New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-11-26
A MAGAZINE FOR THE BLIND.
THE POINT PRINT STANDARD" HAS RESUMED
PUBLICATION
rom The Philadelphia North American.

PUBLICATION.
From The Philadelphia North American.
The Point Trint Standard" is the only maya
zine Of its kind in America. and ii is published
in Philadelphia. 1t is printed without ink. and
you might scan its white pages forever and not
be able TO read IL. In fact ii is not read with
the eyes In order TO convey the contents Of its
pages 10 your brain you must use your fnSers
on them. if your touch is sensitive you can feel
combinations Of little points raised on the page.
Each of these combinations signifies a letter.
al thus is the article TO be spelled out.
From this it Will be seen that The Point Print
STANDARD" is a magazine for the blind. For two
years it hourished and brought happiness and
entertainment to thousands Of sightlcsS folk
throughout the land. Then its brilliant founder
died. Himself a blind man, he had devoted his
life To supplying literature in such form as to
open its delights 10 the similarly afflicted For
the last half year the many blind men and
women have found their pliEhted lives duer
than ever because the monthly visitor with its
bright pages. failed TO arrive.
But that is over now. and the plain white
pages rough with points. again find their way
TO the eager fingers of the blind a woman sits
in the editorial chair Of the revived magazine.
and from The demand for this months issue it
would seem that she is going TO be highly sue
cessful
There are two methods by which the blind
may read. The old fashioned way is simply by
raised letters.
Some years ago Or White Of New-York in
vented the point system" In the alphabet
only six points are used. but these are arranged
in so many combinations that with them the
| entire alphabet has been formed. To be sure. II
is more difficult To- learn 10 read with the point
. system but. once ACQUIRED. blind man dis
I poses OF page almost as quickly as a man with
sight can 20 over the same amount OF matter IN
the ordinary magazine.
Then Mr. Knoass began the publication Of
I "The Point Print standard However. ne did
not discontinue the journal printed on raised
letters This ne kept uD for the benefit OF the
4 old aehoned blind. who could not be- expected
70 master the new system
The sanctum and composing room of the
magazines was in little room in a building in
North Fourth-st Kneass had for an assistant
Miss Josephine Il. Cobb. At her employers
death. about year ago. Miss cobb, who had
been devoted To him. felt that she would like
to continue the splendid work which ~ had
been doing. But for several months she received
little encouragement to go on. However. she
did not despair. and after about six months
effort she secured such assistance as was neces-
sary to continue the publication OF the maya
zines.
old philadelphia Magazine for the Bhnd are
again finding their way TO The a1ilcted ana
eladdoning their hearts.
What JOY it must be to them That thfy
can read themselves will be appreciated If YOU
lust nut yourself in the place Of the hHnd man
YOU who like to read, 20 whom the otlShl
thought the tender stirring stories between the
book covers are a source of mental stimulus ana
/ emotional recreation TO he robbed Of that
would be taking largely away from your EMO!
ment Of life Wouldn't ii?
These publications for the blind are all o: q
religious nature. But The Point Print stand
ard" reproduces the best in literature ana ules
10 mirror important public events OF the tunes.
The last number leads off win Edwin MARX
hams THE Man with the Hoe contains de-
ecriution OF Porto Rico. an account OF Dewey >
return. Of the Dreyfus trial ana u the lIahs-
vaal affair.