The evening world., 1911-04-27
Senator Gore and Helen
Keller, Sighfiess Mar
UeIs of Achievement,
Send Messages of Cheer
TO Followers of Motto
Light, Through Work"
-Cty's Fashion and
Wealth Attend.

rtty The hind Yes. pity tho.
Whom dsv md night enclose
In 'gnal dard. % whom Tie sum, keen fame
And Iaithy Nighttime are the sane.
Bu. pity most IN. blind
Who caunst sec
That 80 he hind
l. HES felicity.
-Richa-I Watson Giidc-.
At the BLIND Workers Exhibition.
which opened last night at the Metro
politan opera House with the President
OF the United States present, there are
thousands Of objects. useful. pretty and
unusual, made by men and women-and
ohildren-whosc fingers served them for
eyes. In tho back part OF the opera
house. oetwccn n collection OF stuffed
birds and the booth OF a blind broom
maker who every six minutes turns out
n better broom than any trust-mad.
article you'd buy in a shop. are three
pictures. oil pictures painted by nel
who were totally blind.
One of the three II really clever. II Is
done with the sure touch OF the prac-
ticed artist. The colors blend finely,
the outlines of rock and trees and Il
running brook In the foreground are
well done, the man who painted this
picture must have gone blind after he
learned how TO paint. The other two are
garlsh. pitisbly crude things with the
blistering colors laid on thick and
Heavy. But each one OF abe three has
painted the same thing. not az he saw
It. for he could not see It, but as he
conceived II, and that one thing Is the
sun-the big. red sun throwing forth
light into dark places. Each man had
painted that supreme thing Cor which
his sou craved. painted It as well az he
knew how: painted his very soul
into It,
To a good many who looked at tAem
those three little pictures seemed to
typify and to SUN up the essence and
spirit NJ the whole SHOW. For It's
motto is Light. Through work. And
ifsyou who can read these printed
words. ms ONE cannot. could look at
those three blind mcn's pictures OF the
red sun without n tightening or the
throat muscles. you didn't belong there.
that was all.
Society and wealth. Thcrc'
Merely considered as IA spectacle ~
unmessursbls aiiliction and unlimited
afluence the show was worth while
For most OF the names that appear IN
the elite directory. and In the directory
of directors of great corporations. were
represented among the patrons and the
| patronesses and officers and members,
i. ~ Yah ,rA, ,,anK fTAf uNN tTnn
the poor ON occasion. but the rich yc
have always with YOU, and OF the r!ct
there were present last night enough I
pay of our bonded debt and more. TIL,
golden horseshoe never held a more
august or Weather set Of box occu'
pants. Names that stand for none,
sprinkled the Official programme unit.
You could almost imagine It had Gei
printed with gold leaf Instead o.
printers ink.
And then, turning your vision swal
from the nag drapcd platform and tn
gl.tterins crescent, you caught, sharply
the other side Of the picture. Iou saw
| blind people Of all ages n conditions
IN the centre a group Of little blind girli
in blue sailor suits, babies sone of them
sitting all 50 patiently; blind nurses
blind teachers, blind artisans, blin'
workers weaving the most Intricate an
difficult of patterns on looms ana webs
blind telephone operators bllYd lace
makers. a blind barber and two blln'
stc~nographcrs; a blind uookbinder and
blind printer; blind girls who aid fol
dances about a red and white May pole
- ltd DO. g.. u.bss, ,rHtnN. .~AA, NAV
formed %gymnastlca on vau.t.ng horse
ana parallel bars; and hnaiiy tho hope
leSsly. hclplessly blind spectators, WI
. were led about by their frletds and WI
could not move a foot without som
1 guiding hand at their elnuw And an
. other strange thing vas this-ther
seemed to be moro happy. contsnte
faces among the ul!nG on the hoor tina
among tao rich in tho boxes,
All Ready to Applaud.
None were reader TO applaud exam
' bassador Joseph H. Chol,c, who acto
as master OF ceremonies, or the Pres
: dent, who made the principal sddres
than the blind were. They applaudcI
9 TOO. Miss G~raboNskl. the o~rGan,st; NJ
Grasse. the yiolin!st. Mr.. Fall,cnstol
' the pianist. and the other musicians. "A
" like themselves, stark blind ar purblin
d who played 50 well and so frclingl
THey applauded when some seen
friend gave them tie cue-the dane
e OF the little girls in white dress
and the feats Of the sturdy DO
@ IN white running suits. But. not c
Cept!ng President TAFT himself. IN
N saved their heartiest demonstration (
" Miss Winlfred Holt. the guidiag spi
q Of the organization and the WON.
- whose work had made possible this c
hibit.
Il. She stood high above their heads
rs a fern decked rostrum, with the Pre-
n, dent at Yer one hand and the Govern
~ OF the State at the othe-, a tall, han
'h some. graceful woman dressed WITH q
y, qulslte taste. In a voice that shook
ar spite Of herself she read a telegram
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