The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-10-22
HOUSEKEEPING
FOR THE Blind
Governor William Spry Makes
Address Lauding the
Work Done.
PROGRAM is RENDERED
WORKSHOP NOW READY FOR
TEACHING UNFoRTUNATEs.

The workshop for the adult blind n;
the rear of the Lion House was filled TO
overlooking last night on the occasion OF
q public reception and hOuseWarming
ihe workshop is now ready for the com
ine1dable work for which ii was insti-
tuted and il was to lend encouragement
TO the adult blind as well as furnish
them with a few hours pleasant enter
tainmeEt that the warming and re-
cepuon were given.
The large room had been prettily and
Hastily decorated for the reception by
Mrs Lena Q. Olmsted, Mrs. r. Il.
Thompson and Mrs. J. J. Snider. POtted
plants and fresh cut flowers were used
TO good effect in the general decorative
scheme
Prominent among those present at the
reception were Governor william Spry,
eX-CfIiclO chairman OF the blind commits
sion. Mrs Anna X. Hardy. one of the
four members Of the commission recent
~ appointed by. the governor, DR.. j, r.
Ialmage, Miss Maud May Babcock, Mrs.
Herman Baer. Miss Mlnette Baer, one OF
the readers for the blind at the public
library; Mrs. Lena C. Olmsted, Mrs. j.
J. Snider, Mrs. r. 3. Thompson, reader
for the blind at the public library
About a score of the adult blind of the
city We're present at the reception and
enjoyed the excellent program given in
their honor To them Governor William
Spry extended kindly words of encour-
agement. S W. JenkinsOn blind, prime
mover in the institution of the workshop,
acter as master of ceremonies
The opening number of the program
Tops in which all Joined.
Invocation was offered by Niels Lar
sen blind. in which he asked the bless
ings Of Providence on the good work
which had been started.
Good Program Given.
"Our Workshop was the subject of an
excellent talk given by Mrs. E. f.
Riches, blind. She described at some
length the excellent organizations for the
Improvement OF the condition of the
blind i'm Birmingham. England, where she
formerly resided, and stated that the
workshop institution was movement
In the right direction.
a duet by the Fowler sisters. well rem
deTed ana we'll received, was the next
number on tia program.
The address by Governor Spry was list
ened to with marked attention, especial
y by the adult blind present They rec
ogrized the fact that in him they have
friend who viii do all in MS power to
assist them in every way possible
Governor Spry prefacad his remarks by
thanking the men and the women who
had so nobly given of their time and their
money 10 assist the adult blind of the
city, S. w Jenkinson, organizer of the
workshop movement, was cOmpllmented
on his zeal and praised for the kindly
motives which had prompted him to aid
the adult blind in making themselves
SelI-SuSlalnlnS. he Sdld tudt the HlolieE
which had been appropriated by the last
legislature would be used to the best ad-
vantage possible in the interests of the
adult blind The work, which had been
started in their behalf, would be devel-
oppd from it's present small beginning TO
the extent which it justified He stated
that II was probable the next legislature
would do still more for the blind.
Other numbers on the program follow.
Comic song Harold Ansel; recitation,
Miss Maud Nav BabcOCk. song. Mrs E
T. Riches: address. President s. W. Jen-
kinsOn; violin solo, Albert Freeman; duet
Larsen sisters; several selections by the
blind orchestra.