Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-03-11
A REMARKABLE CASE.
Learned to SPohi> and WRIT Though Totally
- az aud Esind.

- az aud CIipd.
! Totally Deaf aud Dim Z. mover having heard the
soG.aG or Gord sor s-cu r. letter. yct ,o-srs.irr
the power tosrcak The EaEiish ,augaa =. % win.
!; Had 10 un3c-- and Tie meaning OF words
when the woods are communicated. aua all q,
these accomplishments acquired within three
or four wears.
! Thee are The remarkable fac.s N the case %
Helen 6,iicr. Tho yhirteeu-resr-olI d.as.ter ..
Nj. Arthur Keller. now in this city,
Imagine a chli that frora IL. infancy m TO.
few year, ago bsI never commgaica ell with
The world .h~ou-h n, c-.lns Of sucech. hear
.ac or rISA;. whose ins had never uttered q
coherent so1ai and whose busy. tccming brain
vas flied Via IDEAS AID thou-s,. the clili wa.
ua'bie 20 express. relieved from this bondage,
hronEL; IN communication Niih hose nroani
her ANA tAc gredt Wu.l. 81 literature lad on,
Dc ore Ser. There T. soU:" ching almost b~roni
b llei IN this -.aln. hiU,g a,ta0s. snuernatursl-
and yet =. = an ab-o.a-e lse, tla; The a.af
dumb and Sind Girl has been taught 10 talk,
write aud read
Helen Keller was born in Tuscumbis. Ala.
June =. j. D. Her father il a dis.iuEai-Eea
cilfen ~ r.n"-a Alabama an editor ana
Tor tou- rc.I, u..cl SAFES marshal OF that dis
iri't Helen wa hearty. healthv child. no
dii t-ent arp ar"uuy from q. her children IN 10
Q s.!'-rn Fac 4t1- az age, when ne had severe
Hines tia; lait hlr deaf all hud. Ihus ne
grew up. communicating with her ynrrn's by
sisn- o. her ovI IA ugtactGro. In 1851 Mss
A. II. -aIIvan. "a ten her IN the Perkins Insti-
tuie ~ Eo-ton. uu.ier .ook - Instruct the ciili
The 4 81 tniug N3,s Perkins id r-az 10 place
Helen hand on su object with which she was
l.ai.iiiiSf ana spell as name by the manual alpha
bet. on the caI,d's fingers In few
minutes Helen rrasTcd the idea thai
every thicg Lad a name ard he quickly learned
The If tlsa f#l4fa-e in, ~, sNs
I teacher cling ia" :afaas on Helens fingers.
The remarkable a .itgdo shown Nv the child
encouraged Ter paTCat.. who Tlacod her in the
irriia' Institute. wl.h he result that TO-DAY the
th!t;ccE-y eag-ClI sisi. mInls the faculties 90
sigh ai.t. A-arIaE. can com urenead the Eaglirh
language and wrise u better than tntay girls %
her acs Naa aIe an iull os-es-ionp - ;heir facai-
ties aud VINO have had Tax beneht Of wears Of
| school tr,iuIrg.
Mai I,3cr and Ms daash ~ are now In the
city. 'iislrS -!r. John Iltz. 9i7 L street north
west. and lie ia accompanied by Mils sullivan.
10 whose tca'l.ng Helea is IT. n larcs measure
indebted Tor her Iaar.eioas progrels.
SpaaEiug Of Helen - STAR reporter iass
night Mas Sullivan raii:
- began Iay work With her bv putting her
in 20 session Of the use OF tie manual slphabeS
soon rs possible. Using every object that
she could readily imagine by the sense OF touch
L wplld slosly aqcl its name with nav fingers
while she held nv hand and fclt it- motion.
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her fingers.
''>hc ca'ilv comprehendel what ! desired her
TO Co. liza .a.ei the movements with CAREFUL
preci son and seemed TO understand the mines
Of OF jects around her. In few DAYS sne had
mastered his ettsre al habst aud could spell
tiss n re. It numerous objects. i;ext Taught
her words re- resented BY action. She readily
caught tE,i- meaning aud were then en-
absed Il form seatences. Finally we used
words o: = aca lbs di3 not know Tho meaning
bat she adopted them and placed them in
their right positions. seeming TO understand
them by tha!r rcls iua 10 words with whose
definition she was familiar.
e! thini size has like many hearing people, .
natural aptitude f5r cOmprcheullng and max
Ing Use OF la:sgda q rs soon a. il IL acquired I
have had 10 Is.tlcaisr method OF teaching but
have als:ays regarded her as = study. whose own
spontaneous impulse must be NV surest guide
4 have ALWAYS talked to her as | would TO . per-
son who could see and hear"
Ia ihe siHtieth annual report Of the trustees
or .he Perkins ms tuition many chapters are
devoted 10 the progress made by Helen Kellor
aRd reproductions OF her writings and comIo-
sitions are given. showing that he has a mar
Vicious command CT words sad thsir proper
arrangements