The evening world., 1911-04-26
MARVELS WORKED
BY BLIND TO Be
SHOWN TONIGHT
TIT VIII Flash on Light at
the Metropolitan Opera
House Exhibit.
GORE CHIEF ORATOR.
Girls Weave by Touch and
Slghtless Boy Is Skilful
Wireless Operator.
GORE CHIEF ORATOR.

WhN Presfdsmt Tan sntsrs me Met
rSDeiitan Opera-Houss tonight q great
light will fash its welcoming ray from
the centre OF the stase-ths name Of
the Lighthouse" vhich has brought
cheer into the lives OF thousands
doomed to srope their way through
this world envcioped In perpetual DAFT
ness, the organ OF tHe opera-house viii
peal out the national anthem. and at
i.s keys Will sit Miss oophis oreoov-
sky. who occupies q front rank among
the orgnnists OF america, notwithstand-
lag that she has never sesn . note
Of music, and that the Keys over which
her m~Arveilousiy trained fingers viii
run had 10 b specially constructed for
h~.
TIE lighthouse stands IN n csnerS Of
~ stage, rearing ~ crest into . paint
- GHy. II syn olisss. better than .
thousand words could say. the true s,e-
nkicAnce OF the wora that 10 being
done for the sigh.less. not only IN this
city. but In every important centre OF
the civilized world. The curse OF blind
ness Is being minimized. the utterly
helpless are being taught to help not
only themselves. but humanity in gen-
enl.
Blind olr Tells Her Tragedy.
Agnes Stafford said II all so swest-
~. She has been blind since she was
nvV years. old. A bit OF dust In ono OF
hsr eyes was tho beginning OF her
tragedy. But there was nothing tragic
about her face, 30 cheerful in spite OF
i1 pathos. as she sat al the loom shs
10 b work during the exhibition which
bestns tonight and lasts until satur-
day night.
How did I lose my siGht7" she ~
peated The Evening World reporter,
question. ~ tr.Nlng thing. a BIT OF
dust IN the eye, and then a doctor who
hunsled-oh' oh'"-and the color
mounted to her cheeks-'I ought not ga,
that. I. isn't kind. The poor man die
his best. Bu; they diGn't know so much
aoou: preventing blindness then as LneS
do now. | am sorry | used that word
could support myself by my weav'
ing7 Yes, indeed. And I could supper
others. too. she concluded. No explana
ton OF this last remark would sh'
make. but from one o, the officers o
the New York Association for the BlinC
II was learned that she had supporte,
Ter aged parents all last winter. anC
had earned an excellent wage from he
weaving. Her color sense Is acute, hu
ever she could not explain how sh,
distinguished colors.
Red Is 50 warm. ana then as We x
town the scale tho warmth decrease.
There are many neutral tones, whicl
are hard 10 distinguish. but we lear
them somehow" she said.
II Is wonderful. the weaving OF N,
bind. rich IN color and perfect In work
manshlp. They work from strange pat
terns, little dots embossed on paper
along which they run their %acutel.
sensitive fnS\rs.
Blind Wireless Worker.
Perhaps as interesting IS nineteen
ysar-old John William Ellis OF Provl
dsncs. r. l., blind wireless worker. T
b sure. he does not need his sight {
work his instruments, and the receive
At his "a brings messages TO him a
surely as does the blue fash 20 opeT
akors who can see tho light. He los
hh sight at three months. nitrate, o
silver being accidentally poured int
Ms eyes, and at our no entered IN
Perkins Institute IN South Boston. II