New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-03

looking at the faces of those with whom they con-
People who become deaf during middle age have
ho ef the betD q IN skng
selves while those born deaf learn naturally to
viii help the Growing dear to understand once
what said They must learn slowly yd snd dhreS
Despite the fact that the organs of articulation
Te h the
muscles Of the face These effects Miss Warren aed
the trained by practice to follow the chang
with the sound thus formed. Familiar with the
alphabet we readily recognize the printed w mt2e
to the features by the various expressions, she
the spoken * n word is 1 rnd he
eye is enabled to perceive combination or two or
W whiR e db
Pay GT the an ap r Shoe se
fences; complete thought is finally conveyed to
time the pupil viii give synonyme instead of the
actual spoken word Interesting proof is this OF
the speech centre as developed by educative means.
R ys usual h r Of these or no
though they readily express the thought clothed IN
pefence Of ths desf Expert in PI facial rendns So
nF a one no 9 in ~ s
through which the ideas reach him; so completely
gre W Vake myo pleasure se oay high tea the
first social affair I have attended In years said
this latter day science. that it was not until
filings had heard that realized they had
to me through my eyes: and not through my ears rs:
ton said young woman. whom deafness h 2S
for years made recluse, IT'S great fun. SO
It's not unlike the deductve method of Sherlock
yef e9e but Mss warren ar be- e for
giving birth to female duplicate of Conan Doyles
want Wro to 9 y on r ths my y eth Rth
"for the Sunshine You have Brought into my life
| celebrated my birthday by going to church Where
ng gH one" Of HSe S p4each but able to
MAXI synopsis .t o. the sermon in cyPher SO
ansact important legal business in the presence
OF five lawyers, not one Of whom suspected that
their client was totally deaf After years of Sc
nane n9 who Is most 9o d2ent suden
receiving line at various social affairs all of which
she confesses she e4ioyed keenly; as she under
that her ears dead to every sound.
fonTtR T9T from the is the fmrhe I
inteigently followed by versed in the language
famous aurist sent some years ago a well known
actor whose total deafness has long been one OF
medical, profession
example of what am capable of accomplishing.
Men Of his ability are rare warn every one be
upon individual effort and persistent practice.
Lessons ended, conversation classes are held
No i2 East Twenty"cighth-st more curi dtE
Interesting social function it is safe to assert is
not to be found elsewhere. As ii is impossible to
be certain how much or how little person may
hear in the natural way. the human voice is not
used in articulation at these expression seances.
The takers give little audible utterance to their
speech possible Effort, however. is made TO
speak inaudibly in natural manner. To relieve
the ears of any possible strain. and make the
pupil wholly dependent upon the eye. is the aim
or these tnaudlbie Seances Striking is the facial
transformation that the study of speech express
sion effects in the deaf The observation imposed
and the Worred wistfu strained woebegone s' ex
preston so often met in the faces OF the hard of
hearing gives way to calm. if not placid hopeful.
If not joyous, look.
81 never knew before taking up the study" said
young attorney, suddenly bereft of hearing. the
beauties of the English language. The drill in
ucuaton and enunciation that the study of the
charms IN way l before suspected" How
much dependency speech reading has dispelled and
how much more 1t IS destined to Danish depend
only upon the rapidIty with which this clever
woman's skill in mparting the art becomes known
Quietly, unostentatiously she pursueS her work one
pupil sending another for each that finds relief Is
imbued with the missionary spirit and yearns to
share its benefit with the similarly afflicted
every side. Leading aurists, who recognize in
speech reading not only preservative of what
little hearing may vet remain but the only sub
last resort patients who have bafled their
skill. %
Occasionally she has been forced 70 take men
and women from distance into her household so
anxious they to profit by daily practice in the
family circle. So persistently have applicants in
creased that she is dividing her time between
Washington philadelphia. New-Haven and Bos-
ton II is not improbable that her system which
is copyrighted. may eventually be taught through
out this country and Europe. When it has become
the heritage of the worlds afflicted, then, indeed,
Hall of Fame. honor which the increasing
thousands of growing deaf, who here first
learn of speech reading, well as the hundreds
now proftinS by 1t, hope may long be deferred