Rensselaer Republican, Volume 19, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 October 1886 — Don’t Blind the Babies. [ARTICLE]

Don’t Blind the Babies.

Has it ever occurred to those who purchase coaches for their babies, and who make it a point to select the brightest colors they can find for the screen that is interposed between the eyes of the child and the sun, that they are liable to do irreparable injury to the vision of the little one ? An infant generally lies on its back, its eyes, of course, upturned toward the bright covering above it, its gaze being the more intense the brighter the covering and the more direct the rays of the sun upon it. Nothing but injury can result from such thoughtless exposure. Any experienced nurse says there cannot be a doubt as to the injurious effect of those bright so-called shields upon the tender eyes of children. Parents who are wise will select the darker and denser shades, even though they may not be as handsome or showy in their eyes as some of those which are more fashionable.