The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-11-07
sreHr GIVEN TO OWE BoRy sLryDt
The Surprise of . Woman who Was First
Able 20 Sec at the Ago of 20.
Frsm th Portland E1pr,,i.


Frem h Portland E4pr,sL
Anew days ago Miss Alberta HoKinnle look ed
out OF the windows OF the suggestion room "
at the Eye and Ear lnarmary and burs,
into tears. Other patients have looked
from the windows Of the innrmary and shed
tears caused by suffering. But Miss McKinn!e
wspt for pure Joy. and she praised God and DR.
Holt alternately. Small wonder that she did
for upon her has been wrought truly m oil ern
miracle. Blind since birth. tho achisvsm snts a,
mods:n science have given the sight
Miss McKinnle belongs in Rockland. and she
cataract ob"euTed the Vision She I lived with
,:.1iyss who , sioshsd md isd her One day a
mightbs performed that would snab's her to
But hops found Iodrmsnt 10 MISS MeKinnie 5
faq The her R 1ss Sas to
land Interested himself in her. and She wa,
sent hero for treatment.
is q delicate and peculiar operation that
he removed two eongenital eatarscts. 1t is an
operation that 10 usually unsatisfactory. A
milk and the eensi.ssnsy Of butter. Was s1 SPREAD
eGu.tin. away Ike : hard substance. Instead
y had 10 De stirred UP. so to speak. and thsn
sorption to remove H.
For fourteen weeks the patient has hsea
at the nnrmary. The operation has been per.
et ssS fS the Of watch
the milky cataracts disappeared until now but
asmHll white speci remains on each eye. aud
y I. thought that these will disappear IN time,
BE- performed 70 correct O slight crossed effect
thu appears ID the restored organs..
nSd the
tho light for several days. When they were
pss.d them "nfk asRsnls and R l.d
Ii vas almost iE. being born into a new
world fer Mss Nek!nn!s. OF course a good
h p.op 81. ak hsd aSo1s idea
Dirsctly, opposite tbs inf,rmary man was
walking about on the fiat roof OF a house. Il
What asked Dr. fi,t!. Fss ms.. u p
man. she answered. 80 on. one BY. one. div
s.ta SS ss vSs y out a shf
pail went BY. She said she thought that
n %u: on. DO while PAL PAL sscap H,s' she had st
r. aston Ishment, and then cried aloud; oh. is
Ts,s wess mysry to hs4 E?
held held her spsllb9Hpnd 81. haa never s,sn
thing. as was the electric liEht, She could not
undsrs,and the power that was back OF them.
.hs @ that RSt .ss aoaa w w.. .S wh.n
piled: well. don't know as / car teil YOU
Ny eyes seemed TO bs swimming In water md
Thought | was looking at u lake This m ist
q 81 Holt. Oh, wa, t tic hr.s 81" ' ises sn'f
had ever seen, and he In the best man in tha
world shall bless him ustil my dying
When asked II sho had Lsen out, she said;
oh. Yea, several times, l cant describe 10
you my sensations have seen so much that
10 beautiful and nave SO much more TO see
pick quite a good deal out " a newspaper
have read some by means OF the raised fettsrs
provided for blind folks, so II hssA't been 40
While similar operations have been psr-
formed, II 1. seldom that they result so sue
s0ssiully as this one, 10 give an idea Of lust
tentns. represents the normal or perfect vision,
Miss Mckenzie can soc fOur.tenths With the
glasses that have be-n fitted to her eyes
she will be able to soc better than many
,isR,edn.s SS c" sh s' wI b. as abb 'ar
read. and even now sho says she can almost
thread needle her eyes are new to her, so to
che will use them much better. One peculiar
thing that can no notleed about Miss McKin-
Pie y tho change 81 tn: expression OF her face.
exprsssLonless faces AS a rule, particuiarly
Miss AckIna!s's ease. why should Il
be oth'rNwisel What could she Know
ducs the various expressions In the faces
OF those OF US who can see? She did not
know what y was 70 laugh, but she does
now. and So little by little. each new thing that
causes the hitherto i'm rsssive countsnnnce 10
lisht up with all tho emotions OF other mortals