 "My Boy Jack" begins comically, with 15-year-old Jack Kipling trying on a pair of pince-nez.He is unable to see well without correction, but his father, Rudyard Kipling, wants him to wear the pince-nez to take his vision exam; it will make Jack's vision troubles look less serious.Jack fails the test, however; he cannot read the eye chart, without the pince-nez, from farther away than about a metre.