The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-06-12
RENTS her VOICE AND EYES
4 GIRL STUDENTS PLAN o.
PAYING COLLEGE EXPENSES.
one - IIeF Duties to see the Piays a. the
Theatre for a Mind Wan interesting
q CnpFieioul InNaltd-A Dorter's
New Plan with ISIS city Patlentp.

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New Plan with Hs CiU PatIehis.
Last year spent my sumner holiday
in New York and not only paid expenses
and laid up something for uae In the
winter but had a pleasant vacation be-
sides The speaker WA young woman
from che Southwest who 10 working her
way through college. 4 devoted all my
time 70 reading the new books and maya
Etnes 90 invalids and seeing all tho attrac-
tons At tho hest theatres for a blind
man.
For the first time realized what Il
means % loss your sight This blind
patron Of mine had been a strong. vigor-
Gus man Of Affairs when the accident hap
pened that deprived him Of his sight.
His wife told me that at first he was 80
sensitive about his helplessness that he
could not be persuaded to leave his rooms,
, wouldn't even 90 into the family sitting
room.
Conditions were only a little better
when | first went 20 him last summer
He had worn bis wife out reading to him
and accepted me a. a substitute only
when the doctor ordered her away for a
rest.
For the first few timea had 20 wait
for his valet To get him seated in such a
manner that ! could not see he face.
don't believe | ever Rould have seen his
face II had not remarked one day after
reading the theatrical news in a weekly
magazine that / had seen the play writ
ten about but did not agree with the
writer's estimate u the leading actor
At once he began 10 question me about
that play. then about others. until before
! realized It was giving synopsis Of the
SCENES and the actors Of every play
had seen in tho previous six months.
Rest Of an, my patron had become 10
Interested that he unconsCicusly turned
his SCARED face toward me and sat that
way, apparently seeing ~ we'll a. hearing.
until time came for me % 60
'Out in the hall NJ | was leaving the
house the valet explained that his master
had been fond 81 going ~ the theatre
and he was sune Il could manage % 20
10 a play now and then aPd tell him about
il ] would fad Il easier 10 got along with
him BEFORE my next visit ! made il
convenient % take the valet's advice
Il worked like a charm Tor entertaining
the blind man. though ! often found IL
difiCult 20 answer ms questions
He would have liked inc 20 repeat
the entire play. which e course I found
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respect he'd 10 a better understanding.
for when he suggested that 90 10 ses the
sane play again for the sake - making
him more clearly understand Il / was
forced 60 say that | only went % the
theatre once a month because couldn
afford 10 20 any oftener
When / left that afternoon Il was with
the understanding that / was 90 read 10
him three afternoons a week instead II
two. as arranged by his doctor. and before
each visit was 20 % 10 the theatre. The
tickets were handed me by the valet
always two ~ that ] was able o. select
my own company Being much better
seats than could have bought for myself.
you can imagine how much / enjoyed
using them aside from the business end
Of the AFFAIR.
This went on for three weeks Then
his wife returned and / fully expected 90
be told that my services were no longer
needed. but % my delight she was ~
much pleased with her husbands improve
ment that she insisted on my continuing
my three afternoons each week
II was after her return that We com
hined our efforts 90 give HIM a eumic
opera then having great run The
wifa's part was 20 make tho mtfhic We
both did our best. and though Won don
a. a rule rnjov being ridIculcd. I don't
think anything that blind man could
have done would have PLEASED Va a.
much a. tho sCorn h. heaped On our
honest efforts
lie SAID Il that vas the best We could
30 hs thought hs might a. we'll go To the
theatre anu borrow tho U-s vt hrs valet =
ewes Well hs went with his valet and
thought that would he the end Of nv
position Both tho wife and the doctor
we're iubilant az getting HIM out ~ the
h0usa for the first time since hiz accident
Though I was glad for his sake ! could
not help ieBng sorry ON my own ac-
count u BE- not every day ln the week
that a grl can pick up a gooC paving
position filling only three afternoons
week
4 think the doctor must have mad some
.dea II how felt for be- gave me tho ad-
dress OF an invalid patient Of his who
wantsd some one % read 20 her and other
wise entertain her. got the POSITION IN.
invalid was an elderly widow and I I'M
dsrstOOd from her maid that she changed
the women Whs came tO read IN her al
most a. regularly a. the end u the week
came around They all begin On Mon
DAYS. rome back on THURSDAYS and leave
On SATURDAYS. was the way the maid de-
sCribsd %
With iha' warning you can imagine
how glad was 10 get a message from the
wife of the blind man asking me 10 come
hack He had made two rDnz to the
theatre. one ACCOMPANIED b. his valet
O. he other hy his wife What he wanted
1t me was 10 GO tO the PLAYS. and tell him
all about them and then be would 20 for
he sake of hearing the lines from the
actors This worked ~ well that / kent
10 up until his wife took hun South in Feb
ruary They are coming back into town
next fall and ! am to begin work again
The day they arrive.
What became Of my old lady invalid9
! read and talked % her 10 much about
colorado that she was finally persuaded
or driven 10 follow her doctors advice
and 20 there for her health You see
after tho ma, told me- about her numsr-
Gus changed realized that my only hope
~ being RvS Was To get her Interested in
something
I had seen the wonderful difference IL
made In the blind man 40 ! 20 work TO
find out what her special fad was When |
l consulted the doctor he laughed &c me. !
saying he hat been her physician for |
nearly twenty years and had never been |
able 10 Discover any one thing that in I
crested her two days in succession
IL l. - - !