Why Boston People Wear Spectacles

Here in Boston the normal eonditiou is spectacles, aud those who don 't wear eyeglasses for one or the other, "seeing or reading, " are the glorious exception So prevalent is tliis misl'ortuiie - for it eau be called nothing el.sc - oculists liave been kuown to say that eveu the very babies should be bom in spectacles. Whether it is the effect of the New England olimate on the optie uerve or just plain heredity 110 oue kaows. Astigmatistn exists, as every one is aware, and in spite of all precautions increases in