The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-04-15
Sensitive and Refined.

began To- realize that she differed In any
respect from the ordinary human being.
Her teacher has told her all since the two
came to Sioux Falls At first Linnie was
greatly saddened. Then she began 10
make inquiries. She Is now resigned and
has announced that i'm spite of her defects
she will make the most OF her life. She
has n deeply religious vein in her nature
and has the most touching and beautiful
ideas of heaven and the future life. Her
expression il one of rare and refined
beauty and her hands-deicate, sensitive
and tapering-- would be the envy OF a
sculptor. She has lately been told about
Helen Keller, and Linnie thinks that
Helen, herself and "a girl in Council Bluffs,
Iowa, who has broken her leg, are the
most unfortunate people in the world.
Miss Donald is now teaching her pupil
how to talk; The method used is similar
To that employed by Miss Sullivan in her
education of Miss Keller. Linnie places
her delicately sensitive fingers on the
mouth of her teacher Miss Donald then
,nunciatos sound, and the pupil en-
ueavors TO initiate it. One sound is re.
peated hundreds of times until IL APP
proaches perfection, and then another Is
tried. The various sounds are then COM
bined, and the result is articulate speech.
Miss Donald readily understands what her
charge says, but Others cannot. The
teacher regards this work as almost hone
less, but with the patience and great sue
cess of Miss Sullivan and Miss Keller be-
fore her she couldSnot despair. The pro-
cess is tedious and long, but the results
are certain IL the method be persisted an.
A Wonderful Memory.
Linnie has wonderful memory and Is
a close observer with her hands 1t was
only through the sense of touch that she
was able tn learn anything. She was
.1... a.
her in the manual language. Greater
difficulty was experienced when IL was
necessary To give her distractions, verbs,
adjectives and tho like. So successful has
her teacher been, however, that Lnnie Is
now able to talk rapidly with her teacher.
through the manual language, and Co
communicate with the world outside her
sight, her hearing and her speech. Her
vocabulary is now that of n child about
seven or eight years old, for il must be
remembered that her education did not
begin until she was Ii years of ago, and
at that time she had no name for any
thing and little idea Of it's size, shane or
use, being in effect an infant without an
infants opportunity. Her mind is very
mature, however, and she is rapidly en-
larging her vocabulary. Her special
delight in study is i'm mathematics. and
she Is able To add, multiply and divide
numbers below 1000 with wonderful ao-
NuIoNy bu lIc SlultS provided Tor the
blind. She Il very fond of display, knows
when she Is we'll dressed, and, like others
of her sex, is said to enjoy having her
own way.
Miss Haguewood Is able 30 cut and sew
her own garments, To write letters on "A
typewriter, TO read readily sher Sunday
School paper and her Biblo aud To write
slowly on the tablets which are provided
for the blind. BY her delicate sense of
touch she Is able to recognize her friends,
ana oven To remember ON second meeting
those whom she has noticed before. She
Is able 90 recognize at the first touch
those whom she knows we'll. She Is pas
sionatcly fond Of flowers, of dress and
jcwelry. and next 20 her Typewriter. her
dearest possession Is gold ring with n
beautiful setting, presented her bv the
ladies OF Sioux Falls. Miss Donald says
she forms very accurate idea of the
general qualities OF persons by posting
herself on their habits Of dress