The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-01-22

had Just finished his period of con-
scription entered my service. He was
capable stenographer. and had COM
mand of several languages. l had en-
gagged him that he might tighten
somewhat the righteousness of my
work by copying manuscripts for
publication. but principally that l
might intrust to him the manage
ment of many minor matters.
| Very soon cruel Fate struck him
blow after blow. The death of his
first child. then of his wife. and
finally of his mother-one loss sue
ceeding another with sad swiftness-
overwhelmed him with grief and de-
spair. ! have always found that in
great sorrow work is the supreme al
leviator. l decided that If I could
| give him work up to the limits of his
physical endurance l should make 1t
possible for him to support his af-
nictions and sustain him in his soil
tude.
Just then | heard of Nowak's in
vention for the blind, and 1 had some
of his machines procured. | had for
a long time sought to aid the blind
In my own and other countries In a
manner that others had not till then
attempted. had found that those
who instructed the blind demanded
not enough of brain work and too
much manual labor, which deprived
which helps them to perform the
functions of eyes for those bereft of
their visual organs.
The machine did not justify its rep
utn'Ion. and l had another sent from
America. a very heavy and expensive
printing machine. which cost almost
G12O. and the manipulation of which
was SO fatiguing that a vigorous
: youth could not operate 1t for longer
than three hours each day.
: We had established an asylum for
the aged. As traversed its passages,
whence opened little rooms where tine
patients were already installed two
In room, ! passed youth wearing
dark spectacles and with the gait of
blind man.
II l cannot see far. God has placed
in my heart eyes that can see at
once when prompt help is needed.
When | had returned home babe
Monske hasten with all speed and
hire a small house, where he was to
install Theodoresco and his wife.
The blind man began at once TO
make proofs of the pages which
Monske then printed, and they
worked in harmony i'm a little garnet
in my residence. Again Theodoresco
earned his bread and lived happily
with his amiable young wife, thank
ing God daily for his fortune. In the
summer we went to Sinaia, while The
odoresco was sent to the waters, as
he suffered from muscular atrophy
probably caused by lead poisoning, to
which typographers are subject Soon
after our return Monske came to me
Il think that Theodoresco has discov-
cred something" And he explained
that his blind friend had passed the
summer months in trying to invent a
better printing machine than that he
was using. He had decided that the
Braille characters made upon paper
could be mounted on a paper cylinder
in such a manner that to take fur
Their Impressions was easy. Only a
practical typographer would have
solved the problem thus.
We patented the machine in the
principal countries of the world.
Monske worked necessarily. Christ
mas, 1906, he presented me with a
dainty little model. but when / worked
with it it revealed some few defects.
He set himself to work again, and at
last produced the present pattern, so
incredibly simple that my comment
was THE egg of Columbus"
A man completely blind is now
able to print 5000 sheets every day