Avoid Celluloid Eye Shades.

The number of persons who, for the protection of their eyes, wear eye shades when reading or writing in their homes, and when engaged in their various occupations in office and workshop, renders it necessary to sound a note of warning against the use of celluloid eye shades for this purpose.

Composed mostly of soluble guncotton and camphor, celluloid is a highly inflammable substance and numerous eye injuries of a serious nature have been caused through shades made of this material becoming ignited. Sparks from fires, cigarettes, cigars and pipes, are the principal causes of such accidents, but recent tests have shown that celluloid can be set on fire by hot chips flying from machine tools.

Shades are excellent devices for lessening eye strain and protecting the eyes from the glare of fierce fires and lights and from fragments thrown by machine tools (though goggles are more suitable for the latter purpose) but the use of celluloid eye shades is fraught with too many dangers to justify their use in any circumstances.

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