The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-10-30

work for the education of all people, in
GLIDING the sightless, the deaf and the
dumb
Now within the great halls stand not
only model factories and works of art.
Yonder stalds the locomotive annihlat-
ing distance and the illustration of the
progresses of irrigation, which has re-
claimed the desert, and in the halls of
education we see now man has reclaimed
his fellowmen and annihilated darkness.
The Louisiana Purchase is a great man.
Hesitation o. all the forces of enlighten-
ment and all mans thousand torches
burn here at once. The value of every
thing here IS education. This exposition
Is what its distinguished founder intend
ed to be cat this point President Francis
hesitated, and DIR. Dobyn OF Mississippi
took up the sentence and repeated 1t to
the audienee), world university. Here
we see the machinery side by side with
the intellectual processes that begot
them. The root, the process, the fruit.
The fair is an epitome of what the world
is. Here al nations of the earth are
brought together, SO that each profits by
, the experience of all.
1--WE think no country since Eden has
been so good to live in as ours. No ma
ton, however, is as great as the sum of
the achievements of all nations. All that
is gathered here symbolizes the will of
the American people that there shall be
an open way of education to all, no mat
ter how poor their circumstances or linn
tied their capacities.
1.-THE service of man to man shines all
the brighter. They appeal to the in
stincts to help, more deeply and firmly
implanted in our civilization than in any
other age. All that these great halls
contain tells us that the world is on our
side. The forces here displayed lift up
my hands and support my weak feet.
Science. nature and art say unto me-
thou art deaf and blind, but enter thou
into the kingdom of God. God bless the
nation that provides education for all her
children"
Blind Twins Play.
Following the talk of Miss Keller the
two talented blind twins, Lester and Tes-
sic Van Zant, of the Kansas School for
the Blind, We're lifted to the top of the
table. They played several violin solos.
The scene was affecting and all over the
crowded mousse men and women were
| wiplng their tears of sympathy. The
| only ones Who did not seem more or less
affected were the unfortunates them
selves. Miss Keller smiled all the while
the twins in their impasslve way fin
| gered the strings of their instruments.
| The last number was a composition of
in the same stoical fashion At the close
Miss Keller impulsively rushed toward
| them, and feeling for the children, drew
| first one ana then the other toward her
in a close embrace, kissing their faces
| and fondling them.
large bouquet of American beauty
| roses was handed to Miss Keller, over
which she bent with a pleased smile.
Two little Indian girls sat on the plat
/ Of KqlIar and in
| her nervous way, she soon discovered
| their presence, and, when she was told
| who they were, she selected two roses
| and presented one to each.
There were seated on the platform
President Francis, Miss Mary Perry,
Miss Laura Perry both sisters Of Mrs.
d. r. Francis; Miss Sullivan, who sat
beside Miss Keller and constantly kepe
her informed of what was going on; Miss
Wherry, DIR. ]. N. Keller of Hot Springs
and his wife, uncle and aunt of Miss
Keller; DIR. Vim. Keller of the City of
Mexico, Jack Macy, DIR. Dobyne and a
few mutual friends.
In the afternoon Miss Keller visited the
Philippine reservation. The party was
taken in charge by Dr. Gustave Nieder-
lein and Victor Hall. The Igorrote viii
lage was the first visited and everything
interested ner. She even insisted on feel
dances We're in progress in the village,
and she had many questions to ask about
them. She was interested in the rice,
and felt the leaves of the growing cereal.
She was pleased to meet Chief Antonio
and felt mis- long black hair and his
American coat She wanted to know how
he liked the United States, and pro-
pounded several other questions which
the chief took pleasure in answering She
went up a ladder to one of the Tinguaino
houses and was much interested in the
interior.
From the villages Miss Keller was
taken to the Forestry building, and took
great delight in feeling the smooth woods.
But it was in the Bagaboo village that
the greatest surprise awaited Miss KEEL
Ter, for Bulon let down his hair for her.
and she felt of his hemp clothing and
the beads and the brass bracelets upon
the arms Of the women. She played a
tune on the instruments in the Moro vii
lage.
Miss Keller was the honored guest at
a recention at the Missouri building in
the evening and was pleasantly sur
prised by the presentation of miniature
| Of her grandfather, David Keller. of Tus-
oumbia, Ala The presentation was made
by DIR. J. II. Keller of Hot Springs her
| uncle. his father having been Miss KEEL
| ler,s Grandfather The miniature was
| painted in 1918, and represents very
| handsome young man in the dress OF that
period. with stock and laced waist coat.