New-York tribune., 1907-01-07
AN ANGEL TO THE BLIND.
A Little Woman Takes Proteges to Walk, to
Church and Even to Shop.

A woman who found she was not strong enough
TO her living in the ordinary ways, most Of
In ono position. has solved her problem in a most
interesting way, and while helping herself has be-
come gleam of brightness-the only in most cases
IN many darkened lives Being observant per
son, she was struck by the difficulty that blind
people had IN getting across the streets She
always helped them out OF their predicament when
she saw them. and It occurred her that there
must be many more sightess ones TO whom her
eyes might be OF service She mentioned the matter
TO some phianthropio friends and they engaged her
TO look after some blind proteges and TO hunt UP
other blind people, both and women. and carry
them few rays Of sunshine. So now she has quite
a clientele Of blind friends who call her the Tight
OF their lives" and such In literal truth shs Is,
Her patrons pay her 50 month for visiting blind
person twice a week. but THIS makes all the differ
enoe to that person between q tclerabis and
intolerable existence.
The blind taught to do many wonderful
things that people who can sec do not realize how
much there is that they cannot do. Blind women,
for instance, venture the streets alone
Blind may be patheticaly probing the
universal darkness with their canes. but women
are too tmid to go out ] ]unaScompanied They can can
AS they cannot peoples faces and Judge OF their
%hen they ae III %oad her de
r t they VISITOR o the SsFy yaa S 70 s
to. q: ~ .a' . ,-'' %. VI ' ,.,s. s ~ -. 49,.
them in tears because they were afraid would
pot come. They depend upon me TO do their mar
keting and many other little things, and II IL Is
fine day day they are to be so616 for hsy E eR
when get them out It Is all can do TO get them
back again. They beg for tust few moro minutes
couple more blocks Yet they are very tmid
ana fearful OF every step, for they cannot tell
when they hear a motor car or carriage how
near It is. This makes the work very exhRustng
sometimes.
'T have an old blind couple that take to church
every fine Sunday. They hadn't been 10 church
for eight years before l discovered them. When
the weather is bad 60 TO them Just the same on
Sunday and read to them. I do great deal OF
reading and would fnd Il great help IL had
more Books. It is almost impossible to get them
from libraries. because l can't keep them out long
enough. also wish very much that I could get
theatre and concert tickets. II ] could only de-
pend having three seats a week l could take
them to a theatre concert once a month.
1T seems a pity that can't have them. because
there are many back seats that are never sold
and would do me just well as a box or a SCAT In
'of course, all my people poor. II they
didn't have anything but bread and milk for her
Christmas dinner. and don't suppose many OF
them had much. You see. they are excluded from
many Christmas benefits because they can't go
after things. The do their own work, even
to washing ironing and scrubbing Often IN fry!ng
Ing fat and have TO bandage their hanas heve
to be the doctor quite often. they arc afraid
Of doctors. They win never have a doctor III
they have to, snd they wouldn't have him then II
II began my work before tho New. York Assooia-
ton for the Blind was formed. and the people
visit totally neglected and wearytng for death
when found them"