cent per cent.”’ out to the free- dom of the hills. There is a vacation joyousness about the verses which might be ejther refreshing or tantalizing to the aforesaid galley-slave, who, capable of feeling the things described, must yet continue his striving for the cent per cent. Imagine, for instance, a8 man surrounded by the foreboding tones of a law-office or the equaliy uninteresting volumes of the counting-room, pausing to read this: I skirt along the mouutain’s basky flank, And fiod primeval parks of pines and firs, ting spurs, d ranx on rank, €3 of pines Lend out to suuny glades an ng waterways, Where moss enameied trunks sud tralling vines Hedge in the bua and gloom of vernal days. It1s not likely that the little voiume of verse will escape the critics entirely unscathed. Just once in a while the author is guilty of using trite metaphors and similes which have seen much ser- vice. Perhaps there are places where the microscopic eye of the professional critic ~will see a iine too shortor an illmated verse, but there 1s so much that is charm- ing in the little book that the appreciative \puh]ic is sure to cry, “‘Long life to ‘On the Heights. RE MEETING WITH SUCOCESS. Committees Working for the New Line Filling Their “ubscription Lists. The committee of merchants which has n charge the movement 1o establish a line of steamers on the coast which will not charge such exorbitant rates that the profiis of a business will be eaten up pay- ing freight heid another meeting yester- day morning. Only routine business was transacted, and ways and means of secur- . ing harmonious action were discussed. ‘While the sub-committees of merchants appointed to work among the men in their respective ‘lines of business have not as yet made their official reports it is infor- mally known that they are meeting with as much success as could be hopea for by the most optimistic. All those who nave thus far signed the agreement being circulated have sub- scribed themselves to give $100 a month for the term of three years. When the committees find that they have secured all of the $100 subscriptions possible those for smaller amounts will be accepted. The Portlana merchants regard this movement as an attemnt on the part of tue San Francisco merchants to absorb their trade. The movers in the scheme deny that there is uny intention of this kind. They say they are working to build up intersiate commerce on the coast, and tiey claim tuat what will benefit San Francisco will bring beneficial results 10 every city on the coast. ————-——— Insolvent Business Men. Max Schoen, a cigar-dealer at 431 Kearny street, this cily, has filed & petition in in- solvency, with debts sggregating $1455 73 a7 wl/\\'u..'ifi';&?'whose place’ of business is ¢:fth sirect, has been proceeded against 1is creditors. who seek 10 have him =ijudged insolvent. His debts smount to #500, and he has allowed his property to in under atiachment for more than thiee - Quide & Co. Changed to Von Rhein & Co. Amended articles of incorporation of A. Quadc & Co. have been filed in the office of the County Clerk, whereby the name of the @0 genization is chunged 10 0. F. vou Knein & Co. The compeny is to deal in real estate, stocks, bonds and other propertr, with a_ca: ftai_siock of $40.000, subscribed as foilow A Quade, $29,100; Ian H. McKuy, $10,000; Edgar C. Ru~t, $500; A. H. Tennis, $200; J. C. Boyd Jr., $100; Charles H. Dannals, $100. .OCTOBER 31, 1897 | ‘gonenuy entirely straightened, by the | New York. WRECKED ON A CORAL ISLAND The American Ship Com- | modore and Cargo a Total Loss. Ran Ashore on a Small Rocky | Reef While on Her Way to New York. The Oaptain, His Wife, a Passenger Named Smith and the Crew All Saved. The American ship Commodore is a total wreck in the southern seas. A dis- | pateh from London to the Merchants’ Ex- | chancve says that she ran on Maiden Island while on her way to New York from Honolulu, and went to pieces ina few hours. The crew was saved and eight of them have been landed in Launceston, Australia. Thoe vessel was valued at $50,- 000, her cargo of sugar was insured for | $250,000 and her charter money for $17,000. The vessel was owned by the following | business men of San Francisco: W. a. | Boole, George E. Middlemas, Captain | James Davidson, Charles 4. Hug, A. B. | Patrick, Isadore Burns and George H. | Collins. There interests are also insured. | The Commodore has been an unfortu- nate ship of late. May last she was char- tered here to load sugar at Honolulu for She was fitted out at Folsom- | street wharf and was all ready to go to sea when the wharf caught fire. At great risk Captain John Silovich went to the assistance of the ship in the tug Vigilant. He finaily got her away, but not until the vessel’s topsides had been charred, her foremast and bowsprit s0 badly burned that they were useless and | the standing rigging was ruined. The | captain’s wife was caught aboard the burning ship and she had to be lowered to | a place of safety aboard the Vigilant. It took nearly two months to get the Commodore ready for sea again, and on | August 20 she sailed in command of Cap- tain Davidson. Mrs. Davidson again ac- companied her husband and was with bim when the final disaster overtook the ship. Another passenger was the son of W. H. Smith, the well-known rigger. The young man was making the voyage for his health. Malden Island is one of the British pos- sessions and is in latitude 155 west, longi- tude 4.3 south. Itis a low, circular island, at no place more than thirty feet above the sea. Itisonly four miles across at its | widest part and is covered with guano, The New Zeaand Phosphate Company | bas a station there and its schooners | trade regularly hetween Australia and | Maliden. | ALONG THE WATER FRONT. “ Two of the Ferry-Boats Broken Down and Laid Up for Repairs. The pilot-boat Gracie S is readv to go into commission again. Tuesday last she | was caught in the gale outside and was | | on her and have put in a new mainmasi | and A WRECKED ON A REEF. The American ship Commodore that escaped destruction during the fire at Folsom-street whart only to become a wreck on a small coral island in the Southern seas. The vessel was valued at $50,000 and her cargo of sugar was insured for $250,000. considerably damaged. Wecnesdey last the carpenters and riggers went to work and main boom, repaired the companion- way and skylight, and now the 1s ready for sea. 'The schooner 1s crowaed in at the bulkhead between the British ships the Habnemann and William Tell, and will have Lo be taken into the stream be- fore her main boom is put in place. Captain Saunders, who brought in the Mail Company’s steamer Peru yesterday, will go out as master of the steamer New- vort. The latter vessel has been thor- oughly overhauled ana modernized, and is now oneof the finest steamers in the Mail Company’s fleet. Captain Friele, who has been away on a vacation, will go out as master of the Peru. The ferry steamers Piedmont and Oak- | land are both laid up ior repairs. They broke down last Friday, and the Newark and ' Encinal _zre now running in their places. The Bay City and El Capitan are running on the narrow-gauge route, The steamer Humbo.dt, which did the | fastest and best work of the entire Klon- dike fleet, is back in port again, resume running to Eureka on No 5. Outof all the passengers carried to irom B8t. Michael on this steamer, there was not one that ‘‘reistered a kick'? arainst vessel or crew. The Humvoldt brought from Seattle a full catgo of coa salmon and oats and a few passengers. Among the latter was T. Stevenson, the tlorist, who has returned from an attempt at reaching Da ; R. B. Handy, who for four years has been Collector of Cus- toms at Unalaska, and A. L. Hawley, a partner of Mayor Wood of Seattle in bis Klondike venture. The Mail Company’s steamer Peru ar- rived from Hongkong, via Yokohama and Honolulu, vesterday. The voyage was an uneventful one, and everything was quiet in both Japan and Hawnail. TYPEWRITER ribbons, all colors, any machine. Send $1 for one Eureka brand; guaranteed non-filling. Alexander, 110 Mo!itgomery at.* CLOSED WITH THE TE DEON The Catholic Sisters’ Con- vention Adjourned Yesterday. Officers Elected Who Will Serve During the Ensuing Year. Sister Mary Angeline of the Sisters of the Holy Name Is President. Officers were elected for the coming year at the closing of the convention of the Catholic Sisters at the Sacred Heart Presentation Convent yesterday. The nuns elected were as follows: Presi- dent, Sister Mary Angeline, Sisters of the Holy Name; vice-president, Sister Mary Reginald, Order of St. Dominic; recording secretury, Sister Mary Simplicia, of the Sisters of Charity; corresponding secre- Bister Mary iiorchmans. of the Holy Cross Sisters, ana treasurer, Sister Mary | Alice, of the Sisters of Cuarisy. | The rest of the programme was espe- i cially interestin-. Professor Ed H. Griggs’ paper on the *‘Ethics of School Organ:za- | tion and Discipline’” was particularly well received, and the theories he brought forth were approved by all. The reading on “The Study of Nature’ by Professor O. P. Jenkins of Stanford was deemed the finest article in that line that the sisters have had the pleasure of listening to. The session yesterday convened at 9 in the morning, but did not adjourn until ! half-past 7 in the evening. It being the last day of tie institute, there was consid- erabieextra business to transact. Tue meeting opened with the *“‘Veni Creator,”” and ended with the chanting | of the**Te Deum,” in which al! joined; and there being over 175 sisters present, it made a very impressive scene. The programme for yesterday was as follows: 9:00 4. .—Hymn, “Veni Creator” scious Tuition,” Miss Mary Donnel : | A. M. —*My Idea of a Teacher,” Miss Katherine | { | | Graydou.” 11:00 . M.—Round-taole confer- ence; academic department, literature; gram: mar department, litersture; primary depart- | ment, arithmetic. 0 F. M — -‘Ethics of | School Organization und Discipline,” Pro- | fessor Eu H. Griggs, Stanford University. 30 ». M.—"The Study of Nature,” Profe- O. P. Jenkins, Stanford Tsity. 3:30 r. M.—Closing bymn, “Te Deum”; election of officers. | . The convention adjourned to meet again in Octover, 1898. The sessions this year have been better atiended than during any vrevious year, and the Catholic Sisters Institute is now getting on a lirm footing. | Joseph ‘Furiong, a retired butcher, died in his home, 1529 Sutter street, last Thursday af ternoon, after a lingering illness. The de- ceased came to California in 1851 and settled in San Franeisco in 1852, and since that time he remained in this ciiy. He leaves a widow. The funeral will take place uext Sunday at 9 rom St. Dominic's Church. |10 NOT KNoOW | street and 1012 Market, called a2 meeting HE WAS WANTED Charles S. Aiken of the; Examiner Arrested for Criminal Libel. He Is Co-Defendant With Man- aging Editor Lawrence in the Spreckels Case, Was Sent to Seattle When the War- rants Were Issued to Be Kept Out of the Way. Charles S. Aiken of the Examiner was | arrested yesterday morning at his resi- | deuce, 715 Ellis street, and registered at the City Prison on a charge of libel. He | was almost immediately released on his | oWn recognizance by Judge Campbell. | Aiken was arrested on a warrant sworn | out by Claus Spreckeis some moths ago, and is co-defendant with A. M. Lawrence, mansging editor of the Examiner, who has since then been fighting azainst hav- | ing his preliminary examination before | Judge Campbell. It was Aiken who clipped the libelions | article from the Petaluma paper and un- der the instructions of bis superiors re- published it in the Examiner. When Mr. Spreckels found that he could not reach the absentee owner of the vellow journal he was compelled to fall back upon the managing editor and Aiken. It was inconvenient for the for- | mer to leave the city so as to evade serv- | ice of the warrant, but Aiken disap- peared. He returned io the city two or three days ago, and yesterday morning the police were notified of the fact. Police- man J. McAuliffe was sent with the war- rant to Aiken’s residence and his arrest followed. Aiken denies that he left the city to evade service of the warrant. He was in- structed to go to Seattle to represent the paper there and was unaware before leav- ing of the fact that there was a warrant out for his arrest, otherwise he would have surrendered himself. WERTHEIMER’S CREDITORS Sickness Said to Be the Reason Why a Settlement Is Sought. Bert E. Wertheimer, wholesale and re- tail cigar-dealer, with store at 115 Battery of his crediters yesterday. The reason assigned for this is said to be the iliness of the provrietor rather than a deficient exchequer. Those in a position to know state that he is perfectly solvent and amply provided with funds to pay dollar for dollar. But nisiliness has prevented him from giving his personal atiention to the straighten- ing out of his accounts, and rather than placing his affairs in other hands he in- vi his creditors to meet and adjust their claims. The bouse had done an extensive East- ern business in the cigar line. There are nvolved in the concern. GOLDEN GATE CLOAK AND SUIT HOUSE, 1230 and 1232 Market St. Military Blue Kersey Cloth, super- ior quality, richly ornamente; all through silk lined; special... §1.%0 Dark Green Kersey, up-to-date style, made tofit. Our price, 12 $7.50 JUST RECEIVED: Some elegant styles of High-grade Tailor« made Jackels &t $12.50, $15, $17.50, $20, $25, $27.50, $30, $37.50. We invite an inspection and a com- parison of our prices. GOLDEN GATE CLOAK AND SUIT HOUSE. SILVERMAN BROS., 1230-1282 Market St. PHIC APPARATU, SCIENTIFIC e 3 INSTRUMENTS. OPTICIANS %, - =53 642 MaRKET ST UADER CHONICLE BUILOING. NOTARY PUBLIC. A. J. HENRY, NOTARY PUBLIC, 638 BARKET ~r. OPP. PALACK EOTEL Telephone 570. iiesidence 909 Valenels wress T mren 16 T make the statement that nine out of I every ten persons who arecross-eyed can | trace this condition toa defect in their sight. It 1s very rare that a child is torn cross- eyed. In the majority of instances the eyes become cros-cd between the ages of land 3 years, and almost every.mother | wiil tell you tnat tyis cond ton dates| back to a fall, a sudden fright or some | sickness, But the real cause dates back farther | than this. The child wa< born with de- | fect ve sight, and until weakened by sick- | ness, thev were not obliged to cross them | in o:der to see. But as a small chila, the eyes are seldom crossed all the time. But repeated strain is apt toleave them a littie more crossed each time, until eventually the child is cross-eved. You are apt to | neglect tnis tate of affairs, feeling certain | that as they grow o!der the eyes will | straighten themselves, or thatan opera- | tion may ve performed whicih will restore | the eyes to a normal condition; but here | is where vou make a very xrave mistake. | In the first place the eye which becomes cro sed’is mors than likely to depreciate in sight, and, in fact, if persistently neg- Jected, it is almost sure to become entire ly useless. You are not aware of this fact, for tn- eye does not change in appearance in the least, and you only wait for 1 con- venieit ti:ne to have it straightened by the use of the kn"-e. never dreaming that this operation 1s very apt to be entirely uce'ess if tie sight has left t'ie eve, for there is nothing 'hen to keep the eye tfixed on the same object that the other eye sees. And if the operation 1s siccess- ful in improving ihe appearance, it dues not restore the sigl.t to the long-neglected cross-eye How often we hear parents say that they d» not wish to take the responsib I- iiy of having their children’s eves | straightened until the child is o'd enougn to express a wish in the matter itself for fesr the operat on migut injure the sight. Thix view of tie matter is wholly unbecomiag to a parent wio has | the real welfare of the child at heart, for | the child is sare to learn in later hie tuat this neglect has cost the sight of an eve. | The 1amily phesician has been to blame | for many a sightie.s eye, as he has ad- | vised the purents to let the matter go and perhaps ihe eve will st aighte) itscli in tume. This does happen sometimes, but the ocras.ons are very rare, and it usualiy goes irom ba . to worse. You ask why all these exp'anations and what is the proper stepto be taken when a tendency to cross-eves is first no- ticed in children? Itissimply this: Take them at once to a thorouggl\- competent sp-cialist «nd have thei eves examined with regard 1o the condition of the six: t, and I will promice vou that you have done the wi:e thing, for almost invariably the eyes can be very much reiieved, and | | 1 | To | defect of this intelligent speaking organ | proper adjustment of lenses, which will relieve the strai:ed condition of the sight. Le sure, 't is oniv_within recent \ears that itha: been possible to fit zlasces to a small child, but with th: methods now emp'oyed, children even as :oung as 3 years of a“e can be as aceuratelv fitted as | a grown pe:son,. a:though the means u<ed are verv ufferent from t.e customary te t given by the average oculi-t and optician. Dr. Seymour has given this particular feature of his specialty years of careful studv. and uas teen employed by school | author.ties in many Eastern ci ies, where he is considered an authority on chil- | dren’s eyes. Nor do-s this apply whollv to children There are grown persons in this city to: day wbo have hud their eyes operated or for strabisnius (or cross-eyes) and have | only succeeded in getting the use of toth | eves ard having them straight aiter care- | ful fitt ng and refitting of glus-es, made with a view of resioring all possible sight to the weak eve. Proper treatment and scientificallv fitted glasses would have sccomplished the same resuits and avo ded the surgeon’s ABOUY THR BYE Some Interesting Facts Concern- ing That Most Delicate Organ, Dr. Seymour said: “It is estimated that seven out of every 1en people have some (the eye), and that it is of en brought about bv ignorance and misute. I be- | lieve that many people who have deiective sight are eutirely ignorant of the natuie | of the.r trouble, even though they mav be | wearing glas-es, and I submit the follow- ing, which may be of interet to people who mav be familiar witn the terms near- sightednes-, tarsightedness, etc., but who have not the ~ligntest ide: what the con- ditions are which produce these t ouble : | “MyoPIA, or nears'ghtedness — Usual canse, diameter of eveball too long. It may be due to erior of refraction or a! diseased cond tion. and mav be either con- gen tal or acquired. Fiiteen per cent of school~hildren in tue higher grades have it. | smai1. | letters run together. “Svmptoms—Prominent eyes and large pupils. Distant vision improved by squinting. Vision for distant objects poor. Vision good at avery close point, prozressive in_early life. Handwrit ng is Persons with this aifficulty see perfectly whe « obje.ts are held near the eyes, but distant obje ts aredim an . often invisible. For 1n tance, a person may te avle to read perfectly and vet be unable to see the time on a jarge dial a few teet dis- tunt Nearsighted children often injure their eyes en ieavoring tosee during black- board exercises. It is the duty of a teacher to report all such cases to parents and to see that the ch:ld 1s fitte | w th pectacle«. Great care should be taken in the <election of giasses for the near- ighted, as too slrnulfJ glasses cause pro- gressive myopia, which 1s not unlikely to terminute in blindness, “HYPERMETROPIA, or farsightedness— Error of reira tion. Diameter of eyeball too short. This is the most ecommon cause and is congeniial. rlattened conuition of eyes. ’“Symp(oms—Dinnntvlainn may or may not b+ poor. Fine print cannot be read Small eye; pupil small; pain in eyeball; looking cross- eyed; squinting while reading, “If & parent 18 troubled with hyperme- tropia the children are more than likely to inherit the same, ana for this reason thousanas of children are born with de- fective eyes. These cannot use spectacles too early. “‘Astigmatism is one of the most com- plicited troubles that the human eye is beir to. Fifty years ago it was thought that about one in a thousand was sfflicted with it, but at the present itis known that one in every ten is affected, while many (especialy among children) are unable to read a word, ' except with ope eye, in consequence of this ais- ease. Persons who read perfectly with one eye do not miss the other until over- use or accident disables tLe sound one. Every man, woman or chiid should try each eve uYnnuly to see if they can read equally well with both. Compouna diffi- culties often exist at the same ime. ““For example, one part of an eye may bs nearsighted whil= another part of the same eye may be farsichted, or th- imege im- pressed on the retina may be 1l defined. It requ res a skillful specialist 1o detect the nature of these difficulties and to lect and combine lenses that will over- come them.” SOMETHING ABOUT | CHILDREN'S EYES. Disposition Sometimes Affected by a Severe Straining of { the Eyesight. | | | Parents and Teachers Are Apt to Overlook Little Peculiarities in the Way Ohildren Hold Their Books. Now that the care of eyesight of the pupils of our public schools has become one of the duties of the teacher it may in- terest many to know the effoct of eye- strain on different children. And always having taken particular interest in this branch of my speciaity I quote an instance from experience. A lady brought two of her children to me (boys aged 9 and 11) to have their eyes examined, wis to know if giasses would help them in their schoolwork. In answer to questions about the g eral health of the children, their dispo: tion, complaints they made regarding headache, elc., she made the following statement: “I really am puzzled to know what to do with the older boy, he seems so irrita- ble and cross afier ew aays at school, and he slways secms to be spoiling fora fight. His health seems very good, with the exception of headache afier study, but he is not as far advanced in school for his age as his younger brother.” Worked a Change. After making a careful examination I prescribed glasses for the older one, but told the mother that the youncer boy aid not need them at present. I did not see them again for six months, when, upon meeting the mother, she told me the lasses had worked a marvelous change fn her son, that he wore them constantly, and could not bear to be without them. He was picking up in his schoolwork, and was better natured than she bad ever known him to be. This child is only one of many thou- sands in our schoois to-day who are hav- ing their dispositions ruined, and are called dull and stupid by their parents and teachers, through no fault of their own. Being perhaps born with a defect in sight, they do not know of any differ- ent world tban that which they see through defective eves, consequently can- not relate their troubles to their paren as they are entirely unconscious of their defect. Therefore, I wish to emphasize mos: emphatically that it is the duty of all parents and teachers to mark very closely any peculiarity that children may have in looking at objects at a long dis- tance or close at hand, such as squinting their eyes, frowning, looking sidewise from partially closed eyes, and particular- ly regarding the aistance at which they hold their reading matier from their eyes, for it is natura! for a child or for a grown person, for that matter, who has normal sight, to hold clearly printed reading matter about fifteen inches from their eyes. Should this be varied to any extent, such as drawing the reading quite ciose to the eyes or holding it at arm’s length, it is almost a sure sign that there is some- thing wrong. Little Sympathy. People who have sirong eyes usually have but !i:tle sympatby for those who | considerate of the welfareof their chil- | Poor Eyes Do Not Always Mean Poor | eyes 1n her head,” replied the doctor. are less fortunate in this respect. The necessity of glasses to assist a child in schoolwork, whica will put them on a more even footing with the other students, isnotappreciated by many parents who are otherwise thoughtful and dren, and who are in many cases undergo- ing privations that their children may secure an education. Do not be too ready to judge these children as having a fad for glasses or wishing to wear them be- cause some of their playmates do. Better be a little overcautious in having the child’s eyes examined than to take too much respons bility in this matter in your own hands. We extend a special invita- tion to those interested in this subject to bring your children to us if vou think their eyes are not perfect. We make a specialty of children’s eyes, and believe we nre betier prepared to do this class of work than any one eise in this city. Do | not neglect this opportunity, as we offer | you tuis free of expense onlv for a short time. DRS. SEYMOUR & CO., Opticians and Oculists, Rooms 415-16-17. Emma Spreckels build- ing, 927 Market street. CURE FOR BAD TEMPER. Nervous Headache Often Caused by Defective Eyes. | CAN BE REMEDIED BY GLASSES. Sight—Many Persons Have Suffered for Yeurs and Found No Relief Un- til Having Their E:es Fitted With Glasses. A nervous littla woman who had been going through the process of baving her eves tested concluded the recital of her ills by saying: “I am so irritable, too. I don’t mean to be, but little things aggra- vate me, and I am so cross [ am ashamed of myself,” “‘Any woman would be cross with such “You can never be anything else but cross The explanation of this strange matter lies in the fact that there exist very few periect eves. The errors are by no means always betrayed by defective vision. The buman brain is a marvelously skillful ad- juster and adapts itself to circumstances whenever possible, and in many cases persons will go on straining their eyes for years before they actually begin to lose their sight, when, if this matter had been given attention with the first symptoms of headache, or nervousness caused by a little extra use of the eyes, a erest deal of tronble and discomfort could be prevented. It is the brain which counteracts and adapts itself to the defects of the éye that is in danger. The effort made by the nervous sys'em (o accommodate the de- mands made upon it by deficienciesin the eye may be enough to rob half the rest of the body of its necessary nerve force, and yet it is but recently that our physicians have begun 1o recognize these facts. Dr. Seymour, who makes this a specialty, invites those who have tried all remedies in vain for nervous headaches to call on him. This opportunity should not be allowed to pass if you think there is a pos<ibility that your headaches may be caused by poor eyes. One week, commencinge November 1, for services which you pay others from §5 up for, we offer you wituout charge, not because it is not well worth what you usually yoeur oculist, but because we | wish 10 e your acquaintance, and if glasses are needed we will furnish them THE NEW STYLE GLASSES Don’t Disfigure Your Face With IlI-Fitting Glasses, STYLE IN GLASSES AS IN DRESS. Large Glasses Becoming Very Popular— Many Wearing G!asses Without Rims —Glasses Are Now Made Much Thin- ner Than Formerly. No, the frames are not what trouble people who find it necessary to wear glasses. It is the proper lenses they want. But at the same time there are manv who appreciate being fitted with glasses which do not disfigure their ap- pearance any more than necessary. Yes, | I often mee: peopie whose appearance is improved by glasses. But contrary to what many think I find very, very few people but that feel very badly to be obliged to wear them atall. This talk about people wearing glasses for style is pure nonsense. Tn the first place, people who did not need them would find wearin, even a plain glass very disagreeable mfi would very soon lay them aside even if foolish enough to buy them in the first place. Speaking about style in glasses, the change has been mostly in the size of the lens. Of late years the grinding of glasses has been perfected to such an ex- tent that lenses are now made very much thinner than they used to be and, of course, can be made larger without add- ing to the weight. In many Eastern cities small giasses are so rarely seen on the streets that they are a positive curi- osity and look as old-fashioned to many as the old octagon-shaped glasses ot fifty years ago look to us. Another feature of recent date, which is very noticeable in the East, is the change from the glasses with rims to those without any rims, called skeleton glasses. Being opticians as well as oculists we can offer many advantages to those who wish well-fitted frames as well as -cien- tifically fitted lenses. Our offices ars far better arranged for this work tnan it 's possible to arrange a store, and we have spared neither p.ins nor expense in pro- viding ourselves with all the latest and b'st in<truments used in this specialty. Commencing with to-morrow, November 1 and continuing for one week we offer you the advautage of our professional service without charge, although the regular fee charged by an ccu.ist foran examination such as we give s from $5 up. DRS. SEYMOLR & CO., OPTICIANS AND OCULISTS, Rooms 415-16-17 Emma Spreckels Building to you at the prices charged by the retail opuicians, i 927 MARKET STREET,