The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-08-18
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(FOr the dissemination OF hi'' -.
horn and many OF those losing 'hsn
hearing and speech Ia carry =. nc ranv
been taught a. articulate ana III n n.ery,.
irsfano.s 10 eNIrcss theiT IDEAS Nc'
fueDiiy. | proposed going over anu spo'"
10 this great nan. - Sss
MIR. Reh aud his venerable VIE, "a
found scaled side by side III easy V''a and
on the shady porch OF n .le Welcome.
She is rather deaf also, but TINS, / Jill
800 MS from age-they being upM".gs'
N not somewhat beyond four score. M
Bell is a typical old Scot man OF s s0
h,st frame y IN preserved ana soou ioi
49,. ~ vesrs n ore His hair ana pssIu
ara y hite aud nothing IL more stiiH.hs
flsn their perfCnaiity II" 49, a.
oid English. dot ble-h hand siphdpye 81,
converslng with me, ana Soul4 tand
affair. no said he had spent We sun
u.er al the Beach number OF yes. ;,
and IL suited him and his WE
than any other piece on Inc ~ -
earth. and the only trOupie VIII /" 80
that IL was 20 far from a large city. l"e
distance 10 Washington being nearly sew
enty miles. and IL Was about forty "
FREDERICK ,bi.rg with only couatry ToAnS'
most OF the time in bad condition;
TIE OLD GENTLEMAN IAbho.
I'm sreakng Of the deaf ana deafness,
and his great work in IRE, ne s@tu tns
he had uageed every thing over 10 hls SCI
vef vas San much interested, especial
liz i'm matters of research and discovery
and expected 10 SEQ much more areoih-
ullshed IN this respect ere ne o'eu' q,
/ thought a. ! have been told. that
had some very good and original IDEAS
on this subject OF the deaf ana DEAFNESS
which has come from sixteen years WIN
the trouble and observing among po,h
the deaf and the Hearing ana spear
ing" but ten minutes talk with TINS gen
tlcman demonstrated that what nave
been working he worked on as far back
as when my grandfather was 3oy. ie
was however, much interesteh III WHAT
I mad 10 say and asked me many ques-
t,ons and irvited me 10 call whenever
/ was az the beach, or Wherever ne cou'u
had heard a great deal Of the Volta
bureau. the hobby" OF Telephone pen
hut had never visited II, and so INFORM
"A Mr. Bell lie advised me TO do so by
an means and II possibly could. 10 visit
Philadelphia during the session or tne
Association FOR the Adyaft,emnt or
SDeech Teaching amongst the Dear.
uronisel that / would visit the volta
Bureau. and he said ne "oulu 80 -
7 would see the efforts or his son IN ne
half a my class 10 an advantase, ann
/ left them after one Of the most pleas
INK little interviews that | can recall,
ond fhorgh tho tNy from Alexandria 20
afternoon IS not the most pleasant one
ronif take I'm sure ! would go
thougand miles farther 10 re3ch snsh an
institution. and learn what ! learneh
in Washington II was opened Tor me
and 7 was shown through. and great
deal explained cannot DO II lus,lce,
buf viii try 10 give somo IDEA or me
Institution and ITS Work Alssan"ro
Volta an Italian philosopher VINO, 1rh
about the middle Of the last century,
g,-ng ln tha twonties Of the present,
was DISTINGUISHED for his knowiedge OF
electrical phenomena. The French Gov
eminent Rad been giving PRIZE TO some
discOVerer o. Inventor or e>reclal merit
or usefulness. forrdei n prize known AS
the Volta Prize and ,hree or iour
times awarded IL, previous 20 1879. wren
II was VOTED 70 Professor AeNan1er
Graham Bell The value OF This was ~
OO1 francs or about $1,000 MT. Beh ,ali
n aside as his inventions had ma1e MN
n very wealthy man already, ana con-
ceived ar idea that II might best be put
out az interest so that In sOme futnfe
time II woulc be sufficient for some pur-
pose not ton plain. -. ,,,.o,-
He invested n In another OF me- l, ~.
tlour. which proved very rem !, 80. y.
and the Volta prize or FUN as &c
LId b,eun 10 call H. amounted soon 10
fiiiiv 2 hl n0fci thousand 1onhrS -
Mr.. PeU then conceived We ia
-, ,,fr,, iris 10 he used IN collecting b'a-
III s"s whatever kn0wle1ee or the
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$50 or ~ desfrsss that might be helptui
a, the great vcrk he had become inter
oste6 IN thrct gh his father. una thro's I,
his several yot ng deaf mute irienhs' ar
Iis wife. who was Hon. .'ar,enrr ~
Ir,ib"rd,s beautiful feaf-mute daughtsr,
a.. one tine a pupil In the Michigan
Sch,ol FOR the peat and Dumb. Ihis
was done With the crganizauon % s4l
~ literary bureau. with IN oih e"in'
st,tisticlan. Professor John Hits' as it'
CHEF Wcrler. ,,.s,,,rs
From n c0rrer IN Professor Nesi ao"-
,,4orv on scott circle. the Volta bnreou
i i,.,' 'hac.'rro such as 70 require larger
ma more convenient quarters, but eV+n
tbess we're not sufficient. and Mr.. bfil'
~ elder made II a gift OF sl5.on: ask
In only that nc me be erected lot X.
Tfe outcome was the present hsndsoins
structure OF metal and stoae III rnr r.'y
So. ~ tho most desirable Of Washing
tons suburbs. ana wi'mh
tbrcw Of the grand main BUILDING OF
Gocrgetowp University. ,...os
Tba building was erected AZ adaptsi
"a tia uses The workshop Is IN mo
basement, while the hall ana vaults Wy
above and everything IN IL Is pFVeectsu
AGAINST destruction by either nre or WI
ter. -. ,..,.oo,, co,crs
The work 81 this letter bureau Covers
. r'rch wider field than most wouf!
think I, publishes good Dit-aDout lVl
n,blications by IL were shown me, ana
these are In such numbers that most
-. ,e,,,ast will be- honored. Besides
In, IN 600 Of each have been distribut-
su ~ an,an, lit raries OF both Europe and
,r,"r,ce Tindfed. both hemispheres.
Nonc q, the features OF the library ls
some - 0sO reference cards containing
some sketch or clipping, or sSne fac'
nanosrping deafness or . dea-miue ant