Dr. Robert C. Moon passed away at Philadelphia on February 13th and his sister Adelaide died at Brighton on November the 12th. By this time production of volumes and books had exceeded three hundred thousand. During 1915 and onwards grants were made to the Moon Society by the R.N.I.B. to develop its production and capacity and the two organisations have worked happily together ever since. I have asked many lay people including Doctors and Psychiatrists if they had heard of Dr. Moon's blind language and have been surprised at the number who thought it was either a catch question or a school-boy quiz. But the more I learned about the man and his method the more I began to admire them both.
Braille is cheap and simple to produce but it is difficult to learn.
Moon is expensive and difficult to produce as the symbols are large and have to be embossed on paper, but it can be learned in a few hours. Dramatic changes are taking place in the printing of Moon. A unit has been developed by Dr. Gill of Brunel University which can print MOON directly from a typewriter form of keyboard. This has speeded up and simplified the process to such an extent that it will be possible to supply a great increase in the number of readers. Willie Moon of Brighton travelled a long way in his 76 years and should not be forgotten.