The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-09-25
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CONDUCTED BY HELENE vALEA1r

uhoer 1t the statement, HE has trav-
eIeu long. The most pathetic part OF
IileSe pictures was the Inscription al
me top, Both are unnecessarily blind.
Alother Of the large pictures was
.lat OF a group of blind babies from
Iue Boston nursery for blind babies
Under this picture was the inscription
Just blind babies"
Inc plan pursued was somewhat as
ioloWs, modified in accordance with
local needs and conditions: A repre-
sentative of the committee would visit
d town some days before a meeting was
TO be held, call on the chief officials
make the acquaintance of leading mem
oers OF the clubs and welfare organiza-
IONS, obtain the interest and co-opera-
llon OF the papers, find a place for the
eAilIDlt, arrange dates for the meetings
anu provide for general advertising In
9olhe OF the cities it was found profit
apIe TO have large placards printed.
winch were placed in the windows of
stores and on public bulletin boards.
1Hese were supplemented by dodgers.
widely distributed
IN gong to the town with the ex-
Iliolt II was found desirable to visit
iildIy OF the leading citizens and give
mem Ie personal invitations to attend the
dIlOfueO an
opportunity to explain the work of the
committee and almost invariably re-
suited in gaining for this work the ac-
i've interest of the persons invited.
Literature was distributed in a personal
and effective manner.
IN some places it was possible to az
range with clubs to send out invita-
IONS to their members. The mothers
meeting IN Dunkirk was arranged in
TINS way and proved to be highly sue
cesstul. In North Tonawanda the in
Fltatlons were issued directly by the
superintendent of schools and resulted
IN a very successful meeting.
On occasion physicians were found
VINO took vital interest in the sub
JecI. and in Oswego and Waterfowl
oSullstS and opticians manifested a de-
clued interest. The lantern was used
wherever it promised to contribute to
the success of the meeting, but the eX-
hlblt often took the place of the Ian
tern slides, and was invaluable in day.
light hours.
ms special committee of the New
hork Association for the Blind is car
ISIng forward a remarkable work, and
ms been highly successful in winning
the general cooperation of state and
CITY boards OF health, of leading Law
men and charity workers and of the
newspapers of the state and nation.
thousands OF pages of literature bear
ing on the prevention of blindness have
gone to the various newspapers of the
stale. % homes and schools for nurses.
10 members of economic societies. to
colleges and libraries and to
social workers in almost every field.
The opinion is so general that blind
ness is inevita bic that it is surprising
to learn that nearly half of the cases
might be prevented with proper care
and knowledge. In every state in the
union there is 2 struggling line of blind
ihIidren cropping for the door of the
state school for the blind. and large
share Of these are unnecessarily blind
ma n'Ei7t we'll have been spared this
lifelong handicap and affiiction. The
movement is steadily becoming general
'ho reaching into a number of impor-
ant commemorative and particularly
ndiilE interest and support among
.aose van "r" thoroughly enlisted in
ne greal movements for the proven
Ion - dis23-1e. suffering and crime.