New-York tribune., 1905-11-26
Hondicra1fs of the Blind.
Beau They Out"Dont Pity Sishtless
But Employ Them" Pleads MI. Campbell

s,orft r,ity the blind nlan-e1nploy him The
mind do not want charity. They simply ask JUS
ftce.s
This is the keynote of the gospel which Charles
z e. Campbell, superintendent Of the experiment
station for the trade training Of the blind at
Cambridge Mass. is everywhere preaching. Mr.
Campbell is the of the blind Dr.. Campbell, OF
London, whose achievements in striking out ne"
lines of occupation for the blind are well known
He spoae In New-York the other day, urging the
imperative need only finding occupations for
the sightiess but employing them when they are
trained
Employment bureaus for the blind he said.
'sare prime necessity. AT present even when
person wishes to employ blind man and woman
or 20 buy their handiwork, he seldom knows how
10 go shout It We need greater cooperation be-
The blind and the rest of the world. 1t is
thing % know how to cane a chair. quite another
30 get chairs 70 What is urgently needed is
an employment bureau and handicraft shop that
shall be run comparatively by New-York, Boston
snd Philadelphia and shall embrace the interests
Of the sightless all over the United States
HELEN KELLER HELPED.
What is blind man good for? What he do
.n free competition with the sighted? Must he
always remain object of pity and helpless de-
pendent upon the community?
These ere some of the problems which Mr.. Camp
ben ts trying solve at the experiment station 81
Cambridge and chapter in the development of
modern industr1a1ism is more striking than his
gto .
brought forth
Cambridge last year there just four occupa-
lions which open to sigfltless persons said
Nr. CsnL bell These were sewing and knitting,
Achair Gaming, broom and basnet making and mat
i3ress making. 1t great deal easier to teach
teheIn how TO make mattresses than it was to get
tnattresses for them to make Sightless girls and
: Eboys spending eight or ten years OF their
Vtives IN schools tho blind were then turned
tS stst one Teason ben tn that no efort was as
made By the schools to bring together the stghtless
ga1nut of trade mastered by the sightless Nss SO
os6e to 's get employers Of labor to e19 end
$50 Miss Helen Keller and appeared hefor. the
Massachusetts Legislature and begged to be al
iO.7sS ed to 90 DO something .,..- . o.,
The blind can't do anything in open conpeu-
en yes Ssh they iss Sssfns ea. t6d 5y tSs@
$50 w9nt IectIring all through the state, end as
fbe auspices Of the MASSACHUSETTS, Association for
MEMBER L. 1904, at No. 34SA Broadway. Cambridge.
THEIR ARTISTIC WORK
Tho definite purposes for which it was estab-
fxhed were threefold-to determine what indus
trial occupations otner than those already named
she bind could profftably engage in; TO establish
such Industries on business basis and to enable
blind persons when possible, to become wage
In shops or factories or selling agents.
trades With blind people Of average or less than
average mentality. Our purpose, you see. not
10 pick specially gifted people and exploit them
but discover rernunerattve occupations which
even detectives could follow successfully.
zone day saw Swedish woman working at
little loom. Next day set blind girl TO work
q loom Rug carpets without pattern color
scheme have been made by the blind for many
years but this the first attempt to produce
artistic results. Now we have an expert designer,
a woman supervise the work. which is taught
BY an Ingenious employment. OF piano keyboard.
We turning out rugs. portieres, table covers,
6raDeTies, centrepieceS, etc, which woman of
taste would be ashamed to in her house One
woman, by the way, placed an order with rs to
stlrnIsh ali of the textiles for her summer home,
and one OF the largest dTygoods houses in Boston
sells practically all of present output. Our
hand woven articles winning a place for them
selyes not as the of the blind, but by reason
of their artistic merit 1t is only necessary to tell
ms the color you want, and prepared to
work out correct and beautiful color schemes for
you In rugs, draperfes, table covers and almost
every form of hand woven article you can think
O"
Another industry that promises well for the
blind, and # is the direct fruit OF the CaInbEidse
experf ulerlt station is mop making Mr.. Campbell
eTrecfs to -pfpe up the floor literally well
meta phorica1ly, with the mop which a blind man
.rhis mop said Mr.. Campbell. sis generally