The Washington herald., 1908-01-05

him if he had any suggestion as TO the
character of the song he desired.
why. yes he replied, Safe in the
Arms Of Jesus"
The blind woman rapturously elasped
her hands.
"oh, what a beautiful thoughtr' she
cried Then she fell TO work, and in
thirty minutes had produced eight verses,
three OF which are still sung around the
world
Another Author of Mathematics.
Like Miss Crosby. Dr. Newell Perry,
tutor in mathematics for Columbia Uni
yersity students believes that if he ever
regained his sight the development Of
his work would be greatly hindered. He
has been able TO concentrate because Of
his blindness, he says, and he fears that
with his sight restored he would lose to
a great degree his power 10 concentrate.
He, too, is the author of mathemat-
ical treatise. which he wrote while a stu
dent at Munich, and which that uniyer-
sity has adopted as a standard. He
went abroad after graduating from the
| University OF California, and taking a
postgraduate course at the University
he graduated from California. and his
mathematical and other student feats
caused him 70 be known on the Coast
as the brilliant blind student" He
went through college on the money he
made as a coach.
Unlike most blind persons, DR.. Perry
walks neither with cane nor an at
tendant. He moves about in a crowded
street as easily as Herreshoff does on
| the deck Of a yacht plunging in a frOthy
sea. So far he has never met with an
accident, because, he says, he can tell
something about the size Of objects he
approaches by the sound Of his football,
and governs himself accordingly.
| As a student In California, ne got his
| Irecreatio by riding a bicycle. On these
trips he was accompanied by a friend.
| who rode ahead a little way and sig
nailed with his bell when vehicles were
| approaching. When he was in Munich
DIR. Perry endeavOred to persuade some
/ Of his fellow-students 20 ride with him,
| but they could not understand why even
a Yankee should desire 10 be so fool
hardy. and so refused. The professors,
/ too. forbade Perry to ride. and he had
TO content himself with walking.
Blind Boss of Rhode Island.
! Gen. Charles r. Brayton, lately de-
posed as boss" Of Rhode Island, and
blind since 1900, was college bred, like
Campbell CARL, Perry. and Gore IN.
deed, Buckley Is the country's only big
blind man who did not go 10 college
Instead, he ran away from home when
a boy, and at twenty started in the sa-
loon business opposite the Mare Island
Navy Yard. BraytOH- was a boss" be-
fore he became blind: Buckley developed
into one after he lost his sight Bray
ton. like Prof Campbell, did not let the
loss Of this sense interfere with his life's
work; he kept as strong a grip as ever
on the Rhode Island Republican machine
loosening his hold only recently after
his failure 10 elect his man United
states Senator. He was the pOlitica
power in Little RhOdy for upward oI
twenty years.
4 good deal might be written der0ga
tory OF his political methods, but no
OF his civil war record. lie left col
lege in his sophomore year to organic,
a company TO fight for the Union. WheI
the war closed he had risen 20 the ranl
Of c. lionel, as a member Of the Heavl
Artillery. having participated in numer
Gus important engagements, among then
being the capture Of Port Royal and III,
reduction Of Fort Sumter.
gCoWnght. lGs. by De1ter Marshall)