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the a scatter Only five Of the men are
married. and the presence Of two colored
workers proves that with the blind there
Is no race feeling.
To the average visitor there is nothing
noticeable about the eyes Of these blind
workers except in a few instances. Many
OF them have apparently normal sight az
ccpt that the expression Of the face Ia In
curing, uncertain as the step Of o stranger
IL heard. and one by one the heads are
turned toward the newcomer.
Some Of the eyes are wide opened, some
lalf closed, ore or two show marks Of the
socidents that have caused loss Of sight,
out in general the manager says it is i'm
possible for the average person to tell the
blind by the appearance Of the eyes.
THE way TO tell them,' he explains, SIS
oy the gestures, the shutting, undecided
walk, the position OF the head, little uncer-
which become marked habits after
a while and to the experienced tell at once
the story OF their handicap
A big loom stands in the room. An at
tempt was made to teach weaving, but the
blind workers could not detect the broken
threads, which must be instantly taken care
or. 1t is believed that the cleaning and
making Of mattresses may be added to the
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didn't you? A little moro to the right.
That's fine. Hold on to the frame. There
you are!" and the blind man sinks INTO his
own chair.
Its almost, not quite, as bad as being
on a Broadway car, " the manager goes on.
The shop is 40 small and 80 choked up
with materials that the men simply can't
get around without falling, and occasion
ally they get some hard knocks. tried
it myself the other day. l tied a bandage
over my eyes and when l took it Of was
black and blue, and yet l know my way
around pretty well.
But it is really surprising how few seri-
GUS accidents occur. Occasionally a man
runs into a door or cuts himself with a
knife, but along with the extra develop
ment Of other I aculties like that OF hearing
in the blind is the development Of caution,
and this brings the list Of accidents down
to the least minimum"
The shop was opened last March with
one worker. At present there are twenty
odd, and though the scope Of ter en-
deavor is limited, the shop is rapidly ap-
preaching the state OF being self-supporting.
Two industries only are -practised,
making brooms and Gaming chairs. Be-
ginners receive 81 q week, and this neces@
sarily creates a deficit. which it in believed
will be made up later On.
All the work is piece work. A competent
man can cane t~hree-Ohalrs a day. for which
he receives a cents each. For the broom
work he is paid 3 cents each for winding
brooms, thirty-hve a hundredweight for
sizing broom corn, one-half a cent a string
for sewing. and his industry in this line
may bring up his days wages to that OF
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tone; also her tail is thinner. What b
English call a whip tail is desired for a
short haired cat, because a thick tail, breed
ers say, shows a long haired ancestor.
An orange tabby king. Belle OF Bradford.
represented England, having won his
championship in that country before coming
here. He liz orange even to his eyes, tiger
markings OF a deeper shade running through
his coat. No touch OF white mars his per-
lection.
There are few orange queens" Miss
Cathcart said, "and there are no tortoise
shell kings. Belle of Bradford, there fore.
makes a good mate for a pretty tortoise shell
queen Of mine. Then, with an orange father
and a dark blue mother we can get the
pale blue kittens which are now so much
preferred to the dark blue"
The blue cat is a native Of Russia, though
it is commonly called Maltese, and a very
pale silver gray Is he odd shade now desired
in its coat.
A short hair cat society has recently
been founded in Rochester. Miss Cathcart
ia its president and it will have branches
in every city OF the country. 1t will strive
to instruct cat owners about the care n
possibilities Of cats. Besides exhibiting
at the regular cat shows this winter il Is TO
hold one OF it's own at which a special
feature will be prizes Of money for poor
mems cats.
A municipal ordinance will soon go into
eject in Rochester which will oblige any
one who keeps a tomcat q pay a breeders
| fee or license. This Ia regarded by cat
lovers OF that city a. the most practical
measure for decreasing h number OF
strays, which has been so great this summer
as TO make il impossible for the various
cat homes and shelters TO handle them.
ct would be impossible to have such q
law in New York yet" said Miss CarthcaTt.
THE city Is too large. Even in Rochester
il is merely an experiment and is likely TO
be modified. Later such a law might be
made practicable in large ~oities.'
In one Of the large summer rum is Billy
Baxter, a brown tabby and white, who is
especially interesting because he exhibits
what is considered perfect marking in all
cats which are not solid in color. The
white begins in a sharp point between the
eyes, spreads over the lips, covers the
chin and extends down the chest, forming
a shirt front. His -four feet are white.
When the white extends TO the legs OF such
a cat IL must be as even as possible on all
four.
The eyes OF all cats marked with white
should be orange, no matter what the other
color Of the coat may be. The pure white
cat, however, must have blue eyes, &C.
eOrding 10 the EngIhh rules; but in THU
country there IL a separate class for those
with yellow eyes.
Among the inmates OF he cutlery are
twenty cats in runs by themselves, anc
those nave a history. They are the wards
OF a New York woman who devotes tint
and money to rescuing strays from the
streets and keeping them at her own ex
pense until she can find good homes FOR
them. Among many beauties in this col.
lection Of former tramps are two remark
able. gigantic white cats.
Il ave had about forty boarders thiI
' summer said Miss Cathcart. The oaro o
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Of his other pleasure, which consists oil
his attendance at tho Blind Mans Club,
which meets at It's o on Madison
avenue every week. The members \
amuse themselves with dominoes, play \
with cards printed specially for them /
and often listen to lectures and musi- |
Gales.
But" and the visitor, forgetting for
the moment one phase OF their afiiction.
speaks impulsively. "aren't you afraid Of
being out at nisht2"
A laugh goes about the workshop.
Afraid to be out at nighte Why,
it's all night with u.s."
But the visitor does not laugh.
Then the silence falls again ave for
the sounds OF work. One man taking
a finished chair to put it away and
another whose completed broom Is to II
be placed on the heap designed for the \
use OF the Gov ern in Manila collide.
Both speak at once, good-naturedly.
Get out Of my way, you blind
idiot, " they say with 80 good natured,
humorous an expression that in. spite
Of herself the visitor laughs and the
workers laugh. too, in sympathy.
One Of the most interesting Of the blind
men is the salesman who does outside work
and brings to the attention OF business mer
the economic possibilities Of the establish
ment.
He came to us one day I" said the mana
ger, and asked for work. DE had beer
a waiter and said that he first noticed hi
failing sight when he gave the change OF
ten dollar bill to a man who had given hin
only a dollar. That was,a terrible blow
for a waiter, as you may imagined
The Blind Hustler we call him. and hi
is really a marvel of industry. One Of the
difficulties the average salesman has Il
contend with IL to get the attention o
the man to whom he wants b sell Go0da
for such men are always protected by al
oalce force from oanvassers. Ono pas
the barrier, a smooth tongued man cal
usually make good.
Il tried itwhen the shop was first opened
and I got turned down at every plaoe
This man penetrstes the most rigdIy pro
tected Offices.
Occasionally some one will offer him
silver piece and expect him to 60. h
hands back the money and insists on see
ing his possible customer, and when 1t i
found that he IL in earnest and no begga
he usually achieves his purpose.
"Once allowed to enter the Blind Hustle
sits down and talks business. Tie ask
for no aid, but states his proposition.
As soon as a business man discover
that goods can be purchased at the blin'
workshop a. cheaply az at other place
he will invariably give it the preferences
and that Us charity in the truest sense o.
the word-the only charity that is worth
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The workshop for the blind men is on
East Forty-second street. To reach it you
have TO ascend a steep stairway, dark,
dusty and forbidding. 1t is not too easy
Of accent for one in possession Of all his
faculties, and one wonders how the blind
vorkmen get past it in safety.
Not q OF the men who go there day
after day is escorted thither by any one
or called for. Alone. with only a stick
for guide. all make the journey from all
parts OF the city, finding their way across
the p~eriIous crossings where autos honk-
honk along, where cars and carriages bear
down upon the unthinking. Slowly, pain
fully they creep to their destination.
Onoe visitors arrive at the top OF the
dismal stairway a cheerful looking, broad
smiling manager appears.
The stairs are pretty bad" he admitted
70 SUN reporter. "I'm the only one who has
the use Of his eyes here and I'm the only
one who falls up and tumbles down stairs;
but never mind, we'll get an elevator and
Q nice big place some day"
He blows some dust Oh a couple OF chairs
and arranges them 30 as to give a good view
Of the shop.
A stiffness has fallen upon 1t at the advent
Of the visitors. 1t is a long, narrow room.
In nearly every place where men and women
work day after day some little touch OF
human interest will be shown-a flower,
. poster, a touch Of color, warmth, light.
Hero all Is gray, s~hadowlike, dreary.
Tho stiffness 10 finally broken by the
cheerful voice Of the manager, who steers
one Of the workers away, as he nearly falls
into the Ian Of the reporter.
Lost your balance nearly that time,
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As TO DREAMS.
Nr. BIIItOpS on IN FancIes cherished
By Both Men and women.

Nr. BllltOpS on the FAncles Ghcrlsheu
BY Both Men and women.
I'VE all dream dreams said Mr.. Billtops,
and l suppose il we could look into our
neighbours heart, be that neighbor man or
woman, we might find there cherished
aspirations and fancies Enthusiastically at
variance with the said neighbours con-
vential demeanor and orderly life.
"A man l know, energetic, capable, enec-
tive, successful and in all his life notably
systematic, tells me that il he could do as
he would like to do he would be a tramp.
Nc less a person than Mrs. Billtops, paragon
of domesticity and devotion. conndes to
me that she always wanted TO be an actress.
Let us be grateful that actually she chose
to play her charming part on the Billtop
household stage.
But we all dream dreams, and though
We may never realize them. yet we cherish
them through life. and-or 50 for the great
majority OF us-they do US no harm. True.
some Of US waste time in dreaming, and
some Of us fairly run away in pursuit OF
dreams, searching for the pot OF gold at the
foot OF the rainbow, but most Of us work
and dream, and our dreams do no harm.
We admire the heroes Of history and we
love the heroes OF romance, for we would
like to be like them, and fOndly We fancy
We might be placed in like circumstance
The gentle girl dreams Of a splendid lover,
the strong man dreams OF the achieve
ment OF his ambition.
1--WE dream OF fine houses and carriages
and jewels, or IL may be that the dreams
OF many Of us--but these as soaring in
their way, perhaps, o. lOftier dreams OF
~Others-carry US only into the clouds OF
comfort. Or, dissatisfied with u lot oil
calling in life. we dream Of a day when
il will be happier.
But all these are only the familiar dreams
the dreams commonly indulged. We hav,
many strange dreams, n these NAV b'
haNOored by the seemingly most prosaic
as well as by those most impressionable
II we could look in6 the heart Of our neigh
Dor. man or woman, We might be amused
or amazed. .
Necessity is our greatcrt blessing: i
keeps US at work and II ls in work IN accom-
plishing things that man finds his only
real enjoyment. And for the rest OF uf
work keeps US busy; Il gives US little time
for dreams, and these may then bs q solacs
10 w and they may stimulate us 10 greater
endeavor, but necessity Keeps our ieea
on the eArth,and 90 by labor We are saved.
' But we all dream dreaEns.'
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the cat7 Nothing better can be given
them to eat than table scraps.
Il give my cats a drink Of fresh milk in
the early morning and after that two meals
a day. Some people do not believe in milk
for cats, but I do. They have raw beef
and many other kinds of meat, besides the
rabbits and chickens.
Il give them constant variety, every meal
different from the last. or vegetables OF
all sorts they should have al abundance;
they are also fond OF cereals. Raw egg is
good for them. and cats are always fond
Of it; but it is too heating for summer diet.
"A cat should never he washed. The
short hairs ought to be combed several
times a week and the cats should h be
rubbed with a cloth to polish their coats
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The WAY TO Be EVER YOUNG.
INDUSTRY NEEDED TO KEEP OLD
AGE FROM COMING on.
The Hair should he Ventilated 10 Give IL
life -Brightening h Eyes and Clear
Ing the skin Hands Can for Atten-
lion ant Figure Must Be Preserved

IN whisper TO you how I keep my good
looks, said an actress. Il am - and l PASS
for 28.
When I first went on the stage I looked
NV full age, which war 20. At 80 ! looked 20
and at IS I looked IS. Then l woke up,
and from that time on ! have been steadily
getting younger and younger.
People tell me that ] look more youth
full now than I did ten years ago, and 1
believe it myself. Why should / nOty =.
Letting yourself grow old il a habit.
II you fall into il you will find It hard to
get yourself out Of it. / had the habit
and I know.
THE first Of all old age faults il that
OF laziness. Laziness is the friend OF old
age. Actresses who grow old are lazy.
They have not the spirit nor the industry
to remain young.
Il went at the matter with a great deal
OF courage. I had grown q little bit too
heavy, and my skin was a little bit yellow
and my hair line was getting queer. I
had begun to be an old
THE hair line, 1 will remark, ia that
curious line which Is drawn as the boundary
Of youth and old age. II is the line which
the hair takes around the face. II lie ever
so pretty in a young woman, but an old
woman very quickly loses it.
my hair line was mostly gone. There
were great hollows at my temples, and
back OF my ears the hair had begun to get
thin.
Being an actress I knew that I must
keep pretty IL I wanted to continue to
act. So l took lessons in getting back
my youth. As / studied I found that other
actresses were doing the same.
The beauty parlors are filed with three
classes OF people. There are actresses,
society women and business women. All
three realize that. they must be charming
II they are going to keep up.
This is specially true of the actress. Next
comes the business woman, and then the
society m
Il vent from the fOotlights one night ia
the beauty parlor Of a professional. She
| charges $50 for a night visit.
Give me something to make me young
I said.
! That night / had heard some one in a boz
I say: She ISN'T as pretty az she used to be.
And some one in the same box replied
No, she is getting Old NV heart wal
heavy.
at me with a plying expression.
Too bad, she said. It h. almost too
late To begin, 1 fear, but Gun try
am "A woman | retorted with
some asperity, and there Is no reason why
! should not look young
parior, but you haye grown careless and
q little bit lazy. When that COndition
arrives there INIT very much hope. But
sj6sn she took down my hair and shook
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not appear in each family. 30 the scope
had TO be ~broadened, and now h kennels
hold prize winners Of all oolors.
The black oats, however, are Miss Cath
carts chief pride, and n Of these, Prissy.
is considered the most perfect OF her kind
in existence.
the fine black cat is coal black, and
without a touch Of white on it anywhere
she explained as she exhibited her treasure.
@The eyes should be a deep orange, which
is very hard to procure. those Of most black
cats being yellow. l brought Prissy from
London, where I paid $3.50 for her."
Prissy has a broad head. round face,
very small ears set far apart, n large
round eyes placed straight across. the face,
without the slightest slant upward. These.
her mistress explained, are the points which
all breeders strive for in short haired cats.
The kings OF the establishment occupy
each his separate run and little summer
cottage. Most OF the kennels are like
miniature Queen Anne cottages, with two
stories and many doors and windows, for
all cats love a place in which to hide and
climb.
The bedding in these houses must be
burned and renewed every day without
fail Miss Cathcart said. Then each
cat has " houses, one being taken away
after 1t has been in use two or three days,
thoroughly disinfected, scrubbed and
left to the suna and air while the other is in
use. One must not economic trouble
when running a cattery.
This is Riquiqui. a royal Siamese king,
unfastening the gate of a large run.
Riouiqui's sleek coat is the color OF covert
| cloth, while his short, crooked tail, his ears,
nose and legs are dark brown. His eyes
might be patches Of the sky, they are such
a clear, turquoise blue.
sYou see how crooked his tail Is" said
! his mistress. THAT is considered a very
good point in a Siamese cat; so are the
blue eyes. The darker the points OF the
| siamese the higher he ranks. The brown
In Riuuidui's coat Is a little light just now,
but it will become darker in the winter.
These cats are growing in favor here
as pets among wealthy women, but they
are extremely hard to raise in this climate,
| They are very much in vogue in Paris just
now because they are odd al we'll as beauti-
full. Riquiqui came from Paris with me
| in the spring and his wife is to ollow
| soon. Such a pair is worth about BIS.
And this is Buster Erown, NE con-
tinued, opening another Of the small runs
He is a champion short h E smoke and
a native Of America
Placed by the side Of a black cat Buster
coat showed a tinge OF plum color or dark
' cinder, though without the comparison
the difference was scarcely noticeable
Unlike the black cat, however, his under ful
l. r,tre white. the hair shading gradually
from white at the roots to black brown on
the tips.
This is the popularity Of all sn,ke'
which are extremely rare. and especially
40 in the short haired class. Buster IA a
J champion OF his kind, and has been beaten
only once. and then by his wife, Judy b.
for whom Miss Cathcart paid 500
Judy b. lacks the handsome, wei shaped
head Of her mate. but excsls him In the
] fine quality Of her coat and hs even upper
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4 FLIRTATION.
Incident In a street Car as Reported by
the Conductor.

"She wasn't one bit like the girls who in
dulge in public fiirtations; abe was 80 tall
and cold and stately" began h car con-
ductor who observes things. when she
got in at T~hirty-ffth street | saw her catch
his eve Immediately.
He seemed indifferent and turned his head
away. She squeezed herself into the seat
next to him, and he became absorbed IN
looking ont Of the window.
She welt TO all sorts Of trouble 70 attract
his attention, that girl. l saw her myself.
Finally she janrled her chatelaine loudly
and looked at him alluringly from beneath
her long Il shed eycs.
Then he turned anu gased at Ter queS-
t~ioningly. She ymiled, a bright. unabashed
smile. with the whole car looking at her.
"Something in that smile warned him,
,~I' hpte the CtrtIctor par SD impress
sively and tried TO hide the twinkle In his
eve he reached ont two pink, chubby
little hands to grasp her dangling chate-
laine.
well. air. she kissed one 81 those chubby
little hand- and punched his little appls rcd
cheeks and then asked the woman who
held him a question. Guess n va his
mother, and she asked how I'D b wG.'
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while. To put the workshop in such shape
that goods can be ohered at the market
rates is the %endeavor, at present. OF tine
people interested.
these people are DR.. Lyman Abbott,
president; Miss Helen Keller and DR.. +.
Park Lewis. vice-presidents; DR.. John Shaw
Billings, Samuel Langhorne Clemens Mark
Twain, DR.. Nicholas Murray Butler, Robert
W. DE Forest, honorary vice-presidents;
secretary and treasurer. Miss Winifred
Holt; Mrs. Edward Hewitt, Mrs. Seth Low,
Charles F. Campbell, James H. Hamilton,
Charles P. Rowland, Eben F. Morford,
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executive committee. and on the advisory
board are the ame among others, OK
DR.. Felix Adler, Joseph H. Choate, Arch
bishop Farley, tie Right Rev. David II.
Greer, DR.. George Jacoby. ". Arnold
Knapp, DR., P%arkhurst.
"An the moneys collected at the work.
shop are turned over 10 the New York State
Association for Promoting the interests
of the Blind, by which in turn the men are
paid and the other Expenses Of the estab-
lishment met, A census recently taken by
this society shows "A total Of three thousand
blind people in Greater New York"