New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-11-29
AN APPEAL FOR THE ADULT BLIND.

New YORK, NOV. ~. looi.
AN APPEAL FOR THE ADULT BLIND.
THEY WOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR SOME MEANS
OF INDEPENDENT LIVELIHOOD.
TO tho Editor Of Tho Tribune.
Sir: Work, or the opportunity to work is what tho
adult blind need, and not charity. For number OF
years the city OF Ncw-York has donated 100000 10
its adult blind. This amount divided into sums Of
$685. making the number Of recipients 571. equal 10
less than ten cents per day to each yearly. Each
recipient must make cath that he or she does not
receive any benefit from any other benevolent or char
liable institution of any kind, and has no other means
Of support. This Is tho limit and extent Of the city
of NewYors for Its adult blind. both public and
private. All European capital cities vie with each
other in the consideration Of their adult blind
by providing workshops where they can earn hvel
hood and become independent Of public or private
charity. but Ncw-York with all its varied charities
and its OF the human being from the cradle to the
grave, seems content to allow Its adult blind to plod
and grope through their dark and dreary life by
grinding an organ, singing or pcddllng small
notions, be seen any day by an ordinary
observer. How many homes would be glnddened
and how many hearts would rejoice II the adult blind
Of this city provided with employment suitable
TO their nflrmity.
Tbs problem appeals to every humanitarian and
phIlanthropst. 1t is serious thought and interest
that needed. No sympathetic effort hns hereto
fore been made large scale to discover and
compare the various ways In which the adult blind
can best utilize their powers mass OF detailed
facts and valuable testimony could be accumulated
basis for rational plea for best utilizing their
services Efforts are constantly being made to solve
all social problems, but very few serious attempts
are made to work any of them out In practical way
This problem should interest every citizen of this
great city whose thoughts extend beyond immediate
physical appetltes, and who has desire to see the
adult blind lifted up from state Of almost helpless
degradation out of which they cannot Of themselves
escape for lack OF and opportunity. to one OF
independence. Are there not numbers Of noble
hearted and women ready to cooperate In any
feasible scheme that will the blind adult from
the misery Of dependence and ideness.
Those who wish to be of service to their race
could do nothing that would produce more happiness
for the effort spent than by helping to procure
employment for these blind adults. To them work
means life. 1t alone can save them from wasting
away by worry and sense Of shame at their depend
and seeming Les % Some ~ # Ss vs ss
Of normal outlet for their thoughts and force Many
Of them possess skill and marked ability in various
departments of life, yet because of their infrmity
they are denied the right to earn their daily bread
They cannot live healthy and happy without some
Who win volunteer solution OF THIS problcmi
Can the clergy whose Master taught them sympathy
Who will crown his name for generations to come
by successful and practical solution Of this problem
CORRECTION RESPECTING TIIEODOSIA BURR.
TO tho Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: AS corrections in order In your Just
journal, allow me. One Of your correspondents,
in pleasant article on the "golden wedding" Of Mr..
and Mrs. George T. Downing MANY happy returns
speaks thus of the father Of Miss Downing:
circumstances brought Mr.. De Grasse and the
a.A
warm friendship grew up between them-a friendship
which continued unbrokcn until Burrs death Mr..
De Grasse named of his daughters Theodosa Burr.
after Colonel Burr's daughter the one whose tragic
death, when 1t occurred, created such sensation.
Miss Burr was on her way home from abroad and
after her arrival in the United States she to have
been married. Every preparation to celebrate her
nupuals made but she came. The vessel
which she had taken passage was captured by
pirates, and she and her passengers and all Of
the were forced to walk the plank"
Perhaps 1t was the Edwards family pride, which
runs far and runs long, through many family connec-
tons and generations, which made me believe that
everybody must know the true story Of Theodosia
Burr-that when she vanished mysterously from the
face OF the EARTH the she and had been for
years Mrs. Aston, the wife Of the Governor
OF South Carolina. She sailed December 80,
1872 on the Patriot pilot boat, bound for New
York. Neither this boat nor any one of It's passengers
ever heard OF after unless the onfessons
Of certain grizzly old pirates dying in hospitals many
years after may be credited. am inclined to believe
the circumstantal account given by one Of these
reprobates because it agrees with family traditions
concerning the character OF TheodosIa Burr woman
proud and fearless she true and loving.
walk the plank she refused to be bllndfoded, but
stepped calmly OF into the deep with her eyes wide
open.
But You have great contributor who can never
be accused of carelessness naccuracy. Miss Poole
Is an artist in vivid description and nice detail
knowledge OF nature and the human heart In pictures
OF New-Engand country life and character, and In
the OF Yankee dialect she Is surprisingly accurate.
Her pahOs finds the most direct way to the heart for
II is always simple and true, and her humor Is ex-
Quisite. / lay my homage at her feet.
GRACE GREENWOOD.
Washington. Nov o. 1901.