The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-11-20

81 lip reading in from thirty 10 fifty
lessons.
The nethodical person Of analytical
mind is iess apt pupil than the pupil
whose, intuItIve faculties are livelisst. he
has found.
Age has nothing TO do with results.
he declared The most hopeless pupil
/ ever had was young girl Of seventeen.
one Of tho most proficient was a grand
mother Of sixty five. whom ! never saw
| can hardly call nsr my pupil so far AZ
personal instruction goes Living IN
Maine this woman. grown suddenly quite
deaf correspondent with me. studied
carefully the book Of instructions ! sent
her. praCtised speaking the prescribed
number Of hours "a day. and more. befor.
"A mirror and in less than SIX months she
could 20 to church and understand IN.
sermon hv watching the PREACHER lips
Probably mad sl.' been able To come here
for lessons sh.. would have accomplished
the same results in half that time
One. Of last years best pupils was a
woman Of seventy who has always b"'n
active socially and has no mind 10 be
disqualified Because Of the quickne--,
IN. al.rtn,.ss Of her mind she was an apt
pupil Sh. by no means could read every
word or nearly every word, when she
found herself able to carry on converse
ton intelli gently with most Of her friends
but IN her cas-, this was nor necessary. her
intuition easily supplying IN" words sh"
9Th. determination Of business men
and women fond Of social III. not TO be-
handita ppsd by deafness ~ more appar-
en-. No W perhaps for the reason that they
know NOR. now about the r"medy and
how To make Use Of IL. When | opened
this school | had only ten pupils tn. first
wear, whereas lnst year ] taught more
than a hundred men and women ranging
mostly from about twenty up 10 middle
are and all OF whom were unwilling to
be- cut OF from active relations with
society Each took either two or three
lessons N week and worked at home
between times as directed 10y their
teacher.
The personnel 81 the working force Of
this school for the deaf IL unique. IN"
head OF the school who isalso head teacher;
the Office clerk who first receives visitors.
and three. Of the four teachers are deaf.
although one would never gtiess 10 meet
ing them face To face. The fourth teacher
has normal hearing. her special duty
being to pass on the articula ton 81 pupils.
Handsomely gOwnsd women who ar
rive in smart auto cars and Carriages are
among the pupils who come often for AN
hours private lesson and there ar. Others
p,ai::!" dressed who are taking advan-
ia2e Of "a scholarship To take n cours.
which will help them tO continue To he.
-elf-suppOrtinR.
For a Young woma n who must earn her
living to lo-e her hearing II little short OF
n tragedy said the principal. and To
train the eye Of such To SEES movements
Of the lips quickly and accurately and Ia
train the mind to grasp the idea, to inter
pret the movement into thought IL the
only way. the best way at least. Of side
TRACKING tragedies 81 this sort.
An experiment IN which all teachers
If the deaf are much Interested IA the adj
mission II two young women, one totally
th.. other partially deaf, To the training
course for nurses at Mercy Hospital.
Kansas city. Up TO date these deaf TN
,iargradiat.. nurses are doing their work
we'll. and tn. physician- any they are
capabl. 81 finishing tn" cOurs.
There were five applicants for the
training course. but three failed to quail
nv iI educatiOnal requirements OF
ro,,rss. the deaf will never be- able fully
10 compete with the hearing as nurses
{ 'srtairy lines Of work will hs beyond
their capacity; but they will be admirably
fitted for institutional work where tine
demand for help 10 always ahead Of the
supply
In teaching che lip movement private
Lessons are preferred. the conversation
:. ,usse- held once o week bringing tOg"f her
however. several pupils who DISCUSS
current aVsnts. literature, travel. aS fh"
rase NAV I've non" from the leader down
hearing ono word that IN said
Once month Their" ~ a lip reading
contest, and once year q play or dia-