The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-10-13

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ar. the stool hcok stachs containing thoa-
~nis ~ books, periodicals and pamphlets.
forming tho moet remarkable coil~ctior n
statistics ~ rrsari ,o tho deaf that exists
anywhere w tho world
Nv. Is~ll has tho he-t oi rvsson. for heins
Interested In the leaf Hts own wife 10
VIA, used Ia no called u deaf mute. though
~ IL no longer an accurats term Mrs.
Bell has b~~n taught spesch. and AZ she
is an accomplished lip reader many ger
q have met and talked with her without
discovering her deafness.
N war Dr Bell himself who taught her
~ speak. His father. Alexander Melville
He'll, invented the system known az visible
speech and -ont hisson from Scotland 20 this
country to introduce the method in schools
for the deaf here.
Among the young mans pupils was a
daughter Of Gardiner q. Hubbard Her
TEACHER fell In love with her and she he
caune the wife Of the inventor
Ths Volta Bureau corresponds with
almost every civilized country In regard to
work for the deaf. On Its shelves are
books N all languages. Its aid il sought
! by various Governments.
Japan sent a representative To this
country To study our system Of ~instruc-
ton for the leaf and the man thus sent
spent weeks at work in the Volta Bureau.
II has complied tables II statistics not TO
be found anywhere else.
II il a gratifying fact that the bureau's
invest CATION shows the United States to
lead in work for the deaf. Germany. how
ever, il a close second. The report for 1900
shows ira schools for the deaf in this
! country, with a total of 0.a48 pupils. Ger
many has ninety-nine schools with 6,8a7
pupils.
Great Britain comes third and France
fourth. Even China hae three schools,
although two are French institutions Ia
Cochin China. and the third was established
by an American missionary and struggles
along on gifts sent from this country and
England. As the school accommodates only
fifteen pupils and China is supposed To have
about 400 900 totally deaf p,rsous, 10 10 not
exactly adequate.
Japan has three schools. two OF them
founded by natives and ono maintained ut
the public expense.
One of the interesting faots brought 10
light by the work Of the bureau is that the
deaf mutes Of the country are increasing at q
greater rate than the population at lar &c.
and that the highest rate Of increase In the
deaf mute olass is amons the deaf mutt,
children Of similarly afflicted parents. Con-
genital deafness seen,s to be a Character
istic Of certain families. One II IL ali
through tho rsmifyine branches