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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-03-29

a short time she has already taught
three other blind girls to become opera
tors.
Many of the blind men have been
taught massaging and now the associa-
ton has constantly on hand d corps OF
skillful masseurs, who have been thor
'Oughly trained in Swedish movements.
The blind are pre-eminently fitted for
this sort of work, because of their Won
derful sense of touch and dexterity in
the use of their hands. In London mas
sag e by the blind is an accepted and
successful profession. Some doctors
will employ no others In Japan. until
recently, none except the blind were
allowed to do massage, and in YokO-
hama alone it is stated that out of the
LOCO masseurs earning a livelihood 900
are blind.
Among the members of the associa-
ton are many skilled piano tuners. In
the factory toymakers turn out cleverly
made doll houses and doll furniture.
BrOoms, baskets, hammocks. mat
tresses, chairs and all manner of wor-
sted and knit goods are made by the
workmen. One of the men, though to-
tally blind, is an expert barber.
For the amusement of the blind. Ordi-
nary games. such as chess and checkers.
are specially made.sIn the leisure hours
four blind men may sit down TO a game
of whist. The cards resemble the ordi-
nary deck. with the exception of the
tiny raised points ON the faces. These
denote the suit and the denomination.
Some of the blind have become skilfful
bridge whist players.
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"WhOOpe-e-e, me felleTs, You're the
real persimmOns. you are"
We couldn't find a hotel where they'd
take us in that night. so we had 10
bride a farmer to let us use his spare
bedrooms. We tethered Rajah to a Dig
apple tree just under our windows To
keep him quiet, and let him browse on
a Rose of Sharon bush. He only ripped
off the rain pipe and trod a flower bed
as hard as a paved court.
At breakfast Pinckney remarks, sort
of SOothin': We might as well enjoy
Rajah's society while we have it. !
suppose those circus men will be after
him i'm few days"
Then he remembers that receipt and
pulls it out l could see something Was
queer by the way he screwed up n;s
mouth. He losses the paper over TO
me. Say do you know what them two
ulsteret guys had done? They'd given
Pinckney a bill of sale, maxim over all
rights. privileges and good will entire.
You're it," says 1.
so it seems" says Pincknev. But
l hardly know whether I've got Rajah
or Rajah's got me-
IF | owned something l didn't
want" says 1, seems to me I'd sell it.
There must be other come-ons."
We viii sell him." says Pinckney.
Well, we tried. For three or four
days we didn't do anything else: and,
say, when / think of them DAYS they
seem like a mince pie dream. We did
our handsomest to make those Nut
meggers believe that they needed
Rajah in their business, that he would
be handy to have around the place.
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New York World. }

tNeW u fk NOrld.)
/ A new field of endeavor has been
| opened to those men and women whose
misfortune it is to be blind. a field
/ which heretofore has been controlled
by men and women whose chief requi-
| site has been keen eyesight. The new
work is that of shorthand and typewrit-
/ ing, and the first blind woman exponent
to enter the profession in New York
state If not in the entire country. may
be seen daily at her desk in the offices
and salesrooms of the New York Asso-
citation for the Blind. in East Fifty
ninth street. In addition to the large
volume of Office work correspondence.
the stenOgrapher has many outside GUS
toners who come in during the day TO
give her dictation. With 9 speed ex-
ceeding that of the average shorthand
writer, and with no other guide than
remarkable mentality and amazing
subtle sense of touch, the stenographer
takes down the dictation by means of
shorthand machine.
The machine resem bles q small type
writer. with the exception that there
are only six keys. Each of these keys
when struck produces on a thin ribbon
OF paper a raised dot. one or more, OF
even all, may be struck at once, and
the various combinations which may be
obtained give a wide range of symbols
The system used is what is known as
the English Braille.
When there is a rush of work the
stenographer viii sometimes take down
a dozen or more letters as rapidly as
the average person can talk. and with
much greater degree of accuracy than
the ordinary stenogra pher. After the
dictation is over the girl takes the long
roll of paper covered with the raised
symbols, turns to an ordinary type
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them black eyes of his, and there was
the very divil an all in 'em, with his
face as straight as a crowbar.
Certainly" says he, ''well be happy
to meet Rajah."
They had him mOored to one of the
floor beams with an OK chain around
his nigh hind foot. He wasn't as big
as all out doors, nor he wasn't any
vest-pOcket edition either. AS ele-
plants CO. he wouldn't have made the
welter-weight class by about ton. He
was what I'd c3ll just a handy size,
about two bureaus high by one wide.
His iv'ry stooD rails had been sawed
off close to his jaw, so he didn't look
any more wicked than a foldin' bed.
And his eyes didn't have that shifty
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. look they general
iy does. They were kind of soft, wild
Owy. oh-me- poor-cheild eyes.
HE is sad. very sad, about all this. -
says one of the real gents. Know?
Ratah knows almost as much as we do.
sir"
Pinckney took his word for it. II
think I shall accommodate you with
that loan" says he. Come into the
hotel"
Say, I didn't think you could gold
brick Pinckney as easy as that one
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of the guys wrote out a receipt and
Pinckney showed it into his pocket,
handin' over a wad of yellow backs.
They didn't lose any time about head
in southeast. those two in the ulster
cts. Then we goes back to have an
other look at Rajah.
ITS wonderful thing, professor.
this pride of possession" says Pinck-
ney. only a few persons in the world
own elephants l am one of them.
Even though it is only for a week. and
he is miles away, l shall feel that I
own Rajah. and it will make me glad"
Then he winks, so I knows he's just
bein gay. But Rajah didn't seem so
gladstone. He was rOckin' his head
back and forth, and just as we gets
there out rolls big tear, about a tum-
blerful
Cant We do something to chirk him
up a bit?" says 1. He seems to take
it hard, being hung up on ticket
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tub when we went out to say good
by. He stretched his trunk out after US
as we went through the door. Wed
climbed into the car and was just get
tin under way when we hears things
smash. and looks back to see Rajah,
with a section of the stable floor drag
gin behind, coming after US on the
gallop.
Beat it," says / to Goggles. and he
was reachin' for the speed lever, when
he sees a town constable, with a tin
badge like a stove lid, pull a brass
watch on us.
whats the limit?" shouts Pinck-
ney.
''Ten an hour or ten dollars" says he
Here's your ten and costs" says
Pinckney. tossing him a sawbu9k. Go
ahead, Francois.
We jumped into that village Ordin-
ance at forty-mile an hour clip, and
would have had Rajah hull down in
about two minutes but Pinckney had
to take one last look The poor old
mutt had quit after a few jumps. He
had squat in the middle of the road
lifted up his trombone frontispiece and
was bellowin' out his grief like a calf
that has lost its mommer. Pinckney
couldn't stand for that for minute.
81 say now, We'll have to go back,
says he. That wall would haunt me
for days if l didn't"
So back we goes TO Rajah. and he al
most stands on his head, he's so glad
, to see us again
Wen just have to slip away with
out his knowing it next time" says
Pinckney. Perhaps he will get over
his gratitude in an hour or So
We unhitches Rajah from the stable
floor nd ct hack fol. 10 hnfa1 The
landlord met us halfway.
Don't you bring that critter near
my place ag'in!" shouts he. Take him
away before he tears the house down. .
An no jolyin' nor green money could
change the hayseed's mind. The whole
population was with him, too While
we were jawin' about it, along comes
the town marshal with some kind of
injunction warnin' us to remove Rajah.
the same bein' a menace to life and
property.
There want nothing for it but to
sneak. We moves out of that burg at
half speed, with old Rajah paddin' close
behind. his trunk resting affectionately
on the tonneau-back and a kind of
satisfied right-tO-hOme look in them
little eyes of his.
Made me feel like a pair of yellow
to think there was something funny
about it. And over the hills and far
away the happy princess followed
him. as Tennyson puts it, says he.
''TennysOn was dead onto his lob. ("
says l. But when do we annex the
steam callioDe and the boys i'm red
coats with banners? We ought to
have the rest of the grand forenoon
parade, or else shake Rajah.'
'Oh, perhaps we can find quarters
for him in the next town, where he
hasn't disgraced himself" says Pinck-
ney.
Pinckney hadn't counted on the tele-
phone, though. A posse with shotguns
and bench warrants met us a milo cut
from the next place and shooed US
away. They'd heard that Rajah was a
killer and they had brought along
a pound of arsenic to feed him. After
they'd been coaxed from behind their
barricade, though, and had seen what
a gentle, confidin' beast Rajah really
was, they compromised by letting Us
take road that led into the next
county.
This is gettin' suItry," says I, as we
soes on the sidetraek.
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writer and types the letters with a speed
which is seldom attained by the aver
age operator having the full use of mis-
or her eyes.
To learn the system and to be able
to turn out rapid work requires pains
taking study but to those with whom
days is night, whose fingers must serve
the purpose of eyes, the study is pur-
sued with such earnestness and persist
ency that many qualify as stenogra-
pliers and typewriters with only six
months instruction. Another system
taught the blind by the teachers of the
association is that of taking dictatiOn
from photographic records.
The purpose of the New York Associa-
ton for the Blind is to enable those af-
f1icted with loss of sight to become self
supporting. The organization is the out
growth of the Committee for Tickets
for the Blind, which was founded four
years ago 1t was incorporated only
last year, and in this short time paying
occupation has been brought into the
lives of hundreds of blind persons.
Shorthand and typewriting is only one
of the many money-earning professions
taught to the pupils of the school.
When pupil comes to the associa-
ton thorough examination, determines
the character of work for which the APP
plicant is best fitted. When the pupil
has reached a wage-earning stage the
blind person is either given employ
ment in the factory of the associat ton in
East Forty second street, or else work
is found outside.
In the offices on Fifty-ninth street.
which take up the entire building. is a
larged telephone switchboard preside
over by skillful blind operator. With
rare dexterity and fingers that move
lightly but with lightning speed she To-
Gates the drops, plugs up the connection
and rarely makes a mistake Although
she has been a telephone operator only
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plant grin and look tickled and try to
say thank you? The way he talked
deaf and dumb with his trunk and
shook hands with us and patted us on
the back was almost as human as the
way man acts when the jury brings
in Not guilty" Inside of three min
utes Rajah was that kinky he tried to
do a dOuble-shuffle and nearly wrecked
the barn. It made us feel good, too,
and we stood around there and threw
bouquets at ourselves for what we'd
done.
Then the cook came out and wanted
TO know should she keep right on boil
ing them eggs or take EN- off; so we
remembers about breakfast. Calm
for a new deal on the eggs, we sent
out word for 'em to fix up a tub of hot
mash for Rajah and told the landlord
to give our friend the best in the sta
bic.
Rajah was fetchin' the bottom of the
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Il am enjoying it," says Pinckney.
Now let's have some road work
Say, you ought to have seen that
procession. First comes me and Pinck-
ney, in running gear: then Rajah, hoOf-
ing along at our heels, as joyous as a
chowder party; and after him Goggles,
with the benzine wagon. Seems to me
I've heard yarns about how grateful
dumb beasts could be to folks that
had done 'em good turn, but Rajah's
act made them tales seem like sarSa-
parilla ads. He was chOck full of graf
ituGe. He was nutty over it. Seemed
like he couldn't think of anything else
but that wholesale toOthache of his and
how he'd got shut of it. He just adopt
ed us on the spot. Whenever we
stopped he'd hang around and looN us
over, kind of admirin', and we couldn't
move a step but he was there, fiappin'
his big ears and swingin' his trunk,
just as though he was sayin':
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There's something the matter with
this elephant;" says Pinckney, taking
front view of him. He's in pain. See
if you can't find a veterinary, profess
sor."
Yes, they said there was a horse doc
tor knOckin' around the county some
where. He worked in the shingle mill
by spells, and then again in the chair
factory. or did odd jobs. A blonde
haired native turned up who was sure
the doc had gone hog KILN up to the
corners. SO 1 goes back to the stable
I've found out" says Pinckney. It's
toothache. He showed me. Open up,
Rajah, and let the professor see. Up,
up"
Rajah was accommodating. He I'M
hinged the top half of his face to give
me private view. We used d box of
matches locating that punky grinder.
There was a hole in it big enough 10
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WHEN TEDDY SINGS 1T.

FP1ttsDurg DispatCh)
Do we understand esteemed contempt
raries that are animadverting on Presi-
dent ROosevelt's reference 10 INV peo-
Pile" to place under the same general han
the line My Country. lis of Thee?'
The Washington times., 1908-10-12
HICKS REGISTERED
AGAINST THOMPSON
Georgetown Referee Will Not Off
ciate at Harvard-Yale
Game

Mike Thompson, the veteran george
town referee. will not o6iciate In the
Yale-Harvard football contest this year
The reason for this change or onclaIs
does not seem 10 be entirely evident Dul
the consensus Of opinion dopes II out
that the change was effected because OF
an uufavorable ruling on downs IN the
Yale-Harvard game, and the long recess
which he granted the wearers or the
biue between halves OF the game against
Princeton
In the Harvard-Yale game the KICK
came on Thompson's decision on a dis
mute on downs. which greatly displeasec
The Harvard contingent. and caused
some comment and correspondence Inc
sdherents OF the Princeton team were
likewise volubIe when the Yale team
rrotted onto the field fully ten minutes
after the Tigers had been called for the
second half OF the struggle, the more
Dess{rnIstic OF the Tiger rOOters aveTTtng
NAT the delay caused the downfall OF
the Orange and Black
Nothing has been heard from Nike
rerarding the matter. with the excep-
tion that il IS understood that he Will
referee the smaller games for the Yale
eleven
The Washington times., 1908-10-12
Batting Again Starts the Rally
That OUertfroDs Detroit Tigers
In One Short, Saddening Round

porary fence for two bases. Overall
was tossed out by Donovan. Sheckard
singled and King scored. Evers beat
out bunt and walked down 10 second.
while Donovan and other Tigers were
comforting" Schultz tripled and
Sheckard and Evers scored Donovan
threw the ball over Schmidt's head and
Schultz gaIloped home.
The Tigers made only four hits, Of
which Schaefer got two. Overall had
the big Detroit hitters helpless. In the
fifth ne pitched himself out Of a hole
when, with one down, SchaSfer drove
a safe one TO center. Schmidt followed
with a hit to right. Downs struck out
and Donovan put up a fly 70 Steinfeldt.
Left in Seventh.
In the seventh Schaefer beat out a
bunt- He started 10 steal second and
was caught fairly between the bases,
but Tinker dropped Chances throw and
Germany" was safe. Schmidt could do
no better than push a slow one to Evers-
Tinker and Evers fielded faultlessly.
In the first inning the former caught a
line fly from Mcintyre and assisted in
putting out Crawford and O'Leary.
The Washington times., 1908-10-12

CHICAGO. Oct. 12.-The infuriated
Tigers and the devouring Cubs claweu
and cIouted each other for an hour ana
a half Yesterday in the second conflict
for worlds championship honors. In
the end the Tigers were driven TO the
Jungle with many holes punctured III
them. The score was TO J.
Official figures put the attendance at
17.76O The gross receipts were SZb'S-'-
OF the amount the players receive Sl4'-
54O58. each club S4,S64-5S and the nation
al commission s., 962.70. The crowd was
not within 5000 as large as that when
witnessed the last New York and Puts
burg series. The day was cold and clear
with a high wind blowing on the lake
that made overcoats and wraps neces-
sary.
Duel of Pitchers
Jennings put Wild" Bill Donovan in
N take the measure OF the Cubs.
Chance pinned his faith on big OrvaI
Overall. The duel between the pair was
fierce and fast for seven innings. Dono-
van had the better of il, for the Tigers
in that time gathered three hits ana
had two men as far as second station
The Cubs had been let down with one
hit. made by Overall, the weakest bat
ter in the lineup and not man had
reached second.
Then, in the eighth, something hap
pened. That kill-JOy OF all opposing
pitchers this sunni er, Joe mixer
starred in the attach. Just as every
one was settling down to see an extra
inning game, Joe smOte the ball, with
Holman on first. It sailed alOiI, ana,
riding on the wings Of the north Wlnd'
the ball shot toward Iy COBB garden.
inc
rightfield bleacherS fence. he made
frantic stab at the ball, but il was ten
feet over his head, and landed in the
crowd IN the middle Of the stand
Tinker trOtted home, driving Holman IN
ahead Jennings protested instantly
He argued that the hit was good
for only two bases under the ground
rules.
Protests Home Run.
The two teams surrounded Klein. who
had decided It a home run Chance ex-
planned that there were no persons on
the ground in front of the bleachers,
the fence was a permanent structure
and a ball hit into that stand had al
ways been scored q home run. Jennings
vainly tried 10 argue that the rule
made all fences the same. Klein
walked away and ordered play to pro-
coed After ten minutes Of pickering
the game went on But the shock to
Donovan completely unnerved him. Be
fore the inning was finished the Cubs
made a total Of six runs, six hits, in
GLIDING three singles. a double. a triple.
and Tinker's home run. There were a
wild pitch, a base on balls and three
stolen bases.
During the downfall the crowd shout
ed, raved, and sang. The fact that DaVy
Jones, batting for O'Leary in the
ninth, drew a base on balls and scored
on a sacrifice and Cobbs only hit at
tracted little attention
Holman began the eighth by beating
out a hunt to Schaefer. Tinker slam
med the ball into the rightfield bleach
ers. King hit over the left field tenn
The Washington times., 1908-10-12

Twice has the expected happened.
American League fans had hoped that
the struggle would not be quite so muCn
OF a slaughter. but it is doubtful wheth-
er many far-seeing fans really expected
10 see Dztroit win the world title.
on the other hand. there was every
incentive for a reasonable hope that Inc
American League champs might take
two out Of the five. On dope the
Tigers were certainly slated 10 improve
their showing made last season.
while II was perfectly logical 70 eN-
pect that the element OF baseball luck
which figured in the Nationals victory
over the Chicago Sox and the Cleveland
Maps might help Jennings crew get
away with one or even two games it
is hard to see Just how Detroit could
hope to win very much from the world
champions On class.
Doesn't Measure Up.
With all due respect to the American
Ieaguers' playing ability. and it is in
some respects d remarkable aggregation
of individual ball players. it is not to
be expected that the youngsters could
play the veteran and machine-like ag-
Eregation which has for four years
pulled down a league pennant, and play
the team TO n sJandstiU.
The Tigers one hope was placed in
their sIuggers. The going back Of Jen-
nings' pitchers at a crucial stage of the
game is not the most important factor
in their defeat so fag. The result would
not have been materially different had
the Detroit twirlers been towers OF
strength as long as Chances stah re-
NAMED in its precent condition. The
one hope of the American Leaguers
rested in a faint chance that they might
be able to land on Overall, Ruelbach,
or Brown In one or two innings. In
The Washington times., 1908-10-12
MFARLAND AT WORK
FOR GO WITH CROSS
Chicagoan Reaches New York Full
of Vim-Starts Training
Today.

NEW YORK. Oct. 12.-Packey McFar-
land. the Chicago lightweight, accom-
panied by his manager, Harry Gilmore.
and his trainer, Pat Kennedy, are IN
this city today. having arrived last
night from Chicago. Mcfarland and his
party were met by Billy Gibson, presi-
dent OF the Fairmont Athletic Club,
and a delegation Of club members.
Mcfarland looked in splendid shape.
and said he had been doing some light
work in the West. He viii go TO STRAIT
ford, Conn, this afternoon. and begin
active training at once for his six
round bout with Leach Cross. which is
scheduled TO take place at the Fair
mont Club on Wednesday evening, Oc-
tober q.
The Washington times., 1908-10-12
BOTH LEAGUES GAIN
LARGE ATTENDANCE
Increase Larger in National, Which
Had First Close Race
in Years

NEW YORK. Oct. y. -The .roeession-
al baseball season recently brought 10
its dramatic termination, surpassed in
point Of attendance any IN the history
OF the game. The number Of paid ad-
missions for the National League vas
35l42S5, as against 27S7,7S3 the previ-
Gus season.
In the American League the gain was
less, because the American league bad
nearly as closely fought a pennant race
last season as this. while this seasons
race was the first real struggle in the
National League for many years. The
figures for the american League are
1854 S37, as against 3,5yS,s5i-