The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-05-09
BLiND sCtIOOiMASTER,
Ftthrr q Children.
Victimc o. tho siege nj Paris
during the war u lS7O-71

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victimc o. tho SHsc ct Paris
Rubino Is 81 ycars OF age. Hc has thin. !
grave, Intelligent face Alexander. the little !
boy. IL 10 years of age. A member Of the New !
YORK bar is anxious To adopt him. Minnie. tho !
little girl, years OF age, ia beautiful child. !
but has inherited light brown hair from her
mother. who IL French. The fact that Rubino
was able to pay fine OF $50 for mendicnncy
and to employ sklrul counsel shows that the
makeup" Of the party was effective.
Ruhino and his wife wrrc arrested for beg
ging on Nov. H., but Justice Ourrlours dis
m ssrd them with rcprimnnd. They were
Chiardi. special oil 'er of the Society for tho
Prevention Of Cruelty to children. Justier Blk
by s"nt them to the Special Sessions for trial.
kuhino paid his fine. nm then his lawyer. q. 7.
Simonsun, ttiincd writ OF habras corpus TO
secure the relcnse of the children, who had boon
con-igncd by the court to the custody Of the So
when Rubno arrived in New York. u year
agn, H. went to lhnoccnti Aldfoyandis house,
at co Thompson street. where he has remained
oyer since. proving himself u good tenant.
The house is innocent OF paint the weather
boards are wasting with dry rot. and many ~
the sh ngles are tipped with moss. The front
room IN tho ground story, is .Allrovandi's RS
taurant. On tn" south side ~ the room is his
bar In front of the bur are half II dozen bare.
round topped tables. On the walls are four
Lodging. 5 cents" Beef steak and pork
CHOP, with no'Woes and half loaf 81
loaf Of bread. cents" ""XV large
howl Of soup and loaf Of hread. > cents
I The bowls are very large. 4 helt Loaf Of the
are several rooms. filed with bare planks. six
feet long and fifteen inches wide. laid hori-
zQntally on small wooden horses. They are
| planned, but no bed clothing il placed upon
them. These are the beds. Between each
plank and It's neighhor is an interval OF fifteen
| inches. which serves as a passage. In n
| smaller room are touches made of two planks
each. and covered with gaunt. rectangular sug.
slips OF ticking; 1t costs ten cents to occupy
one Of these beds. With all their poverty these
| rooms have one element OF arstocracv No
| negro is allowed to sleep in them. Coored
guests are given room TO themselves in the
| back part OF the house, the beds there are pre-
| cis"ly like those In the white mems apartments.
In the third story or attic live Rubino and his
| stranger. who suddenly finds himself in the
| middle OF the largest of their five rooms. hav-
| ing come. us It seems 20 him. out 81 the dark
| stops is startled. while his eyes are yet blink
ing in the new daylight. with the scramhing
attentions Of twenty or thirty little curly haired
white dogs. Overtopping them bv nearly two
| feet marches "A stately Newfoundland Madame
Rubino makes polite but useless efforts To- scold
them away with voey Of French. while the
visitor RECEIVERS his sclf-possession. big
| breed thrusts his red comb out between the
| stats Of n little coop and eyes the visitor in
quringly, The floor. and bar" rafters are
| back with age and the occupancy Of many
room: u ..well-worn broom stands in one
| corner. MNltfnt OtNtfNfS trut npr NlSltT
| makes much OF her pets. and conducts him into
| her front room. Here he secs each in its own
cage r r1acGoo ed monkey and second white
| On the other side of the room are several cages
| OF white rats. When all these have been adj
| mirsd, Madame takes her guest 10 a rude box
| made to hold candles. She lifts out Of 1t a mass
| OF wooden cloth, aud discoses layer 81 little
| rcd-earcd. whit rats. all trembling in the draft
| of fresh air. Warm expressions ~ admiration
| greatly please Madame Rubno. and she tells
| how sac is training the dogs under the direction
| OF her blind husband. They are not To lead
bind men. butte perform tricks. In one corner
of the room are two light ladders and other
pieces Of apparatus on which the dogs practice.
| Her husband opens the door Of the large rat
cage and then blows blast on tin horn lm-
| mediaiely the rats crowd 10 the door. and IA
| many rs can do SO climb up on his hand. IL IL
the intention OF Madame Rubino. when she has
| completed the training Of a number Of her rats
ana her dogs, TO exhibit them Then her hus-
band can assist her and will not nave 10 beg
| The dogs being in irreprcssb spirits. llu-
| bina took the reporter down stairs To one 81 tho
| restAurant tables carrying with him copies ot
| H. Pmgoto. vi ilan newspaper and other print
I'd matter and manuscript records. He has
| certificates showing his appointment to
and Paris He was teacher OF the
fourth elementary class In Paris during
| the siege. While living in his cellar. as others
did. to escape the shells Of the German army,
he contracted the disease that destroyed his
sight. In 1873 he left Paris with n daughter.
Josephine. about - years of age, and his two
went to England. He supported himself and
family in London for a year 10y playing on his
tOnfcfllnH, which IlHu cost nlfn III IarlS. III
y the some instrument he uses in New York,
He also sold ballads in the street. At the end OF
the year he crossed the ocean and visited the
| principal cities OF Canada supporting himself
in the same way. He was always led about by
some member Of his family. Finally he went
| to New Orleans, where he bought a num-
ber of animals, including an alligator.
He first took them 10 Quebec. but after be mr.
rived there determined TO take them 70 Paris.
| Learning that IL would be cheaper to ship them
from New York. he came to this city. bringing
some Of the smaller animals with him. The
others he left at the railroad station in Quebec, u
be forwarded to him here. This WAS year ago
and Kubno says that he has now given w hope
2I EYER sising ,h I'm e ,nn n e' Wny nav
him about $3.50. nearly all the little hoard he
had brought with him from Paris. Since h'
play on his conccrtna in the streets for living
An article in II P".goE9 Of March ;: 1858 en-
Rubino plunged into II canal to save the life Of {
woman who had jumped from bridge. Bot
would have been drowned had i not been fol
the assistance of another man. The same Jour
5 nal June 5. 1863 relates that, while Rublno wa,
/ walking with his friend Gallo. a cavalry ser
y at a second. story window. Smoke was pouring
out Gallo darted Tor the door, but II was locked
. | RnbinO climbed up the side OF the house anG
entered the window. He made the woman shoy
him where 70 find water. and WAS thus able !,
4; put out the FIRE. La Gonicq Grlgia q Jan. 80
ing in the suburbs OF Milan on Ascension Day
! discovered two Young girls being dragged alonl
4 but without waiting for them began the igh
i himself. The rufllans were driven OF. and isu
n bino took both the frightened girls TO thei
( homes In Milan. Rubino has also In his DOS
/ session n copy of a magazine issued by tho A
: sociazlone Pedagogical, an educational soclct
- certificate from the French Minister OF the In
terror that Rubino had been granted the rigl
10 teach in the Paris Deaf and Dumb Asylum
D.. He has another certificate OF good moral char
G acter given by the authorities OF Milan and
1t third certificate shows that he was entitled
e teach the duties and rights OF citizens In III
81 Fourth Elementary Glass in Paris.