The sun., 1892-05-15
You see there is no Lack Of occupations for
but they have not always had these

sy,Su ySu see there is no LACK Of occupations for
shsS hsSs hay nGs G''s had
:No, indeed" the tuner. replied. IT is
t' 81 the SSs n % sesca
gun. It must be said for humanity that the
Blind have always been kindly treated.in all
ago tie XXI Rindness S. was ] only In the form oi tax.
inE & care OF them: there was =, Nc orGanIhzed aIvas
An asylum Tor the blind was a, home where
thing more than HUNDRED years ago the Ess
The United sRS s'stes = the rst seSqsI FOR ths blind
nsss y tas sash Ss s IN the S out
and others In Canada Mckee. b. and p{, south .na
Gre h0on or opd most o6es
that for the great mass Of blind children cdu;
schools. With such training. the blind have
been taught to be self-suppoTting to great
portionally to their number in our qlmshouses
than there are seeing persons. II there is
panper Or worthless or viGi9ps 3. blood in the
have been taught to take s care ot them solves.
70 she er sshhs tho Bns Vfr
seen Il myself. and haye frequently heard II
S ay Ssss5s fs
Ssh s$s EYE Sisissls xaIs n she j TsssDtS5 - i,
BEE come in. and while the blind and the see;
ing cit and talk It is often Impossible to tel tell
itor. When tho % visitors riso to leave and the
blind inmates help them on with their coats
and wraps 1t is common thing for other yts,
that It is the PeTs9ns r,Igs who are assisting them
The tuner .y work had not been interrupted
by his conversation. aud at length he drew up
ment to aaa wheiSer blind could really
Is perieet" she said az after hnh short trial
IT ~ shall always be tuned by q ohnd man. by
Gastayi,s 7, Kaufman; whose portrait is /, re-; e
sh s. sen
He is now u yoars old. and has been blind
since his SECOND year. when he had an at
fs sred the Sew 9ore for the
RaS nns Ehen ne was, a tho nstS
ton. beside beins h thoroughly trained in piano
tuning. he also showed. great promise as. as
pianist and a composer Of music: For % time
sionai musician. Mr. Wade. the superinten-
dent Of tho institution; pointed out for & him
father. 9. q. ,Kaaimanp: VIC is an edi.,Gro q
tho G;S,rmap edition Of the tfns. adyIsed him
sure to be-. self. supporting He spends
al his spare time however, @ practising is M on tho
at 544 Marcy avenue. which is some distance
out but he goes and comes alone every day to
Steinway's without any trouble or timidity. As
soon MS he returns in tho evening and has his
supper, he goes at once to tho piano and sits
there oil tho evening. He already has con-
siderable reputation as q pianist and plays
time aEo at the Arion concert in Brooklyn. and
is Invariably selected to play in stSSinway's eli
equally promising One OF his compositions
was recently accented by the Cath1ic "a Cathe,
been accepted and published by different or
eanizations. They include piano solos. SON.
He and Mr.. Schotte.. the other blind man em-
poyed by Steinway 4 Sons. are regarded as
country. Thcv both receive the full sal lary. and
are treated In every respect like the other men;
Tom Hurley. who is known as the blind and
deaf newsdealer. was ut the Institution for the
Blind at the same time as Kaufman. and the
two are very intimate friends. Hurleys prin-
cipal occupation is that OF a newsdealer: he
has a stand at Fifty-second street and Eighth
avenue. and people come from some distance
to buy papers OF him on account OF