Reading Cheaters or Readers
Readers offer those with near-sightedness a inexpensive and stylish option to helping them read (or cheat) when the need to. The word "Cheaters" originated in the 1920's as a slang term for eyeglasses. Today the term generally refers to reading glasses. Before readers, anyone with near-sighted eye problems either had to use poor quality drugstore readers or obtain prescription glasses from an optometrist, the latter be a very expensive option. Readers are a better choice today offering quality lenses in a broad range of frames for an affordable price.