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The Mayflower Spectacles

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International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Jun 4, 1885

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 11, No. 22.

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The Mayflower Spectacles

A PAIR of spectacles that came over in the Mayflower has been discovered. The bows are steel, an eighth of an inch wide, and the glass is as thick as plate glass, making the weight of the spectacles five ounces. From such ponderous appliances as these, then, have the modern eyeglasses of the typical Boston girl been derived, says the Boston Herald, and it adds, thoughtfully, "This also accounts for the large noses of the Pilgrims. They had to have them." —Sel.