Arizona republican., 1898-11-13
-T1 DEAF AND DUMB PICNIC.
Produced an Odd Effe1t on the Man AS
 signed to Repo It.

One of the quesIe5s ass gnm nts
 that was ever dfa1ed cut 10 me when
 was ep0rting in Chica so.' sa q enc Of ths cCrrcspCndan frcm the c'tv by the unsalteI s-s, was the covering cf a picnic cf deaf and dumb peCplc There
 was, and is yet, big organization, get ! together for social pleasures, Of these
 afflicted peOpl: in Chicago, and it was this organization tbas gave tue picnic cut at ElliCt'5 grow, a W olcd patch
 about fifteen mil-3 cu s'de Of Ch, ,ceg2
 Tt surely was r. mar al ble 10 nCte the fun every msm5er of t3at crowd e
 mutes saemed tC te having when the
 grove was reached and the picnic prop i CT began. YCu could her the wind stirring the leaves Of tha ,re s all the
 time, and yet thcEe were nearly 800
 people having all kinis cf fun r ght bs-
 meath tha trees. Thc silence was ex- trac-dinaTy. cCEsiderir 2 the numbsr Of people you saw moving around. Tie
 young fellows put up swings and swung he girls, and although the
 girls, Of courss, didn't sc.eam. as they
 went aeai,ing in tha ar, they certain- ] ly locked z3 if they enjoyed the swing
 ing sensation as much as girls w tn
 voices and the capacity to gigg'e and i scream.
 1 "Tha que5r1ss thing to see, however
 was the dancing. There was a big | dancing pavilion in the grove, and nearly all Of the young pccple danced. i Tho master Of cers moniss stood on platform and waved his arms, in wa tz
 two-st2p, CT whatever time the dance called fer, and the dancers kept re- markably gccd tins. Th5y watched the man doing tn arm-waving careful
 ly cut Of the tails Of their eyes as they Heated around. The masser of Cere- monies was datsling goCd pa1tomim- ist, and he'd call eff the various figur-s of square dances by going through, at the beginning Of each figure. the var ous movements th1recf-jusc enough of it to refresh the m -mC~ies Of the dane CTS.
 Along towaFdn nom. when we two reporters began to get Icnesome for Q lunch roCm-there were nc ,2tablss for sale Cn the grounds all Of the
 mutes bringing their lunchcs in bas- kets-Cne Of the comm t-eem1 Il in-ro- Guc-d us to a couple O mighty nicc looking girls. Neither Of Us knew the first m-ve Of ths dsaf and dumb alpha bet. but the girls didn't look disappointed, somehow or an l by signs Of our ignorance
 Instead they laughed and locked at
 each other merrily. Each Of Gls girls
 had 2 big basketful Of swell things tC eat, and they invited us. by cordial signs, to share tha- contents of the Sas kc,s with them. I'm ashamed to rS- fleet upon how much Of those girls nce focd 1 ate. We get along splen- didly with the girls by means Of signs. ignorant as we were Of the mute al phabet. l couldn't help bu- think all the time what a pity it was that two such smart Joking young women sh0u d bs deprived of the pow5r Cf speech. They seemcd 10 take it all very cheer
 fully. however, and they appeared to have a g cd deal Of fun between them selves. for often during the afternoon 1 caught them exchanging Slanc5s and
 smiling, as if they were sort of 'hol1ing
 out something on us. This seemed q
 bit puzzling to mo until the tram pulled into the dcpot in Chicago Cn the return trip in the evening" My friend and myszlf were just about tc b the
 two young women adieu by Tn ans of our cwn little sign manual, when tn y beth burst in 0 merry Laughter. My nal and st01d in the aisle like q pair Of petrihed men.
 ...Ylu ne q net look at mz so in
 tenseIy surprised, cnc of the girls tacn said, smiling, in as musical a voice as
 ycu evc- heard We saw tha- you
 took us for mutes when you w5ra pce- sentsd to us-naturally enough, toe and so we beth decided spontaneously and simultaneously tC be mu-e foc an afterncon We arr simply fri nds of some of the ladies among the mute ex- cursiCnists, anG so w came a Olg vita them. New we've g-t to rejOin th m. Good-by.' and thsy beth laughinSly took their departure fer anotber car to find their women friends. Was shing- ton Star.